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Christmas on a Budget with Local Recipe Creator Lucy and Lentils

Food is such a big part of the festive season, providing so many tasty memories and cause for merriment. Things might be feeling a...

D7 Sauce Are Creating Homemade Hot Sauce in Sherwood

02 November 20

Hot sauce can be an uncomfortable condiment to eat. I like a bit of spice, but the hot stuff generally doesn’t bring me much joy. However, D7 Sauce’s Scarlett’s Hot Sauce, with its bright packaging and promises of flavour made me want to give it a bash. Minutes before I was set to interview its owner and creator Mark Walsh, I did just that. My mouth imploded with the gorgeous rich, smokiness of the sauce – and then boom, I was hit with that signature hot kick. My senses were sizzling and I was fired up for a chat. And thankfully the tongue-tingling subsided just before we were set to begin...

Food Review: Rikshaw Urban Indian Kitchen

28 October 20

Our Food Editor tucked into some serious bad boy Indian street food...

Food Review: Bar Iberico

12 October 20

We got down to one of Notts' best loved tapas-spots to see how things have changed post-lockdown...

Doughnotts Have Been Nominated for a National Award - Here's How You Can Help Them Win

12 October 20

They've been delivering tasty treats...

Burra Khana Have Got a Tantalizing New Menu - And You Can Get a Mega Discount

09 October 20

Delicious and discounted? Yes please.

Food Review: Secret Burger Club

24 September 20

Frequently found at Nottingham Street Food Club, we put their patties to the test...

Talking Cakes with Fran Jesson, owner of Sugarberry Cake Studio

16 September 20

Weaving through the avenues of Sneinton Market, you’ll find an eclectic range of shops that will stimulate your senses for one reason or another. There’s Art of Football, with its multicoloured loud and proud exterior, Blend’s toastie bread, which invites you in with delicious smells from across the street… and Sugarberry Cake Studio: adorned with flowers, glossed with minty pastel, and with tasty goods baked to perfection. Formerly Oozee Boozee Bakes, the studio has rebranded to showcase it can do more than tipply treats. Our Food Editor Eve Smallman chats to owner Fran Jesson to find out more…

Food Review: No.12

15 September 20

As lockdown restrictions started to lift, there was only one place that Jason Edgar wanted to reacquaint himself with...

Ben Rose on The Angel Microbrewery, Lockdown Recovery and Vegetarian Cooking

14 September 20

Any regular visitors to The Angel Microbrewery or The Golden Fleece will be familiar with Ben Rose. Having turned two of Notts’ most iconic pubs around, he’s one of the city’s original purveyors of veggie food, with both pubs offering a full menu of meat-free options. And if that wasn’t enough, he even dedicated his kitchen to the Open Kitchens project during lockdown, providing hundreds of meals for those most in need. Christina Geggus caught up with him to find out more...

Food Review: Roxy Ball Room

01 September 20

We headed to the Thurland Street venue for a night of tequila, pizza and ping-pong...

Mapperley Bakery Betty Rose Bakes Has Been Thriving During Lockdown

22 August 20

A proper good slice of cake can always help put the world to rights, and Sam Rose of Betty Rose Bakes knows how to do just that, and more. Her sweet treats are made with beautiful local ingredients, as she has a keen focus on them being environmentally-friendly. We chat to her about the makings of her business and how she’s been keeping calm and baking on during lockdown…

Food Review: Bonzai

19 August 20

Tempura, tofu, and other tasty treats...

Food Review: CHEFF

12 August 20

Cheat day without the guilt? Yes please.

Two Proper Comforting Chicken Recipes

30 July 20

As we start to see family members again, it's only natural that we'll want to cook the tastiest food for them. Two of our food writers share their favourite comforting family recipes...

Deliveroo Review: Boo

11 June 20

With takeout or homemade scran our only option for the foreseeable future, we took a risk on a deliveroo newcomer...

Nottingham Pubs, Bars and Breweries Now Offering Take-Out, Collection and Online Deals

19 March 20

This page is being constantly updated, so we will provide you with the latest news and offers when we can....

Tough Mary's Bakehouse Have Got New Digs

03 March 20

We headed over to the best-smelling yellow premises in Nottingham, to check out their new place. Right next door to the old place...

6 Items to Put in Your Nottingham Picnic Hamper

06 February 20

After all, the way to the heart is through the stomach...

Food Review: Broadway Veganuary Menu

27 January 20

Vegan burgers and beers? Yes please.

6 of the Best Vegan Breakfasts in Nottingham

11 January 20

Six of the tastiest plant-based breakfasts to get your day off to the best start...

5 Cracking Christmas Market Foods at Nottingham's Winter Wonderland

28 November 19

We found the best Christmas Market stalls so you don’t have to.

The Best New Places in Notts Presented by GorgeUs

15 October 19

Maharaja’s Retreat is a New Indian Fine-Dining Restaurant on Maid Marian Way

10 October 19

Despite the city already being home to a plethora of South Asian food spots, Notts’ latest Indian fine dining restaurant seems to be proving popular with local foodies...

5 Places to Get Delicious Desserts in Nottingham

10 September 19

It's Sunday afternoon. You're sad 'cus it's Monday soon (and possibly a little hungover). You're after any possible way to cheer yoursen up and satisfy that rumbling belly of yours. Go easy on the roast 'taters at lunch time and devour one of these instead...

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