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Hi there, Welcome to our July edition

Thanks for reading our July edition of the Keep It Local Magazine. We hope you are all coping okay since the delay of restrictions being lifted in June.

June's Quiz Winner was Sarah Lane from Abbotts Drive in Stanford-Le-Hope DVD. Well done to all those who got the correct answer!

We're all hopeful that everything will open back up properly on the 19th July or if we're lucky before. For the mean time keep enjoying the small bursts of good weather and seeing friends and family safely.

In the kids quiz this month your little one has the chance to win a Peter Rabbit 2 DVD. Don’t forget you have to be in it to win it!

As always we have plenty of puzzles here for any dull or rainy days the good ol' British weather throws at us in July. As well a really simple and quick recipe for some Al Fresco Dining on one of the sunny days. We have a very topical wordsearch at the back of the magazine this month. All the best ice cream flavours waiting for you to find. Don't forget towards the back of the magazine each month is the answer page so you don't have to wait to find your puzzle answers!

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Eat Al Fresco Italian Style The rise of the home pizzeria

During 2020 when we were all forced to stay home during that glorious first spring and summer of the pandemic, outdoor pizza oven sales soared as we all mourned our lost foreign holidays and long lazy sun-soaked lunches. The trend for al fresco Italian cooking shows no sign of letting up in 2021 so what should you look for in a pizza oven? Both wood fired pizza ovens and traditional BBQs use wood or coal to create fire for cooking on. They also cook similar foods, albeit in different ways. Wood fired ovens are designed to reach much hotter temperatures than BBQs and retain that heat for longer periods of time – a good wood fired oven reaches up to 400°C or higher, and some will stay hot throughout the day. From quick 3-minute pizzas to slow-cooked meats roasting for a few hours, outdoor ovens can do it all! It’s tempting to jump on the bandwagon but first 0 consider what you will mostly be cooking & how often. One of the biggest benefits of a pizza oven is that it can also barbecue grill and smoke food. But if all you want to do is grill a few burgers, you probably won't want to have to wait for a big pizza oven to heat up! If your heart still says 'pizza' there are a number of options to choose from. Wood Fired Pizza Ovens - A heavy wood fired pizza oven is the classic and most authentic pizza

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