High tea in an art gallery? It’s got to be pretty. What’s more, it tastes as good as it looks....
Jane Pikett discovers some new tastes in gourmet chocolate Generally, I wouldn’t thank you for a gift of chocolate, yet so infatuated am I with North Chocolates, handmade by Bev Stephenson in her cottage kitchen in North Tyneside, that I have a large yet fast-diminishing stash of bars and buttons...
Jane Pikett turns to the healthiest nation on earth for nutritional tips The Japanese live longer than any other nationality...
If it tastes as good as it looks, then it should be in your kitchen! [divider] [/divider] Smokin! We can’t live without La...
It’s barbecue season, which means hot summer days slaving over a fire pit. There’s no glamour in it, but it tastes good! Try these little beauties… [divider] [/divider] Lamb koftes with yoghurt dip [divider] [/divider] Lamb beetroot burgers [divider] [/divider] BBQ shallots and tomato dressing [divider] [/divider] BBQ pork and...
We’re at the back end of the season for most varieties of strawberry, but British Sweet Eve keep producing into...
Decorating a cake is easy with melted chocolate and Maltesers, but Rosie McGlade goes to a whole other painstaking level...
Jane Hall meets a young chef with a taste for home grown produce in his medieval fortress tea room He may only be 21, but when it comes to food, chef Luke Orwin has a very mature head on his young shoulders. He talks as passionately about flavours, delicious seasonal...
There is little we love more at appetite HQ than the latest health-giving grain, and this month we have mostly...
Exploring the seaside is one of the big pleasures of summer, and the strip between the Tyne and the Wear...
You may not be able to rely on the sunshine during a typical British summer, but you can bank on the picnic as a unique pleasure. But where to go? Try these spots… Allen Banks and Staward Gorge, Northumberland: One of the largest areas of ancient semi-natural woodland in Northumberland, this...




















