If 2018 was the year of aquafaba and apple cider vinegar, 2019 will herald a wave of innovative ice creams,...
Would you believe that some foods – apart from the obvious mince and dumplings etc – have more warming qualities...
Not just for your granny, port is back in vogue. Derek Colsell of Lanchester Wines offers a guide to one of...
Egg nog is the new black, in drinks terms at least, and if you’re in with the in-crowd (and your grandparents) this Christmas, this will be your drink of choice. Beloved of all from hip young things to, well, hip old things, egg nog is very definitely back. Here’s the...
Feeling thirsty? Try our 12 North East festive drinks! GIN Hepple gin Hepple Martini 150ml Hepple gin, 20ml dry vermouth,...
Presuming you’re a human being, you will be expecting to pile on the pounds at Christmas and suffer for it...
Paul Johnson, chef-proprietor of The Ship Inn, Wylam, Northumberland, serves up a Christmas Day feast Hadrian’s Wall gin-cured salmon, apple & fennel salad, dill yoghurt Northumbrian venison loin & scrumpet, caramelised chicory, beetroot ketchup Tenderstem broccoli with Ship’s butter Honey roast parsnips & parsnip purée Plum and ginger trifle...
Victoria Moffman savours a taste of France at Bouchon, Hexham Having studied French and lapped up the country’s charm during...
Mark Carr enjoys lunch at The Battlesteads, Wark, in the Tyne Valley Wark is a haven of Northumbrian food. The...
Dean Bailey samples brunch at St Vincent, Newcastle When Terry Laybourne closed Caffe Vivo on Newcastle’s Quayside in October, we felt the city lost something very special, our go-to for great Italian food and wine exactly the way we liked it. But Laybourne wanted to freshen things up, and the...
