COLOUR WEIGHS
Serve up some colour in your kitchen with this ColourWorks four piece set of measuring cups £6.50 at Corbridge Cookshop, Corbridge NE45 5AT, tel 01434 632 582 www.corbridgecookshop.co.uk
BOOZY FRUIT
Put a spring in your ma’s step this Mother’s Day with Cottage Delight Forest Fruits in Light Syrup & Gin and Cottage Delight Peaches in Light Syrup & Brandy £9.95 each at Knitsley Farm Shop, Consett, DH8 9EW, tel 01207 592 059 www.knitsleyfarmshop.co.uk
SWEET
Keep your mum sweet this Mother’s Day with a gift of this gorgeous Bees Knees Heather Honeycomb from Bellingham, £5 per 100g at Blagdon Farm Shop, Milkhope Centre, Seaton Burn, NE13 6DA, tel 01670 789 924 www.theblagdonfarmshop.co.uk
THE COW THAT GOT THE CREAM
Every table needs a cow-shaped milk jug, and this one by Burleigh is £28 at Bradley Gardens, Wylam, NE41 8JH, Wylam, NE41 8JH, tel 01661 852176, www.bradley-gardens.co.uk
PERFECT PRALINE
Treat your mum on Mother’s Day with these luxury Willie’s Cacao truffles £7.99 for this pretty box of 12 at The Deli Around the Corner, Gosforth, NE3 4AY, tel 0191 259 0086 www.thedeliaroundthecorner.co.uk
COCKTAIL CAPERS
For a more sophisticated take on lemon curd, treat your mum to this gorgeous Cherry Tree Mojito Curd and Cherry Tree Strawberry, Rhubarb & vanilla Jam, £3.95 and £3.85 at Daniel Farm, Wylam, NE41 8JH, tel 01661 853 849, www.facebook.com/danielfarmwylam
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
We have something of a coffee grinder habit here in the appetite kitchen, and this Rhinowares Compact grinder is up there among the most stylish. £39.95 at Pumphreys, Blaydon, NE21 4JJ
tel 0191 414 4510 www.pumphreys-coffee.co.uk
CHEERS
Rigg & Furrow is one of the most innovative small regional breweries around and this Pale Ale 3.8% ABV and Run Hop Run 4.2% ABV are £3 each at Broomhouse Farm, Durham, DH7 6TR
tel 0191 371 8382, www.broomhousedurham.co.uk
SMOOTH OPERATOR
Go on, treat yourself to this Ballancourt Quail pate £4.60 at North Acomb Farm Shop, Stocksfield, NE43 7UF, tel 01661 843 181 www.northacomb.co.uk
CRACKER MAX
These Fine English Gluten-Free Water Crackers are seriously good, whatever your tolerance to gluten. £2.95 at Il Piccolo, St Helen’s Street, Corbridge, NE45 5BE, tel 01434 634 554 www.ilpiccolo.co.uk
A BETTER CLASS OF BALSAMIC
Go on, treat yourself to this Ballancourt Quail pate £4.60 at North Acomb Farm Shop Stocksfield, NE43 7UF, tel 01661 843 181 www.northacomb.co.uk
HOLD ON
This is our find of the month – a selection of gorgeous vintage tea plates each encased in handmade wirework, each one unique. £12 each at RE, Bishops Yard, Main Street, Corbridge, NE45 5LA
www.re-foundobjects.com
TO A TEA
Treat your tea-loving mum to this gorgeous Ditsy Blossom tea pot and cup £20.99 at www.lakeland.co.uk
TIN TIN!
We love a traditional enamel roaster, and this one from Emma Bridgewater is perfect fish on Good Friday and lamb on Easter Sunday. £37.95 at Stangers, Brentwood Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle, tel 0191 281 8563, www.stangerscookshop.co.uk
