Cheese and ham stuffed mushrooms Serves: 2 Ingredients 1 tsp olive oil 4 large portobello mushrooms 5-6 tbsp fresh breadcrumbs...
Executive head chef, Jesmond Dene House What do you have for breakfast? If I go out for breakfast, it has to be a really good eggs benedict with lashings of hollandaise sauce. And your go-to guilty pleasure? That would have to be a chicken kebab with chips, salad, and garlic and chilli sauce....
…To our pick of the shelves at some of our favourite retailers We knead We’re suckers for a great sourdough...
Claire Dupree can’t resist putting the bite on Jay Rayner when he visits Newcastle to perform his show based on...
…the 5th of November is on its way. Jane Pikett serves up a heart warming Bonfire Night supper For me, winter begins on Bonfire Night – the first evening when the sky is truly black and the smell of bonfire and fireworks welcomes in the comforting days of winter. There...
Liz Hands takes a turn at cheesemaking, courtesy of the team at Northumberland Cheese Company If you buy wheel...
Take a winter walk along the river, pop into the independent shops, eat great food, buy top quality produce, and...
The lads and lasses in the kitchen at Close House golf club share their recipes for a perfect summer barbecue – from burgers, sausages and koftas to salsa, raita and favourite marinades. All we need now is some sunshine! Beef burger Author: Close House Ingredients 3 banana shallots, finely diced...
Dean Bailey heads east to Parichat at Sohe, Jesmond, Newcastle It’s been a long day, a really long day, in...
Dean Bailey discovers the traditional tastes of Northumberland, developed via Botswana, an 18th Century cookbook, and a sense of community...
Depending on when you read this, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are either preparing for their wedding (daily facials, 10k runs around the Kensington Palace hallways, shared Big Macs in front of re-runs of Suits), or they are already married and have sailed off to honeymoon in Skegness. Either way,...




















