Some of the North East’s best chefs to share their favourite festive recipes and tips. This is your Christmas survival...
What’s all this about the UK throwing away tons of food every year? Here in the appetite kitchen, we eat...
Among the greatest joys of summer are the berries the sunshine brings with it. But what to do with them? Try these… 1. Dish the dirt Keep fresh berries in the fridge, but avoid washing them first (unless you like them soft and mouldy…). Wash immediately before you use them, and...
Everyone’s into the Good Life these days, which means a glut of produce from your own or your friends’ gardens....
If 2018 was the year of aquafaba and apple cider vinegar, 2019 will herald a wave of innovative ice creams,...
To mark our 50th edition, Dean Bailey meets restaurant pioneer Terry Laybourne to discuss his 30 years in the business, today’s food scene, and why the Stones have to play Jumpin’ Jack Flash Think about food in the North East, and you’re never more than two steps from Terry Laybourne....
Jane Pikett meets Charlotte Harbottle, one of the few female butchers in the region, a prodigious blogger and Tweeter, and...
Newcastle Wine School owner David Harker tells the story of English sparkling wine. Once dismissed as a hobby for amateur...
appetite has a new columnist – the amazing Charlotte Harbottle, aka Girl Butcher of the blog of the same name. And, yes, she really is a girl butcher (and there aren’t many of those around) and she has just opened her own shop in Gosforth, Newcastle. Now, read on… Since...
Dean Bailey heads to Porterhouse, Fenwick, Newcastle The appetite team does long lunches really well (there aren’t many perks here…...
Pescatarians unite! We at appetite have a passion for fish, and as long as you know what’s good (ie sustainable),...
Summer is here and a weekend in the foodie village of Cartmel is on the cards. Rosie McGlade finds that one of the best meals ever doesn’t have to cost a fortune… The problem with somewhere like L’Enclume, Cartmel’s famous Michelin-starred restaurant owned by Simon Rogan – he of...




















