The fourth edition of The Foodie Bugle is published on 15th June, showcasing more stories about ordinary people who create and do extraordinary things in and around the food and drink industry. We try to be useful, informative, educational and inspiring.
The bar keeps rising and our community of writers and readers keeps growing. I have not stopped working since the day I set it up. We now have 75 registered writers from all over the world and over 200 articles. Some of the authors just write for us once, whilst others have contributed throughout the editions. They range from amateur bloggers, food writers, cooks, photographers, artisans and gardeners. They all share the same passions: great food and drink, sourced and prepared with care.
The making, running, editing, photography and administration of the website all take a great deal of time and money. As a result The Foodie Bugle will have to start charging a premium content subscription from the 5th edition onwards. We are a not-for-profit organisation, but we do need to meet all our costs, as we have no sponsorship and carry no advertising. It is important that the magazine remains advertising free, to maintain our freedom and trustworthiness.
It is so uplifting when established writers find us and tell us they want to participate in the process, and when readers leave kind comments on the site, or tweet their support on Twitter.
In the fourth edition we have, to name but a few, articles and reviews about: a wild foraging course at the Vegetarian Cookery School in Bath, a midnight tour of the Hobbs House Bakery and dinner at its Bistro in Nailsworth, lunch at Ottolenghi with Niamh Shields, author of the Eat Like A Girl food Blog, a Nordic cookery course with Signe Johansen at Leith’s School of Food and Wine, the Daylesford Summer Festival, an interview with Chantal Coady of Rococo, a visit to the Love a Locavore Supper Party preparations in Fulham, an ice-cream tasting at Winstones Ices in Gloucestershire, lunch at St. John’s Bread and Wine, a foodie trip round Spitalfields, the food photography of Tori McTernan, Debi Treloar and Moe Kafer, dinner at the Montpelier Supper Club in Bristol, the making of the This is Your Kingdom community, a lunch cooked by private Chef Paul Collins, an insight into how the e-zine Not French Cooking was made and lots, lots more.
I hope you enjoy it!
All good wishes,
Silvana de Soissons
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