Three good knives, the best you can afford. An eight inch knife for most of your chopping requirements; a utility...
Never thought pans could be that exciting? You haven’t been to Stanger’s Cookshop in Jesmond. Rosie McGlade has lunch with owner Jessica Stanger, and writes up her Christmas list Many years ago, Jess Stanger might have taken the route into musical theatre, having studied drama and enjoyed singing with jazz...
This month, Jérôme is mainly thinking about the onset of summer, and the joy of bouillabaisse As I write, the sun...
The Grazer prepares to sample austerity That stray fiver in your pocket – what can you get for it? A...
Newcastle is well used to inviting big names to come and ply their trade, but does one of the latest imports live up to his reputation? Alastair Gilmour finds out The eyes follow you around the room. Two huge monochrome portraits of Marco Pierre White hang in the eponymous Steakhouse...
As a Sunderland student in the late 1980s, I was a connoisseur of cheesy chips, which was basically all the...
Katy Foggin and Amanda Grieveson of Believe2Achieve, Newcastle, investigate the power of the mind to drive appetite and food choices...
If you like to know where your meat’s from, follow Rosie McGlade to Knitsley, where the distance from field to plate is measurable in yards Five years ago, Rachael Jewson was a lecturer at Houghall agricultural college in Durham and was about to have her first child. There was no...
Jane Pikett enjoys lunch with artist Enrique Azocar I pick up the phone to invite myself to lunch with Enrique...
Here’s a Sunday lunch to impress from the kitchen team at Doxford Hall in Northumberland, where Easter heralds sunshine and...
Easter spells eggs, and what could be nicer than a daily clutch of freshly laid eggs from your own back garden? Rosie McGlade visits Durham Hens, where business is booming Margaret Manchester is preparing the incubator. A dozen hens’ eggs, from darkest brown to pale blue and green, all are...
