Happy St.David's Day. What a beautiful day it is spring is here after a truly miserable half term week. Wales won against Italy at the weekend and so there is a lot of happy welsh people. This weekend it is the St.David's Food Festival in Saundersfoot which has now turned into quite a big event with the annual challenge of who can cook the best welsh cawl. Which for those who are not familiar with the name is a lamb and vegetable soup. Angela Grey will be doing cookery demonstrations I quite liked the sound of her Patagonia Cake.
The big food festival of the year is Pembrokeshire Fish Week June 25th - July 23rd. It won Gold at the True Taste Awards 2009/2010 for Best Food Tourism Destination. I plan to go to two events, a seafood foraging day in Newport and the top chefs master class at the Torch Theatre. I am a great fan of Mark Hix as a Saturday Independent reader and an admirer of his cook books. He has no television cookery show but is very well regarded within his industry. Anyone interested in attending the fish evening should rush and book a ticket to avoid disappointment! The only trouble is that the Torch has not released the date as yet so keep trying all those of you that are interested. I have enclosed two links so you will know who is also cooking that night and the events going on during fish week around the county.
http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=&parent_directory_id=646&id=21871&Language=
http://www.fishweek.co.uk/pembrokeshire_fish_week_brochure.asp
The Really Wild Food Festival has moved from September to Friday29th - 30th July this year, presumably that is down to Iron Man Wales coming to Pembrokeshire. I will leave Iron Man for another blog lets get back to the Really Wild Festival at St.David's. It is a celebration of wild food, foraging, music, guided food walks put it in your diary its great!http://www.reallywildfestival.co.uk/.
Narbeth Food Festival is another thoroughly enjoyable festival which is taking place on the 24th - 25th September. The Narbeth Plant Sale on 1st May is also excellent but you need to get there early to avoid disappointment! Talking of Narbeth in this weekend's Sunday Independent Simon Calder wrote an article on Wales. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path got a mention but there was a whole paragraph entitled "Top Shops" highlighting Narbeth as the place to visit and I quote"....Once a rural backwater, Narbeth is now buzzing with upscale shops selling homeware, high fashion, art and craft." It also said that Andrew Rees is probably the best butcher in Wales.
The Really Wild Food Festival has moved from September to Friday29th - 30th July this year, presumably that is down to Iron Man Wales coming to Pembrokeshire. I will leave Iron Man for another blog lets get back to the Really Wild Festival at St.David's. It is a celebration of wild food, foraging, music, guided food walks put it in your diary its great!http://www.reallywildfestival.co.uk/.
Narbeth Food Festival is another thoroughly enjoyable festival which is taking place on the 24th - 25th September. The Narbeth Plant Sale on 1st May is also excellent but you need to get there early to avoid disappointment! Talking of Narbeth in this weekend's Sunday Independent Simon Calder wrote an article on Wales. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path got a mention but there was a whole paragraph entitled "Top Shops" highlighting Narbeth as the place to visit and I quote"....Once a rural backwater, Narbeth is now buzzing with upscale shops selling homeware, high fashion, art and craft." It also said that Andrew Rees is probably the best butcher in Wales.
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