In the garden, with Vicky Moffitt Our usual columnist, Caroline Beck, is up to her eyes in the garden today,...
Oxtail Stew Author: George Payne Serves: 6 Ingredients 1.3kg oxtail, cut into chunky pieces 3 tbsp plain flour salt and...
Anna Hedworth, aka food writer and restaurateur The Grazer, is wrapping up warm for the festive season I was getting a bit fed up of the strange mild weather we were having for a while in November, where was winter? I wanted to be cold and cosy, with the fire on...
Duck Delight Author: George Payne Serves: 4 Gosforth Q Guild butcher George Payne reckons roast duck is a delicious alternative...
One of my colleagues walked past the polytunnel the other day when I was planting out some winter herbs and...
It’s been a busy few weeks, what with birthdays, launch events and other celebrations, and there’s been a lot of eating out for this girl about Toon. It’s a hard life, but! If you’re a foodie you’ll be like a kid in a sweet shop with the shiny new Food...
In a former life, I was a psychiatric nurse, working in a local hospital handing out medicine that didn’t work....
Anna Hedworth, aka blogger The Grazer and owner of The Cook House in Ouseburn, Newcastle, shares her love of...
While turkey remains the festive fayre in many homes, hams are becoming more popular, either as a centerpiece for the Christmas period. For other recipes, visit www.qguild.co.uk Christmas ham with sticky ginger glaze Author: George Payne Serves: 8-10 Ingredients 1 uncooked ham about 5kg, soaked according to butcher’s instructions 1...
I once grew so many flowers on my allotment that the bad-tempered judge of the annual prize spikily remarked that...
I love a good pop-up party. It’s not that we don’t have enough great restaurants and eateries in our beloved...
Rabbits. The very word makes this live-and-let-live gardener twitch with rage. It’s not that I hate them, but I hate what they do to the garden. A nibble here, a dig there and overnight your lovingly tended crops are fit only for compost. So when Ivan and I started work...
