* The Milkshed in Weston-On-The Green has just announced it’s next pop-up supper night. The date is Saturday, March 22, and the evening is priced at £38 including corkage because it’s also BYO.

Expect crispy stuffed olives, slow cooked pork and red wine ragu with pappardelle pasta, sage gremolata and parmesan, whole roast seabass with boulangere anya potatoes, capers and anchovies, braised swiss chard and fennel caramelised in garlic butter and salsa rosso.

Grazing boards will include trifles, possets and tatins, cheese toasts, marcona almonds, chocolate truffles and frozen grapes. All followed by coffee.

Book at lucie@themilkshedstore.co.uk See themilkshedstore.co.uk or call 01869 351387.

* Speaking of Weston-On-The-Green, there must be something in the water because I went to the new Black Sheep pub, sister to Weston Manor, and had a great Sunday lunch there at the weekend. Review to follow, but one to earmark. They are serving The Milkshed’s ice creams and sorbets there as well, which were delectable. Small world eh?

* The nomination period opens for the Waitrose Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Awards on Monday, March 3. Celebrating great food and service at independent restaurants, pubs and cafés around the country, why not nominate your favourite Oxfordshire eaterie and put it on the national map? Said restaurants should be independently run and offer regional or local produce where possible. The regional winners will then be announced in June and included in The Waitrose Good Food Guide 2014. The overall winner will be announced in September.

To take part vote online at thegoodfoodguide.co.uk/ awards from March 3 until May 12.

* Pieminister in the Covered Market has just launched a new range of pies, which are good for the waistline at 440 calories each – the lightest pies on the market. The three new additions – ‘chickalito’: a free range British chicken and dry cured ham pie; ‘light as a feta’: a butternut squash, feta and sun-dried tomato pie and ‘kooky chook’: a free range British chicken, sweet potato, coconut and chilli pie – are lightly baked in a thinly-rolled pastry with poppy seeds, cayenne pepper and Parmesan and topped with a sort of seeded, herb crumb. n Don’t forget It’s Deddington Farmers’ Market on Saturday from 9am-12.30pm where Cornfield Bakery, recently seen on TV, will have Hot Cross Buns for sale... the first of the year.

See deddingtonfarmers market.co.uk

* Everyone loves Pancake Day, and to celebrate Giraffe in George Street and in Abingdon is celebrating Shrove Tuesday by offering 50 per cent off their delicious stacked blueberry and banana pancakes to raise money for charity.

To take advantage of this offer, simply pop into giraffe on March 4 until 11am and between 3pm-5pm for a half price pancake breakfast or a post school supper Helping to raise money for seriously ill children across the UK, 50p from every stacked blueberry and banana pancake dish sold at Giraffe is donated to Rays of Sunshine, a charity that grants wishes for hundreds of children each year.

See giraffe.net