Author: Charlotte Reid
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And the winner is…
One of Lincoln’s fish and chip shops, the Burton Road Chippy, put themselves forward to compete for the best fish and chip shop restaurant in the UK. This was their first time in the competition and after qualification, mystery shoppers and impressing the judges they made it into the top 10. The winner would be…
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Food for Thought serves up haggis and chips
It’s been a while since a new episode of Food for Thought. I’ve been relaxing since creating my Christmas specials, but now I am ready to continue finding out about the best food in Lincoln. Over the past year the Burton Road Chippy have been talked about a lot across the city. After winning the…
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Festive food tidings
I didn’t realise that I was in a Christmas mood until I noticed that my last few blog posts have been about it. I think I can live with that though. After last week’s special Food for Thought I still had plenty of interviews and ideas to make another special, and when else am I…
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Deck the halls with bowls of food
In my head it has been Christmas for a few months because I have been planning the festive edition of Food for Thought. There has been a lot of planning, thinking and editing and I am rather proud of what I created. I know it is only talking about food, but getting so many people…
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Chocolates and a reason to celebrate
Some weeks working to get interviews and features for Food for Thought is tough, but somehow this week’s show came together like a dream. A few weekends ago at the Christmas Food and Gift Fair I got chatting to a local chocolatier called Rosella Gugliotta and her business is Okie Coco. While asking her about…
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Christmas cake conundrum
It may only be the early days of December but I have started to plan Christmas. This is after months of purposefully ignoring it. Now I have succumbed to the yuletide spirit I am ‘urming’ and ‘ahhing’ over what Christmas cake to make. I am not a fan of the traditional fruit cake, so if…
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Christmas time is coming to Food for Thought
I have been against talking about Christmas yet, but it has slowly dawned on me that we are less than a month away from the day itself. There have been a few signs, the Christmas lights being switched on in Lincoln, seeing the Coca-Cola advert and I found myself at a Christmas Food and Gift…