Victoria Moffman savours a taste of France at Bouchon, Hexham Having studied French and lapped up the country’s charm during...
Mark Carr enjoys lunch at The Battlesteads, Wark, in the Tyne Valley Wark is a haven of Northumbrian food. The...
Dean Bailey samples brunch at St Vincent, Newcastle When Terry Laybourne closed Caffe Vivo on Newcastle’s Quayside in October, we felt the city lost something very special, our go-to for great Italian food and wine exactly the way we liked it. But Laybourne wanted to freshen things up, and the...
Dean Bailey heads east to Parichat at Sohe, Jesmond, Newcastle It’s been a long day, a really long day, in...
Dean Bailey grazes at By The River Brew Co Riverside Container Community Head to the city, and you’re spoilt for...
Dean Bailey is sent on the office lunch run Appetite HQ is, not surprisingly, generally filled with treats. Indeed, there are times when even we may be jaded by the sheer quantity and quality of our daily bounty. Yet my haul from a recent trip to Knitsley Farm Shop prompted...
Vicky Mulligan discovers a taste of Italy on the Northumbrian coast When was the last time you had really good...
Dean Bailey stops off at PureKnead, Whitley Bay Park View in Whitley Bay has come a long way since I...
Dean Bailey celebrates the arrival of summer at Bradley Gardens Given the chance of eating al fresco rather than al desko, you know what we’ll choose – and when the heat is on, an outdoor table overlooking the land from which the produce on your plate was harvested is about...
Jessica Angus sits down to lunch at The Dyke Neuk near Morpeth For years a food destination, it is fair...
Dean Bailey visits the new home of Papa Ganoush in Whitley Bay The vibrant and always brilliant street food of...
Jane Pikett stops off at the Tea Barn If there’s one thing I like, it’s a really good plant nursery. That, and a tea room with really good cakes, wraps, homemade burgers, lovely afternoon teas and the like, housed in a big airy former barn with solid wooden furniture and...