Pescatarians unite! We at appetite have a passion for fish, and as long as you know what’s good (ie sustainable), there is so much variety you can live on it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Jane Pikett takes a coastal tour Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, in our opinion at least, deserves a knighthood. Nay, he deserves to [...]

Three good knives, the best you can afford. An eight inch knife for most of your chopping requirements; a utility knife with a serrated edge for tomatoes and soft fruit etc, and a three inch vegetable parer.  A bamboo end-grain chopping board. Choose end-grain so you won’t split the board. Bamboo has natural anti-bacterial properties, [...]

The importance of ambience isn’t lost on Alastair Gilmour You don’t come across many Ernests these days. The name has such an old-fashioned ring we’re unlikely to see its ilk again.  We had one in primary school, which wasn’t yesterday, and the last we can recall was the Oscar Wilde character who wasn’t even real, [...]

Never thought pans could be that exciting? You haven’t been to Stanger’s Cookshop in Jesmond. Rosie McGlade has lunch with owner Jessica Stanger, and writes up her Christmas list  Many years ago, Jess Stanger might have taken the route into musical theatre, having studied drama and enjoyed singing with jazz groups in London.  But she [...]