The 18th Slow Food Festival launches in Aylsham on its traditional October weekend featuring local food and drink producers, crafts people and entertainers as well as all the old favourites. From street food to indoor markets, home-grown vegetables to fresh-baked … Continued
They came from near and far carrying their precious gastropod racers in lettuce-lined butter tubs and Perspex boxes. It was the morning of the second Great Aylsham Snail Race in the Market Place in August and entrants aged from three … Continued
Preparations are underway for the “slowest and silliest” race on Saturday 3 August at the Food & Craft Market just outside Aylsham Town Hall, when live snails will compete for the coveted “Lettuce Pot”. Organised by Slow Food, whose logo … Continued
Meet Daniel Howes, owner of deli-coffee shop-bar with music, Seventeen, the latest addition to Red Lion Street. Daniel is the sixth food and drink outlet to open in Aylsham in the past 12 months, nearly all of them in Red … Continued
Shoppers looking for something eco-friendly for the Christmas table or gift need not travel far for ideas. Aylsham must be the best placed town in the country to practice the ethos of Slow Food – local food, grown with concern … Continued
Where can you get a restaurant-style three-course meal for £18 including a show, free outdoor entertainment as you shop in the market, and the best hangover cure for a Sunday morning? Welcome to the annual three-day Aylsham Food Festival, which … Continued
It was a slow start, as you would expect, but the first Great Aylsham Snail Race quickly gathered pace and, despite persistent rain, drew a big crowd of spectators at the August Food & Craft Market. Dozens of excited children … Continued
Slow Food members enjoyed a trip to Babu’s Vineyard in Weston Longville, near Norwich in July. Owner and wine lover Peter Ross and his wife Julia led the tour round the 800 vines set in the small, family run vineyard … Continued
The race is on to find the first Great Aylsham Snail Race winner. For more than 25 years, the World Snail Racing Championships had been held at Congham, near King’s Lynn. But Covid stalled the races and they were subsequently … Continued
Supporters of Slow Food Aylsham have donated an amazing £3,500 in lottery contributions towards good causes in Broadland. The Community at Heart Lottery is a Broadland District Council online fund-raising project which, this year, is on track to raise more … Continued