Recipes & restaurant reviews

7 best ways to treat mum this Mother’s Day in Devon

Friday, February 21, 2020 Phoebe Sargesson Jones

Cream teas are great a Mother's day outing!

From cosy cinema nights to a classy cream tea, there’s plenty of ways to show your mum you love her on Mother’s Day in Devon. We pick seven ways to treat mum this Mothering Sunday

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Meet Devon’s Gourmet Gurus

Thursday, February 13, 2020 Catherine Courtenay

Myles Hopper and Giles Humphries of Mindful Chef

A company with its roots in Devon was one of a handful to be named as a Gourmet Guru for an international food celebration

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Exclusive Seafood Recipe: Thai-Inspired Mussel Broth

Friday, January 17, 2020 ChefPaul Ainsworth

Porthilly mussels, coconut, lemon grass, tomato, basil & miso broth, mopping bread

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Michael Caines recipe: Braised short ribs Texan style

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

To supplement his monthly column, Devon’s celebrity chef Michael Caines has provided this American-inspired ribs recipe

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Devon restaurants with good views

Friday, February 14, 2020 Kate Haskell

Exeter Cathedral Close (c) Edwin YEUNG, Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

With views of the coast, the countryside and our towns and cities, Devon’s eateries are home to some of the best views the county has to offer. Here are 23 places that are a treat for the tongue and the eyes

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Ad Feature Cary Arms & Spa, Babbacombe Beach

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Lana de Savary has spared no expense in restoring this historic and well-known seaside inn.

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Food & Drink Awards

Click here to find out about the 2018 Devon Life Food and Drink Awards

Chef Profiles

Interview with Devon chef Donna Berry

Thursday, February 13, 2020 Sue Cade

Donna Berry in her element at the Swan: 'We have a deep-rooted passion for the pub'

We talk to Donna Berry from The Swan at Bampton, who has her roots firmly in the Devon food scene

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Drink

Exclusive The ups and downs of running a small Devon wine estate

Monday, March 23, 2020 Ben Hulland

Winter pruning stops the vines returning to the jungle

Cutting it vine: our new columnist explains how pruning will stop his lovely vines turning feral

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Inside The Bishop Blaize pub in Exeter

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

‘Noisy and passionate’ is how Alice Bryan, the new landlady of Exeter’s Bishop Blaize, describes herself. JUDI SPIERS drops in for a chat

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Local Producers

Why eating locally-bred Devon meat may actually help save the planet

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Cattle are utilising an otherwise �useless� crop, producing nutritious healthy and great tasting food

JO BUDDEN explains why – contrary to recent publicity - eating meat may help save the planet

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Celebrating Dartmoor Brewery’s first 25 years

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

What began as a microbrewery on Dartmoor a quarter of a century ago is now making beer that’s among the best in the world. SU CARROLL visited their Princetown headquarters… Photos: Steve Haywood

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