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Delicious local cheeses produced in Norfolk and Suffolk

Opinion My challenge to Norfolk's cheesemakers to be more diverse

French president Charles de Gaulle famously once questioned how anyone could govern a country with 246 different varieties of cheese. Actually he was somewhat underestimating: there are well over 1,000 cheeses in France, and last week I was doing my best to taste my way through as many of them as possible at the famous Victor Hugo Market in Toulouse.

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Andy Newman says coffee has so many benefits - apart from the amount of time it takes to order one!

Opinion Forget tea - it's coffee which will leave you full of beans

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Andy says restaurants should keep using paper menus to stop customers having to guess how they order their food

Opinion Hospitality businesses mustn't forget it's about the people

I know that newspaper headlines have an important job to do in terms of engaging readers in an increasingly crowded media environment, and that is perhaps why headline writers sometimes have a habit of using hyperbolic language which can over-dramatise the actual news story in question.

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Disfrutar was recently named as the best restaurant in the world Image: PA

Opinion Why Norfolk foodies should care about Disfrutar's restaurant award

Picture suggestion: Plate of fine food – perhaps from Disfrutar if press pictures are available

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Norwich Wine Week and English Wine Week provide a great opportunity to celebrate a national and a regional success story, says Andy Newman

Opinion Time to toast a real regional food and drink success story
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'The Ultimate Norfolk Piggy Club Sandwich’ from the Britons Arms in Norwich

Opinion Special week is a chance to give new life to the humble sandwich

In another triumph for the PR profession (of which I am a longstanding member), next week has been designated British Sandwich Week, in an attempt to celebrate a foodstuff which this country invented, and yet which we have largely allowed to become a pale and insipid shadow of the dish it could be.

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Masterchef contestant Thuy Hoang and Andy Newman at the East Anglian Game and Country Fair

Opinion How a cooking competition can help us build communities
HOW A COOKING COMPETITION CAN HELP US BUILD COMMUNITIES

A variety of treats on offer at Goodies Food Hall

Opinion How red tape is strangling our independent food and drink businesses

One of the joys of living in Norfolk is that if we decide we want to buy our foods away from the supermarkets, we are spoilt for choice. From the rich diversity of offerings on Norwich market to farm shops such as Goodies Food Hall in Pulham Market or Walsingham Farm Shop, via a plethora of independent delis, it is easy for us to spend our money with knowledgeable, independent retailers who can tell us exactly where our food has come from.

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Norwich's Lanes fayre offers punters and traders a chance to share all that's great about food in Norfolk, says Andy Newman

Opinion Chance to support local businesses should not be sacrificed to football

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Stanley Tucci and chef Chiara Pavan at Ristorante Venissa in Venice

Opinion A Hollywood star's lesson on the benefits of being a foodie
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