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My favourite recipe: Christine Willis

10:38am Monday 6th May 2013

EACH week we ask someone to share one of their favourite recipes with readers of Taste.

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How just 99p can make a difference

10:26am Monday 6th May 2013

A BOURNEMOUTH restaurant has signed up to a scheme to help poor communities across the world.

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New group joins up for taste of success

10:23am Monday 6th May 2013

BUSINESSWOMEN in Dorset enjoyed the sweet taste of success when they took part in a chocolate-making workshop.

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My favourite recipe: Chicken with a walnut topping

1:27pm Monday 29th April 2013

EACH week we ask a well known local face to share one of their favourite recipes with readers of Taste.

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Scallops and sunblush mash, Thai beef burgers and choux buns: meet the finalists for young chef of the year

3:00pm Friday 26th April 2013

STUDENTS from Christchurch secondary schools cooked up a storm to decide the finalists for the Junior Cook of the Year competition, held as part of Christchurch Food and Wine Festival.

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Buying into British beef

11:32am Friday 26th April 2013

BUTCHERS and restaurants across the town are supporting a drive to buy British when it comes to beef.

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Up close and personal with celebrity chef James Martin

11:15am Friday 5th April 2013

YOU’RE probably more used to seeing celebrity chef James Martin on your TV screens with the BBC’s Saturday Morning Kitchen.

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Raises your glasses: the Big Bournemouth Beer Festival is back

2:45pm Thursday 28th February 2013

The fourth annual Big Bournemouth Beer Festival will take place at the BIC from March 29 to March 31.

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Mackerel baps: not such a great idea after all

2:37pm Thursday 28th February 2013

IT was the programme that got everyone talking. Hgh's Fish Fight struck a massive chord with Echo readers. The Taste blog we wrote when the first series was aired in January 2011 remains one of our most read Taste posts ever.

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Bournemouth Bartenders League. Competition Two - Tequila Aphrodisiac

1:21pm Tuesday 26th February 2013

There was a time when the thought of ‘a shot of tequila’ would equal connotations of standing at bar, sticky floor underfoot, a line of salt, a harsh spirit and a bitter slither of lemon.

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Perfect pancakes: thin, thick, sweet or savoury, we’ve got all you need to know

12:26pm Tuesday 12th February 2013

Nigel Slater and Delia say you need butter. Xanthe Clay reckons an extra egg yolk. Gwyneth Paltrow uses THREE eggs and a slosh of buttermilk, while Jamie Oliver has designed a “one tweet recipe” that could be no easier.

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Welcome to The Bournemouth Bartenders League

1:33pm Wednesday 6th February 2013

 A new league has been set up to enable bartenders in the BH area to challenge each other in a series of organised events over the course of the year.

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Delia Smith retires from TV to teach online

11:54am Tuesday 5th February 2013

Delia Smith has turned her back on TV to teach us how to cook online as she was tired of having to "entertain". Have cookery shows become more about entertainment than teaching us how to cook?

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Burns Night: how will you be celebrating?

11:43am Friday 25th January 2013

MILLIONS of people tonight will be celebrating the life of Scottish bard, Robert Burns, who was born on January 25 1759.

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Facing food waste facts: time to be less fussy about what we eat?

12:50pm Thursday 10th January 2013

As much as half of all food produced in the world– amounting to 2bn tonnes worth - ends up as waste, a new report has claimed.

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Jenny's week: Flu stopped play

10:00am Tuesday 8th January 2013

First of all, let me begin by wishing everyone a very happy new year. Yes, it’s rather belated, but then everything has either been late or just not happened this Christmas time.

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