21. Slow Food movement gathers pace...

22. Fantastic final to Reading Steady Cook

A 29-year-old Calcot dance teacher became the first Reading Steady Cook winner on Sunday with her version of jerk chicken.

23. For the love of an ORCHARD

The Ancient Persians and Egyptians grew the first orchards. They were walled gardens set out on a formal grid of canals.

24. Learn to cook with the Russell Brand of the kitchen

It was BBC bosses who likened him to the sexy comedian but you will know him as the posh TV chef who loves seasonal food. Linda Fort talks to enthusiastic fisherman and forager Valentine Warner.

25. It was Jamie Oliver who inspired me

Full of enthusiasm and energy, this young couple are eager to embrace the traditional. Linda Fort meets a chef and his partner who have taken on their first village pub.

26. Lib Dem Gareth Epps fighting for the rights of beer drinkers

Pub regulars and beer drinkers have a new champion in the General Election campaign.

27. Anna’s porridge prize is oat-ally amazing

28. Christmas Cake recipe

My favourite Christmas cake comes from the estimable Hamlyn All Colour Cook Book published in 1971.

29. Little house on the prairie

It is difficult to imagine anything more heroic than making a living from the land. Linda Fort talks to a couple who are local food heroes in Bradfield Southend.

30. Chef serves up a passion for food at the Spring Inn

“For the love of food” is the reason why Adrian Brunswick has taken over the Spring Inn in Sulhamstead.