Fine Food Digest Volum 16 Issue 9 | Page 52

shelf talk At the water’s edge Originally started as a haven for boaters on the Mersey & Trent Canal, Aston Marina has flourished into a full-blown food destination on land. Director Helen Webb tells FFD how they keep it all afloat. Deli of the Month INTERVIEW BY MICHAEL LANE W hen I’m taking photographs of a retailer, it’s not very often I ask myself whether there are enough boats in the shot but that’s exactly what I found myself doing last month. Before you get jealous that I’ve been on a glamorous assignment in the Caribbean or the Mediterranean, I should confess that this snapper’s dilemma happened in landlocked Staffor