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Oxfordshire Food Summer 2009

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See what the county has to offer

Whether it's a la carte restaurants or your local pub, Oxfordshire has a wide and varied choice of places to eat out. If you'd prefer to stay home, there are plenty of places in the area to pick up local produce to cook that special meal.

Chargrill kings retain a place in our hearts

Chargrill kings retain a place in our hearts

12:38pm Tuesday 26th May 2009

DENISE BARKLEY finds a trusty favourite has added some razzle-dazzle to make dining there more of an occasion

TV winners get ready to roll at new restaurant

Michele English and Russell Clement

12:27pm Tuesday 26th May 2009

Michele English and Russell Clement, winners of BBC Two's popular TV competition, The Restaurant, will be open for business at their new restaurant, The Cheerful Soul in the Hare & Hounds, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, in mid-June.

Still peachy at The Thatch

The Thatch at Thame is maintaining its high standards

12:21pm Tuesday 26th May 2009

DENISE BARKLEY enjoys an excellent dinner at a Thame eaterie which first found fame through TV’s The Restaurant

Revealing the tastes of fabulous France

Katherine Frelon

12:18pm Tuesday 26th May 2009

GILL OLIVER speaks to an Oxfordshire chef passing on the gastronomic secrets of Burgundy at her French cookery school

Expert touch on call in Cotswolds

Director Ingrid Philip-Sorensen with general manager David Field at Dormy House

1:45pm Tuesday 24th February 2009

Diners are invited to take a trip down memory lane as the Dormy House Hotel unveils its refurbished Barn Owl Restaurant. Menus dating back to the 1970s and photographs from the hotel's archives tell the tales of yesteryear. Non-executive director Ronald Jones, a former general manager of Claridge's, talks to TRACY WATKINS

Meet the man with The Mission

The Mission

1:02pm Tuesday 24th February 2009

KATHERINE MACALISTER tries a taste of Mexico the Speedy Gonzalez way in Oxford city centre 'Guacamole?" The Mission staff member asked an octogenarian next to me.

Celebrate great British Pie Week

Celebrate great British Pie Week

12:54pm Tuesday 24th February 2009

To celebrate British Pie Week (March 2 to 8) pieminister in Oxford's Covered Market, is holding a week-long pie festival, selling piping hot pies with their special recipe mash and gravy - all for a fiver!

Flip for this!

Treat the family to some special vanilla and fruit pancakes this year

12:46pm Tuesday 24th February 2009

It is Pancake Day on Tuesday, and we have the perfect recipe for something truly scrumptious

Entertaining mad easy!

The party in full swing

10:53am Monday 17th November 2008

Party planner Bridget Stott test-runs a fabulous new dinner party delivery service, and is an immediate convert!

Masterchef Murray just loves to cook

Masterchef Professional finalist Murray Wilson

10:44am Monday 17th November 2008

TV competition finalist tells Katherine MacAlister about his passion for food and how he has honed his skills delighting diners at an Oxfordshire country pub for the past two years.

Tastier than takeaways

Anjum Anand

10:24am Monday 17th November 2008

TV cook Anjum Anand demonstrates to Andy Welch that Indian food does not have to be all cream, sauce and overwhelming spice!

Who says daddy can't cook?

Tom Burrough with his daughter, Flora

10:05am Monday 17th November 2008

Tom Burrough tells Abigail Jackson how redundancy led to a brilliant new business venture conceived as he cooked family meals.

Fabulous food, great style

The head chef at Equilibrium is Nigel Godwin

9:51am Monday 17th November 2008

Situated within the historic buildings of Fawsley Hall Hotel, in the heart of the Northamptonshire countryside between Banbury and Daventry, the cutting edge Equilibrium restaurant was launched in September.

Savouring seasonal specials

The historic Bear Hotel at Hungerford offers a warm seasonal welcome.

9:21am Monday 17th November 2008

Annette Nix dines on some mouthwatering fare in the newly revamped brasserie of a hotel that is steeped in history

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