Newcastle is well used to inviting big names to come and ply their trade, but does one of the latest...
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 B2A was in London recently to spend a day with the guru of weight management, Paul McKenna. We consider McKenna’s I Can Make You Thin programme a work of genius...
If you like to know where your meat’s from, follow Rosie McGlade to Knitsley, where the distance from field to...
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 Champagne, just as it should Doxford Hall head chef Paul Blakey and his team are celebrating after the hotel was awarded its second AA Rosette, so we thought it only...
Easter spells eggs, and what could be nicer than a daily clutch of freshly laid eggs from your own back...
So, how has the horsemeat scandal affected farmers and suppliers? It may have done us all a favour in terms...
Asparagus – food of the Gods and health-giving too! Who knew something that tastes so good could also be immensely healthy? TV chef Marcus Bean offers his top tips for the pick of the forthcoming season It’s like Christmas day when the first asparagus arrives in the kitchen; it’s seasonal,...
Anna Hedworth, aka The Grazer, is on a crusade to shop local. Here are some of her favourites… Whether you...
The horsemeat scandal has caused so much talk among his customers that Jermone is considering stocking it at Bouchon in...
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...




















