Jane Pikett enjoys lunch at O-de-V Lunch should, in my considered opinion, be sacred. Take the French; say what you...
Rosie McGlade enjoys a Lebanese-inspired dinner at home with Barry and Bobby, of Newcastle’s famous hair salon, and takes a...
David Kennedy, of NE2 Food Social, on the pleasures of lap of lamb There’s much to be said for wandering off the beaten track and challenging yourself to discover little-known cuts of meat. You may be surprised by the great value for money of lesser-known cuts, and the richness...
Courtesy of Relish North East, available at restaurants and bookshops priced £17.50, www.relishpublications.co.uk Colmans of South Shields Stir-fried squid with...
Rosie McGlade enjoys a very modern curry experience at a new restaurant in Walbottle Essentially, curries fall into two categories....
Jane Pikett meets Charlotte Harbottle, one of the few female butchers in the region, a prodigious blogger and Tweeter, and a barmaid to boot Charlotte Harbottle has spent the afternoon butchering an arthritic pig. How does she know? You can tell, she says, from the condition of the meat. Blimey,...
Tell your children the beautiful chocolate cake in front of them is made with beetroot and the chances are they...
Jane Pikett gets a taste of traditional India in a contemporary package at Dabbawal, Newcastle In a city the...
We mentioned in the last issue of appetite that our chief taste tester Gary Ramsay and an intrepid group of nine others were about to embark on a three-day, 200- mile cycling challenge from Tynemouth to Edinburgh to raise funds for Newcastle-based aid organisation No Strings. Well, we’re delighted to...
It might bring to mind the American deep south, but you can get local beef jerky made just off the...
Rosie McGlade drops in at Newcastle’s new comedy club, The Stand, where it’s the food that puts a smile on...
Jane Pikett enjoys breakfast with Simon Young, co-owner of the quirky Northumberland homewares store RE, prior to the launch of its new concession at Liberty’s of London Vicky Young is carefully creating perfect cubes of toast, inside which she will arrange chipolata sausages, roast cherry tomatoes, buttered button mushrooms, baked...
