• Dorset church leaders undertake charity bread-making at Wimborne Minster Green

  By Stour & Avon Magazine at 06:00 on 25/05/13

  

  SIX Dorset church leaders, four from Wimborne - Gwyneth Owen (Methodist), Jean Hyde (URC), Robert Jones (Baptist) and Tom Sanders, (Quakers) baked their way to glory in the Great Bite Back at Hunger Bread Bake on the Minster Green last Saturday to conclude Christian Aid Week. But there could only be one winner, chosen with great care by the head baker of Long Crichel Bakery who found encouragement from all the entries. The Rev Gwyneth...

• So you think you can cook a great chilli?

  By GDCF2013 at 17:11 on 24/05/13

  

  So you think you can cook a great chilli? UK Chilli Cook-off event comes to the Great Dorset Chilli Festival Amateur Chilli chefs who believe they can cook an amazing Chilli-Con-Carne now have an opportunity to see how their favourite recipe compares with the best in the UK.  The Great Dorset Chilli Festival in association with the UK Chilli Cook Off Association will be hosting the Dorset heat of the 2013 Chilli Cook Off...

• Touring companies are praying for the weather

  By Stour & Avon Magazine at 11:00 on 24/05/13

  

  THE open air touring theatre season is starting, with the usual choice of high comedy, Shakespearean romps and family shows coming to various gardens, parks and village greens across the area – and this year there is even a chance to Wait for Godot alfresco. With its three touring plays, Illyria is again the first to arrive in our region. This year's productions are Shakespeare's As You Like It, the Gilbert and Sullivan...

• Stour and Avon: Out and About

  By Stour & Avon Magazine at 11:00 on 24/05/13

  

  This Weekend Saturday: Afternoon cream teas at St Michael's parish centre, Verwood 2-4.30pm. Sunday: Join DCN on a bike ride from Walford Mill cp 10.30am. CAPROW meet 10.30am Kettle Bridge cp, Cerne Abbas for Sydling St Nicholas. Linda 01202 751002. Bank Holiday Monday: Another walk for CAPROW: meet 10.45am at Ibberton Hill cp for a walk with lovely views. Ann 01929 459529. Next Week Tuesday 28th: Broadstone Evening Townswomen's...

• Prize-winning pork and more from The Uncommon Pig - winner of last year's Best Food Product

  By Blackmore Vale Magazine at 11:00 on 24/05/13

  

  THE Uncommon Pig picked up the Best Food Product title at the 2012 Taste of Dorset Awards, just one year after the business was launched. Owned by husband and wife team Luke and Louise Trowbridge, the Stour Provost based food business beat stiff competition from The Dorset Game Larder and From Dorset with Love to be named the county's finest. The Trowbridges' 300-acre dairy farm produces milk for award-winning cheesemaker Barber's of...

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