A little bit of Italy in the centre of Newcastle is attraction enough for Alastair Gilmour and family The Gilmours...
Jane Pikett asks – where to buy a responsibly sourced pinta? Some 30 years ago, my husband would trudge up our local farm lane on his way home from school through the cow pats left by the black and white dairy herd which trod the same path to the milking...
Hairy Bikers Si King and Dave Myers have gone all Bradley Wiggins and swapped motorbikes for pedal bikes to match...
For chocolatier Gareth Mellor, there’s no finer way to relax than by making a loaf of bread or cooking a pasta dish (he often gets savoury cravings after so much chocolate tasting). When we visit him he’s showing off his broader culinary skills with a delicious homemade ravioli made from...
Jane Pikett enjoys breakfast with Simon Young, co-owner of the quirky Northumberland homewares store RE, prior to the launch of...
Rosie McGlade drops in at Newcastle’s new comedy club, The Stand, where it’s the food that puts a smile on...
It might bring to mind the American deep south, but you can get local beef jerky made just off the A1 in Northumberland. Rosie McGlade enjoys a little taste of the US in the North East As with most things quickly devoured, it’s best not to know how fattening it...
We mentioned in the last issue of appetite that our chief taste tester Gary Ramsay and an intrepid group of...
Jane Pikett gets a taste of traditional India in a contemporary package at Dabbawal, Newcastle In a city the...
Tell your children the beautiful chocolate cake in front of them is made with beetroot and the chances are they will turn their nose up. Tell them after they’ve eaten it and they won’t believe you. Sisters Jane Slater and Fiona Woodcock created The Cake Root company after becoming interested...
