Celebrate good food, come on!

Summer lols

Fen Farm Dairy is 10 years old and what a decade it has been for owners, Jonny & Dulcie Crickmore, who, in 2013, came up with what they thought, back then, was the crazy idea to make the best brie in the world. Ten years on, they are still working as hard as ever, with a new herd of cows, two children, three new cheesemaking buildings and a fabulous team of 40+ people. Moreover, their crazy idea has resulted in the most delicious multi-award-winning cheese: Baron Bigod, which can be found in the finest delis, restaurants and cheese counters in the UK and around the world, including France!

Love our Fare

Love British Food celebrates the delights of the diverse and delicious food produced in Great Britain. Established in 2002 by Alexia Robinson, and joined by twelve community groups across the country, today it is the leading national campaign promoting British food, with hundreds of organisations on board, all with a passion for food and the beautiful British countryside that produces it. Local members include A Passion for Seafood, the Wild Meat Co, Hillfarm Oils, and Fen Farm Dairy.

Grange Farm Shop in Hasketon celebrates its 70th birthday with a big late summer bash, hopefully in the sunshine, on the 2nd September. Will, Annabel and team always put on a great party and no more so than for this monumental occasion. Join them to celebrate with live music, local food, a barbeque, and gourmet cheese toasties from Otis Breading. There’ll be a bar for the adults and activities for the children including crafts from EJaRt Creative, their onsite neighbour.

Happy Birthday to you both!

The annual focal point is British Food Fortnight, the biggest national celebration of our food that takes place every autumn, this year from 16th September to 1st October. Look out for special promotional events and tastings online and in your local farm shop and supermarket and help celebrate these wonderful champions of homegrown fare.

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Barbecued Coca-Cola and Hoisin Spare Ribs

If you want to impress with your BBQ skills this summer without slaving over hot coals for hours on end, these spare ribs are ideal, especially when made with delicious free-range Suffolk pork. You can adapt the marinade to suit your tastebuds – measures below are just for guidance.

Method

Ingredients

2kgs pork spare ribs

For the marinade:

440ml hoisin sauce

500ml of coca cola

4 garlic cloves, grated or finely chopped

A finger of ginger, grated or finely chopped

2 tbsp sunflower oil

220g dark soft brown sugar

440ml tomato ketchup

220ml dark soy sauce

1 tsp of Chinese 5 spice

1/2 tsp chilli flakes (optional)

A pinch of salt & pepper

Heat the oven to 150˚C/130˚C fan/gas mark 2.

Pop all the marinade ingredients except the coca cola into a large saucepan and gently warm, whilst stirring until the sugar dissolves. Taste and adjust to suit.

Take off the heat and add the coca cola, stirring as you go. Lay the spare ribs in a deep roasting tin and pour over the marinade before covering with foil or a lid and transferring to the preheated oven.

Take out once or twice to turn and baste the ribs and remove when tender after about two hours.

You can either drain off any juices and pop the ribs straight onto a hot BBQ until they have the required level of charring – they’re already cooked so this should only take a couple of minutes on each side - or let them cool completely before popping in the fridge, taking them out an hour or so before you’re ready to drop them onto those hot coals.