You can now read your favourite local food magazines online

There are 200 foodie events taking place this October in Cornwall, Devon, Bath, Bristol and Somerset, making Celebration of Food the biggest festival of its kind in the UK.

Could The Lamb Inn at Sandford be Devon’s perfect pub? Its food, ales and cinema have got it into the Michelin, Camra and Alastair Sawday guides, and seen it named Community Pub of the Year. Stef Fox Adcock asked proprietor Mark Hildyard how he brewed the perfect pub.

When Miranda Gardiner’s mother died, she decided to teach her dad to cook for himself, and the notes she made formed the basis of her first book, Teaching Dad to Cook Flapjack. It’s just been published and is a beautiful book, with recipes interwoven with autobiographical detail. Devon-based art curator turned food writer Miranda talked to Ismay Atkins.

Crab is one of Britain’s most enduring shellfish favourites, and it just gets better from now until autumn. Seize the moment and tuck into food’s potted guide to buying it, cooking it, and what to drink with it.

Add a little local flavour to your barbies and picnics this summer with these south West-sourced drinks.

If spankingly-fresh raw fish and vinegared rice is your idea of heaven, you may bemoan the South West as a place to feed your habit, but there’s some fine stuff out there if you cast your net wide.

Helena Murch is kicking back and watching the pumpkins ripen to perfection.

In the height of summer head outside for fabulous food, eaten alfresco. Stef Fox Adcock has scoured the area for old faves and new finds for pleasure-seeking foodies.

Summer leaves

Foodies plan their day-trips around a good feed, says Stef Fox Adcock, who's rustled up some summer expeditions to whet your appetite.

Mitch Tonks – fishmonger, chef, restaurateur and food writer – has a new venture: a super-casual seafood restaurant opening on the waterfront in Dartmouth in June. He talked to Ismay Atkins about beachhut-chic décor, super-fresh local fish, and plateless dining.

Forget Easter - it’s in summer that spring-born local lamb has matured to fine eating. Enjoy the succulent meat in these seasonal recipes.

April 9-11 - get the date in your diary, because it’s time to head to the city for the brilliant Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink and we've got some lovely places to eat out while you're there.

Exeter-based wine expert Susy writes for the Sunday Telegraph, delicious. magazine, food (of course!) and presents on Saturday Kitchen, amongst much else. She tells Jo Rees what pops her cork.

Previous generations of Brits were dab-hands at turning cheap cuts into delicious dishes, and it’s a way of cooking that’s back with a vengeance. Grab a fork and dig in to some British faves.

When only soup will do, rustle up Jane Lawson’s recipes, drawn from the snow-clad regions of northern, central and eastern Europe.

As head chef at Lifton’s famous sporting inn The Arundell Arms, Steven Pidgeon has fabulous game at his fingertips, and as one of only a small number of Master Chefs of Great Britain, he knows what to do with it. Steve talked trout with Stef Fox Adcock.

Getting married in Devon this year? Whether you’re planning a posh do or a laid-back love-in, here's everything the foodie couple could desire, says (newlywed) Stef Fox Adcock.

There will be lots of occasions over the coming weeks when a perfectly cooked roast will be in order; here are some top tips to get you rockin’ and roastin’.

Try Mark Lane’s festive wine quiz out on the troops after Christmas lunch - much more fun than another game of Triv.

Look beyond the supermarket and high street for your foodie Christmas shopping this year. Here are some of our fave ideas in Devon.

Celebrate the season with these lovely festive drinks from Louise Pickford and Ben Reed. Photographs by William Lingwood.

Four years ago, chef Mark Dodson and wife Sarah bought The Masons Arms on the edge of Exmoor. A year later, the pub was awarded a Michelin star and has just been named Michelin Pub of the Year 2010. Catriona Roberts went to experience the winning formula at The Mason’s Arms.

Plus, Abode Exeter's 'cocktail of the month'.

Make the most of the catch of the season by learning a new skill. Round fish have a backbone along their upper bodies, with a fillet on each side, and include salmon, cod, bass, trout, snapper, hake, haddock and whiting. Any round fish can be filleted and this suits those who don’t like having to deal with bones (or heads and tails).

When writer and The Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson moved from London to a rented farmhouse in north Devon, he and his wife planned to give it a go for a year. Seven years later they’re still there - with three kids. Catriona Roberts whiled away a few hours chatting to Tom about his philosophy on living – and eating.

Here are some great places to dine out in Devon with a view, plus many local delis will make up a posh picnic hamper for you.

Rescue the kids from the school holiday doldrums and get stuck into some food-based fun near you this summer. Words by Catriona Roberts and Stef Fox.

Eating al fresco is one of the joys of summer, so ditch the egg mayo sarnies for this simple but delicious picnic lunch. Add good vino and a green salad and you’re set.

Willie Harcourt-Cooze has become the poster boy for high quality choccy after his mission to produce the world’s finest chocolate was picked up by Channel 4. Using beans from his own cacao farm in Venezuela, Willie makes chocolate from bean to bar at his home near Tiverton. He tells Stef Fox about his sweet success.

Simple but delicious, homemade pasta is perfect for a laid-back midsummer supper; with some help from the experts you'll be making it perfectly in no time.

There are lots of beautiful kitchen gardens that you can visit this summer, many of them attached to lovely restaurants. Here’s our pick of the crop in the South West.

Whether you’re making crabcakes or just sharing with friends, there are few things sweeter or more satisfying than fresh crab meat, picked yourself.

Reap the rewards of your home-grown produce with these lovely recipes by Sarah Raven.

The matriarch of one of the most successful independent breweries in the South West, Mary Ann McCaig has been a driving force at Otter Brewery, which she and husband David started 20 years ago. Benefiting from the growing popularity of artisan ales, she says, ‘We’ve just had our best week of sales ever, which is almost unbelievable in the present climate’.

Good quality chicken costs more than an intensively-reared bird, but buying a whole, free-range local chicken is excellent value when you joint it yourself.

From cosy tea rooms with chintzy china, to swish hotels doing the full works, there's an afternoon tea out there for everyone. Here are our top finds.

Rustle up your own afternoon tea with these recipes for a classic victoria sponge, shortbread and scones. What a treat.

Pigs have been getting the TV treatment recently with Jamie Oliver doing for them what Hugh’s done for chickens. Pig Farmer of the Year 2008 Andrew Freemantle of Kenniford Farm, near Exeter, talks to Jo Rees.

There’s a wide range of local courses in Devon that run from baking bread to food and wine matching, for everyone from the super-confident to the not-so-experienced. Words by Catriona Roberts and Stef Fox.

Your kitchen should be a sanctuary, but if it's not working well, the new year’s the perfect time for a makeover. From a full overhaul to a bit of reorganisation, we've eight ideas to get your kitchen cookin’.

Chill out with a rejuvenating winter weekend away at one of Devon's foodie hotels that offer more than great cuisine. Here are our top tips on where to go for a winter break that'll feed both your body and soul.

Totnes is putting local food at the heart of its Transition Town Totnes project, which aims to re-think life in a post peak-oil world. Is it a pioneering project that will provide a routemap for Britain or simply a Good Life-style vision of the future? Jo Rees talked to Rob Hopkins of The Transition Network.

Our top shops for local veg in Devon.

Good veggie dishes make the most of what's in season throughout the year. We've picked some winter warmers from Bath's famous vegetarian restaurant Demuths.

Tom Williams-Hawkes is the 26 year old head chef at Abode Exeter who, after having trained with Michael Caines, Marcus Waring and Gordon Ramsay, plans to take the restaurant back to its three rosettes and beyond. Jo Rees met a man on a mission.

We all love chocolate, but how does the discerning foodie identify the good stuff? asks Jo Rees.

The best recipes are often the ones that get passed on between friends and family, so we asked some of our foodie chums from the South West for their top tips for Christmas culinary success.

If you're entertaining over Christmas, wow your guests with a festive dessert by one of our favourite foodies, Annie Bell.

Des Turland, group development chef of Brend Hotels, is a bit of a food tourist himself: on his travels he’s eaten a meal whilst surrounded by crocs and judged the Bulgarian Chef of the Year competition. He talks to Jo Rees about the food that has brought him to where he is today, and his role in the team that’s putting together the new North Devon Foodfest.

Try our fabulous fishy things to do in Devon this summer...

We cornered Devon's top chefs and gave them a Chinese burn until they told us where they like to eat out and shop for food on their days off. Of course they spilled the beans...

Fruity, refreshing, and Devon through and through, there's little to beat a cool glass of the appley stuff on a hot summer's day, says Stef Fox.

Vanessa Ebdon of Marshford Organic Foods was growing and selling organic food long before it became fashionable. In over 20 years she has won awards for the Northam shop, the veg boxes, the salad bags and even for vision in organic retailing. She talks to Jo Rees about good food, sustainability and learning to cook tortilla.

Seafood is fab food - light, healthy and quick to cook, so you don’t spend hours in the kitchen during the precious summer evenings.

You don't have to leave the county for some fabulous weekends away this summer. Here are four favourites in Devon, so save the petrol, save the planet and love local.

The ultimate in seasonal eating, get out and forage for food for free, says The Scrumper.

Artisan bread, made properly and with a crust you can get your teeth into, is on the rise once again, says Stef Fox.

Hadleigh Barrett has the enviable job of working at one of the country’s most beautiful country house hotels. As head chef at Combe House Hotel and Restaurant in Gittisham he’s helped take it to rising one Michelin star status and win a gold Exellence in Tourism award for Small Hotel of The Year
2007-2008.

Chill out at home with these easy to whip up ice creams. Recipes by Annie Bell.

Wake up and smell it; follow our guide to great-tasting coffee and you’ll never again settle for insipid inferiority or burnt offerings, says Stef Fox.

With two Michelin stars to his name Michael Caines MBE is one of the UK's leading chefs. In addition to his day job as exec chef at Gidleigh Park and partner in Abode Hotels, he's an ambassador for the local food movement, and gives Jo Rees his take on the future of British food.

Rustle up some easy Asian fusion dishes at home - from a quick chicken satay to a noodle broth.

From cheese to chicken, prawns to pork, Devon produces some fantastic smoked food. Stef Fox presents the puff on how it's all done.

Cosy up with British comfort food, made with the best local beef. Here are the faves; steak and chips, faggots, steak and kidney pud and roast beef.

Tea taster Paul Marsh works for DJ Miles Tea and Coffee, the Porlock firm that dates back to 1888. Together with fellow tasters, John Hall and Derek Miles, he taste-tests tea every day to ensure the quality stays high. Lara Glasspool sat down with him for a chat over a cuppa.

Banned by the Puritans for being sinfully rich but loved by King George I, the Christmas pudding is steeped in history and tradition - and alcohol, if you’re doing it right, says Stef Fox.

For a celebratory mid-winter dining experience, with fabulous modern cooking, get a party together and make a date at Combe House Hotel this season.

From his role as head chef to the King of Jordan to executive chef on Richard Branson’s Necker Island, chef Graham Brundle has had quite a career. He talks to Lara Glasspool about his latest role, teaming up fine dining with the glorious views at Saunton Sands Hotel.

It’s not just about the turkey. Celebrate the season with these divine festive recipes from Clarissa Dickson Wright and Johnny Scott. Plus we’ve got the top foodie hotels to try if you want someone else to do the hard work. Photographs by Gus Filgate.

Jason Mitchell is putting the ‘sigh’ back into cider. Using the ‘méthode champenoise’ of France’s Champagne region, he’s created Ashridge Sparkling Vintage Cider - a celebratory fizz with a difference, says Lara Watson.

“You don’t rush brunch,” says local foodie Hugo Woolley, so kick back this weekend with a relaxed brunch of dishes from around the globe.

Climate change is being harnessed by Devon producers to grow crops normally more associated with the Mediterranean. Stef Fox finds out what you could be picking up from your local farmers’ market, any day soon.

Tom Cull may not have eaten all the pies but he may well have baked them. The man behind catering team and gourmet ‘P!E’ makers, Dartmoor Kitchen, he talks to Lara Watson about red snapper, celebrity chefs and eating spiders.

It’s summer at last, so strawberries (and happy days) are here again, says Stef Fox.

Current holders of the North Devon Food and Drink Awards’ Overall Winner 06/07, The Grove Inn is the place for North Devon foodies in the know. Lara Watson caught up with owners Robert and Deborah Smallbone (and their 20 month old son Charlie).

Earn yourself some eco credentials and holiday in Devon this year. The food team hired a retro VW camper van and hit the road for a five day foodies’ tour of North Devon's beaches. Here's the inside story on the best places to eat, shop, visit and stay.

Artisan bacon is a world away from the watery, mass-produced stuff. Traditional breeds are reared with care, the meat prepared with skill and the resulting bacon a thing of beauty.

Ever dreamt of giving up the rat race for the Good Life, and exchanging the daily commute for a walk to the end of the garden? You’re undoubtedly not alone, but becoming a smallholder doesn’t necessarily mean giving up on ‘normal life’.

Even if you aren't growing your own, you can still live the Good Life, by enjoying the fruits of someone else's labours from Devon's excellent farm shops. Lara Watson visited some of the best.

Soaring sales of fruit and veg seeds, a rise in smallholding, the fashion for allotments... the food revolution continues as foodies take buying local one step further and produce their own food. Food magazine gets the lowdown on how you can get involved.

Having been awarded six major accolades in as many years, Andy and Rowena Whiteman and Head Chef Tim Treseder at The Harris Arms make a truly winning team. Lara Watson joined Tim and Andy for lunch to discuss pinot gris, barbecued mackerel and under-cooked veg.

Carol Klein's recent series Grow Your Own Veg on BBC 2 has been the surprise hit of the season, with high viewing figures and sales of the accompanying book. food caught up with the enthusiastic nurserywoman at one of her sell-out book signings.

Aah, the crackle of a roaring winter fire, the clink of fine glassware... If you need a mini-break to see you through the dark cold months, try our guide to Cornwall and Devon’s cosiest retreats.

Make no bones about it, Craig Stevens is one of Devon’s rising culinary stars, flying the flag for top quality local fish at The Seafood Restaurant in Yealmpton, where he’s the Head Chef. Jo Rees met the man behind the monkfish.

If you’re planning a wedding, it’s easy to give it some local flavour, says Lara Watson.

Gerald David is an old-school butcher, selling top quality meat across the South West. A traditionalist through and through, he only sells meat that has been killed in-house. "I'd never buy in meat - it goes against my religion," he says.

The first week of October is British Cheese Week, and some of the UK’s best cheeses are made right here in Devon. Enjoy our guide to locally produced fab fromage.

Head Chef Matthew Mason and “Proprietor/Washer-upper” Paul Parnell are a formidable team at Rockbeare’s The Jack in the Green. Interview by
Lara Watson.

If it’s a battle getting your kids to eat anything other than beans on toast, try our guide to kids' foodie fun. It might just turn your little Ronald McDonalds into budding Rick Steins.

Discover the splendour of the East with our trail of foodie shops, restaurants and places to stay.

Fishmonger Ian Browse explains how to get to grips with crab.

At Combe House Hotel’s fabulous new private dinner parties, all that’s missing for the perfect period drama is Mr Darcy carving the suckling pig.
Jo Rees took her place at the table.

Take your cooking skills to top form at one of Devon’s best cooking courses. Derryck Strachan took a seat at the back.

Devon’s convenient new delivery scheme makes buying local food as easy as going to the supermarket, says Lara Watson.

You don’t have to go to London’s Borough Market to pick up the finest food - we’re keeping the best for ourselves right here at Devon’s farmers’ markets.

Derryck Strachan visits Torbay’s new organic demonstration farm.

Camborne’s food scene has had a makeover with Scott Young’s new restaurant, Fusion. Derryck Strachan went to check it out. Photographs by Nick Cooper.

Plymouth’s new Barbican Kitchen pairs up two of the city's best-known names, the Tanner brothers and Plymouth Gin. Derryck Strachan talks to Christopher Tanner.

Take the Tamar Food Trail and discover many of the county’s finest restaurants, as well as a few hidden gems. Try these places to eat and places to stay.

Darts Farm was recently described by The Times as 'The future of shopping'.
Just outside Exeter, the local food and drink emporium is packed with top quality produce and contemporary interiors, with people visiting as much to eat at the café and Fish Shed as to shop.

Rick Stein crosses the Channel for his new series and book, French Odyssey. He tells Stephanie Fox how French food measured up to Cornwall’s best.

Paul da Costa Greaves got off to a great foodie start as the son of an English mother and West Indian father. Originally from Toxteth, the “posh part” of Liverpool, Paul has been head chef at The Galley in Topsham for eight years. He talked to food about goat meat, mushy peas and his Christmas puddings.

Artisan ale is fast becoming a
fashionable alternative to wine. Jo Rees caught Guy Sheppard of Exe Valley Brewery, on the hop.

food writer Lara Watson gives her sweet tooth a treat.

Now’s the time to gorge on freshly picked, crisp veggies. Farmer and grower, Lori M Reich, reveals what to look for when buying and how to make the most of the summer’s bounty.

Michael Caines is a genuine homegrown food hero. Devon’s two-star Michelin Head Chef and Co-Director at Gidleigh Park has restaurants in Exeter and Bristol and has long been a champion of the West Country’s produce and ingredients.

Want some help matching wines with barbecued food? Then read Susy Atkins’s definitive guide to the best pairings of the summer.

May is the time for steamed local asparagus, slathered in melted butter.

Top Devon chefs Christopher (left) and James Tanner have gone global. Their UK TV series, The Tanner Brothers has been aired all over the world. Luckily for us, they are still creating delicious food at their restaurant in Plymouth’s fifteenth century Prysten House.

Pammy Riggs of Providence Farm in Holsworthy has won numerous awards for her pork and poultry including Organic Business Person of the Year.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall goes souper loopy with seasonal produce.

Lori M Reich turns pumpkin
into some magical autumn dishes.

Go on – spoil yourself… it’s not difficult. When it comes to planning a getaway break, you’ll be spoiled for choice by the Brend Hotel Group.

New farming regulations will have a real effect on what we buy and eat. Food quizzed the NFU's Anthony Gibson about what this will mean for local consumers.

Rick tell's Food about his Local Heroes series.

For relaxed dining in one of the most beautiful environments in Britain, you don't have to travel further than The Sands Café Bar at Saunton Sands.