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Neil Sowerby's Wine Wisdom - January 2012

Ramsden’s Requiem - A Salute To Tyke Chippies

Gordo’s Cookbooks for Christmas Presents

Neil Sowerby's February Wine FavesPlus your chance to win a signed copy of Oz Clarke’s Bordeaux book

Neil Sowerby's Wine Wisdom - January 2012Our roving oenophile gets his nose stuck in

Ramsden’s Requiem - A Salute To Tyke ChippiesNeil Sowerby salutes the great survivors: Brett’s, Bryan’s and Nash’s

Gordo’s Cookbooks for Christmas PresentsFrom Hix to Shields via Blumenthal and Guérard, Gordo says buy these

Christmas gifts from Mr Thomas's Chop HouseTreat someone to this Food and Wine evening at the Cross Street classic

The Good Food Show: The ReviewRuth Allan gets trending in the biggest food show in the UK

Drink Of The Week: Starbucks Eggnog LatteEmma Nuttall didn’t know she liked her eggs latte-d

Didsbury Farm Shop Opens This FridayMottram St Andrew success story makes a move on the city

Booths Opens: It's MassiveConfidential swings into MediaCityUK's giant new store, borrows £20 and drinks all the beer

What’s The Best Lunchtime Sushi?Karen Regn knows sushi is a healthy lunch option – but finding the real deal proves to be a challenge
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Bitter Taste Of VictoryConfidential talks common sense and Manchester Art Gallery actions it

Barbakan - Officially The Best Bakery In The CountryHannah Merrick and the value of using your loaf

Caribbean Flavas ReviewLynda Moyo visits the Caribbean’s honorary island of Salford

La Chocolatier reviewedHelen Ramsbottom buries her face into chocolate in the Royal Exchange Arcade

Nantwich Cheese Scrap - The ResultsHard, soft, bitter, sweet or blue? who won.

The Wine Column From Neil Sowerby - JulyOur glugger gets a glugging from Cheadle to Chile

Confidential recommends 15/06/2011Wondering where to head for dinner this week?

Confidential Recommends 25/05/11An on-going series in which Confidential recommends four of our faves

Confidential Recommends 18/05/11An on-going series in which Confidential recommends four of our faves

North West bucks downward trend for organicsBig increase in food sales reported by Riverford Organic

Riverford launches new cookbookFollow up to the farm’s award-winning debut

Southport Food and Drink FestivalFree seaside foodie festival with Jean Christophe Novelli, 12-15 May

Abode and Fizzy FridaysNew Diving Dining menu to end the week in style

Confidential recommends 02/05/2011An on-going series in which Confidential recommends four of our faves

Amelia Rope Chocolate reviewSleuth on a PR freebie that worked

Gabriel’s Grocery Store reviewedJonathan Schofield learns Gabriel’s Kitchen is to close, but the Store is here to stay

Waitrose confirms Spinningfields storeRetailer also opening in Knutsford

We road test the new WaitroseSimon Binns thinks other supermarket chains should be afraid, very afraid

New market opens at St Ann's SquareFeast Market arrives with a pantry full of fine food and drinks

Monthly food market for ChorltonThe inaugural Chorlton Food Market and the tricky art of making a macaroon

Confidential’s pick of the Food and Drink FestivalMake Matfin cook for you and three of the best in Ramsbottom

Best of Three: PaninisThis time: It's just a posh toastie, so how hard can it be to find a good 'un? Well, you never know...

Carluccio’s sold for £90mMiddle Eastern firm buys Italian chain

Journey of Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire CheeseJayne Robinson heads down to the farm to meet a family of cheesemakers

Waitrose set for SpinningfieldsUpmarket food retailer is anchor tenant in refurbished Manchester House

From crate to plateHelen Clifton follows the journey of a halibut from the cold slabs of New Smithfield fish market to the linen-clad tables of Manchester's Rosso restaurant

Willoughby's gives good wine dealsThe End of the Year pre-stocktake sale works wonders for those who like a tipple

Fairtrade winesNeil Sowerby goes all worthy with Britain’s best wine club and beautiful Boutinot...

Harvey Nichols' gourmet Valentines' dinnerA five course tasting menu and an extra special ride on the Wheel

Best of three: Winter soupsWarm the cockles with a cup of homemade, takeaway cheer. But who had pots of magic and who felt the wooden spoon in our <i>random</i> test?

Christmas dinner drinkingPhilip Hamer takes a tour of the independent wine merchants to find the best of the seasonal tipples

Cocoa EmporiumLynda Moyo gorges on our region's finest chocolates

Wines at the The Co-operative FoodPhillip Hamer checks out the The Co-operative Food's wine offering and picks out the best buys

From Britain to Chile via FrancePhilip Hamer looks for something rather different as he chooses some impressive wines for summer drinking�

Exclusive: Formby Tesco bypasses Formby asparagusHow local is the local produce claim? Herefordshire, in this case....

Sous Chef reviewRuth Allan tries out a new concept in takeaways: you do the cooking

Portland Wine reviewPhilip Hamer celebrates 25 years of a highly recommended independent wine shop

Cheese HamletColette Bernasconi on a fromagerie from heaven – and a new trend in cheese wedding cakes

Best of three: Delivery pizzasAre you stopping in tonight? Treating yourself to a home delivered pizza? Here's the lowdown on a random trio we tried from chains around Liverpool. You may know different

Reserve wine shopPhilip Hamer celebrates with an award-winning Didsbury wine shop

Best of three � mince piesA mince pie is a mince pie. Right? Well not quite. How do these random trio from local cake shops stack up?

Wines at EvunaPhilip Hamer is surprised by the quality of the wines from one of Spain’s overlooked regions

Madeira on the SwanNatalie Bradbury visits a new deli on Swan Street that sells swans

Best of three: Cheese toastieWhere can you get your fix of the delicious snack? Our testers have travelled far and wide to bring you melted cheddar to gorge on. So let's toast this trio

SimpsonsFelicity Clarke takes her trolley around a local alternative to the Big Four

Hanging Ditch Wine MerchantsPhilip Hamer, after our design preview last week, looks at the wine in the latest city centre shop

Best of three: Cornish PastyLunch on the run or simply greedy for carbs? We've tried out this random trio of pasties just for you....

Best of Three: Hot roast beef sandwichOur testers have been out and about around city cafes and butty bars to find out which of this random trio best cuts the mustard.

EvunaPhilip Hamer has a damn fine time on the wine at Evuna

WinosPhilip Hamer is jealous of Oldham’s fantastic wine shop

GastronomicaGordo gets operatic about in a stall in the Manchester Arndale

Red House FarmConfidential recommends a day at Redhouse Farm for some weird agricultural goings on

Heroes for FoodPhilip Hamer discovers a gem of a deli in west Rochdale

RusticaLynda Moyo eases into the New Year with some easy eating

The Confidential Christmas Wine ChoicePhil Hamer has put his nose in enough glasses this year to know what might be best this Christmas

The VineyardPhil Hamer likes Ramsbottom's latest food and drink oasis

The Art of TeaVanessa Lees teas up Didsbury

Cooperative Store winesPhilip Hamer is impressed by the wine bargains at Manchester’s new Coop store

Thyme OutGordo gets lost and finds himself with cabbages in West Didsbury

Liverpool set for first Food Lovers FestivalHope Street chefs, the world's tallest sandwich, free beer and fish tasting across the Mersey. Get ready for a fortnight of food loving with North West Fine Food and Liverpool Confidential

Big sushi in little ManchesterChuck out the sandwiches, lunchtimes just became a lot more fun. Mai Bai is the new kid on the block, sent to rescue us from boring lunchtimes forever.