<p class="">It’s time for the annual Dartmouth Food Festival - and event which every year punches well above its weight - here’s a preview now that the festival is about to return after the Covid pandemic </p>

<p class="">A meal out with friends in Cornwall - which included a taste-test to see the difference there is between the flavour of a lobster and a Cornish crawfish. Quite a big difference as it turns out… Thanks to our friends at Indulgence Catering</p>

<p class="">Meat eating has had a bad press - but the media never bothers to look at the idea that there are different ways of producing meat. Now a new project called Farm Wilder intends to bring the very best environmentally-friendly meat to the market</p>

<p class="">A visit to one of the most productive corners of rural England</p>

<p class="">Now is the season of fruitfulness in the English West Country - this article celebrates the sort of ingredients and dishes you can enjoy in September</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp celebrates the new Taste East Devon Festival with lunch at a very special country hotel - The PIG at Combe serves a 25-mile-menu which more or less sums up all that is good about eating and drinking in the East Devon area</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp pays tribute to the llfe of his old friend Brendan Sellick - sometimes billed in the media as “The World’s Lat Mud-Horse Fisherman”</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp reviews a very useful cookbook indeed, one which focuses on catering for two - which is actually the number of people most likely to sit down for lunch or dinner. Two’s Company is by Exeter-based food writer and chef Orlando Murrin</p>

<p class="">Reporting an a seminal event which might well help to change the artisan bread-making scene in Britain</p>

<p class="">Food writer Martin Hesp learns about a whole new way to barbecue - something which you can literally do at the press of a button </p>

<p class="">Room with a view - or rather, dining room with a view… We’re looking for suggestions - the best cafes, pubs or restaurants with sea-views… In Devon, Dorset, Somerset or Cornwall in this particular case…</p>

<p class="">We go back to the beach with Dan the Fishman for the first seafood picnic in 18 months - good to be back having an adventure after 18 months in pandemic lockdown </p>

<p class="">Went to a barbecue this week - and for once it was actually a work meeting - but why not mix business with pleasure? At this event we were talking about an amazing new kind of barbecue called the Masterbuilt Gravity Series</p>

<p class="">All about the sunshine food of the Canaries - mojo sauces etc</p>

Martin Hesp recalls the time he joined a group of Dartmoor farmers on a trip to the Simmental in Switzerland

<p class="">Continuing our series about great West Country chefs Martin Hesp writes about his old pal Matt Mason and recalls the day he learned to cook in Matt’s old kitchen at the Jack in the Green alongside half a dozen rugby players from the Exeter Chiefs</p>

<p class="">In our series on great West Country chefs, Martin Hesp talks to Nathan Outlaw on the very day he was told that his Port Isaac had been officially named "best place to eat in the whole of Britain…</p>

<p class="">In our series about the talented chefs of the West Country we visit Falmouth where South African Hylton Espey ahas been cooking up a very natural and delicious storm for the past five years at the Merchant’s Manor Hotel</p>

<p class="">Experimenting with recipes and food during a pandemic lockdown… Why not? You havn’t much choice if you’re only shopping for essentials once every two weeks</p>

<p class="">Continuing our series on top West Country chefs we revisit Mitch Tonks, the charming and brilliant chef with an international reputation for his seafood </p>