The Lambton Worm is ready for another round of story telling, writes Alastair Gilmour. Once upon a time, a group...
When you’re thinking about Valentine’s Day, who else to ask for culinary advice but a Frenchman? Jerome Cogné is head...
Grazing animals on the roof of your café is a sure way to attract attention, but is it a sign of good food? Rosie McGlade visits Cross Lanes Organic Farm to find out. The sheep on the roof have caused such a stir with passing motorists on the A66 that a lorry...
This month, The Grazer, aka Anna Hedworth, is following the trend for all things Scandinavian with a little help from her...
No-one begrudges you a few nibbles and glasses of fizz over Christmas and New Year, but now it’s time to...
He very nearly won last year’s BBC MasterChef: The Professionals, and is back in his native Northumberland with a few interesting plans up his sleeve. Rosie McGlade meets the shooting-foraging-gardening-‘artisan preserving’ culinary whirlwind James Burton There are times when Northumberland chef James Burton feels like an X-Factor contestant. People will stop...
Old-fashioned stout is going through a rethink, reckons Alastair Gilmour There are few words more able to focus the beer-lover’s...
A bracing North Sea breeze finds Alastair Gilmour heading for the Med One way to reach one of the region’s...
Fancy a joint of bison for your Christmas dinner? A succulent wild boar gammon roast, or some park-reared venison? Rosie McGlade meets one the most splendidly fascinating farming couples in the region Of all the stories you hear about farmers diversifying – farm shops, traditional breed this and that –...
Jane Pikett escapes to the Edwardian world of Curiously Wicked Of the many wonderful foodie gems around these parts, few...
Tis the season… And with this little lot on the menu, it’s going to be super satisfying Starters Bloody Mary...
Game can be tremendously festive, but many of us still fear it all going a bit wrong. Rosie McGlade learns how to take the plunge with Northumberland game expert Emma Whittingham From the age of five, Emma Whittingham would help her mother prepare the wild fish and birds her father...
