Wednesday 26 October 2011

Snow Goose starts Local Lunches

The Snow Goose on Sunderland Street is starting doing meals at lunchtimes from this Friday and Food4MaccDirect has been helping with the food. Lunch will comprise a plate of 3 Cheshire cheeses (Golden Brie, Burt’s Blue and Mature Cheshire), Cheshire sourdough, pumpkin bread or herb scone and pear chutney, all supplied by Food4MaccDirect, together with soup provided by the Snow Goose, including seasonal Cheshire vegetables.

Lunch is £6.95 and will be available from noon this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Monday 24 October 2011

Local Cafe starts using Food4Macc Direct Produce


Julia Marshall's cafĂ© and brasserie “Amuse” has just started using Food4Macc Direct local vegetables and sourdough bread in her lunchtime and evening menu.
An example of this week’s menu is below.

· Soup of the week - Spiced parsnip & carrot soup

· Lunchtime menu – chicken & roast pumpkin curry

· Evening menu - Hearty winter root vegetable stew served in a roasted pumpkin

If you’re in Macclesfield, check out Amuse on the pedestrianised part of Chestergate!

Friday 7 October 2011

Macclesfield Apple Juicing a Big Success




Despite the wind and rain, friday's apple pressing day outside the town hall was deemed a big success with lots of takers for free juice, freshly pressed from Macclesfield apples.

If you missed it, you will have another chance at the Treacle Market on Sunday 30th October

Sunday 2 October 2011

Our first National Radio Coverage





Dawn MacDonald and Nancy Benson of Food4Macc's Garden Share were invited to take part in an 11 minute feature on Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme on Friday 30th September.

If you missed it, you can listen to it on the BBC’s iPlayer by following this link.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b0151w30

Make sure your speakers are turned on!

You can fast forward to the start of the feature by dragging the slider bar to 33mins 45 secs into the 45 minute long programme.