How often during your busy workday do you take a break (besides lunch)? For Swedes, the time-honoured ritual of fika—translating to...

I’m hoping things are beginning to make us feel better with the prospect of longer and lighter days ahead. Being able to see family and...

It's really a gloomy time of year and going out to eat is not something we can do at the moment, being in the midst of Lockdown Number 3....

Midsommar 2020

January got no respect from me! I've been hating it this year. The damp, grey and eternally dark days made me so lethargic, together with...

Whitby is a place for all seasons complete with dramatic, changing landscapes. It nestles in the iconic Yorkshire heritage coastline...

I’m a lover…. of food, cook books, and of the place where I grew up, the Lake District. I like a proper cook book as well as downloading...

The Tiled Hall Café in the Leeds Art Gallery is the perfect setting for a lunch break, morning breakfast or just a quiet space to relax....

Loving all foodie things Scandi, I’m excited to have found Lotte the Baker in York! Lotte has started a small batch organic Scandi bakery...

The owners of Billy Bob’s have created a 1950’s retro Americana magic place in the Yorkshire Dales. Not quite what you expect to find...

In a week of wind, drizzly rain and Brexit doom, I’m back to tell you about the things that made me smile this week. Ballet I’m always...

Prashad means blessed food; the Patel’s meaning is that their love passes to you through the offerings; I’ve rarely felt so beatified,...

Walmgate, one of the oldest streets in York is an interesting jumble of buildings from different periods and now home to innovative and...

If, like me, you like to seek out hidden gems when visiting new places, Dyls should be at the top of your to-visit list in York. This...

Harrogate’s handsome historical spa town has long been a draw for its antique dealers and quaint independent retailers. My favourite of...

I’ve been so busy during June and thought about time I did one of these posts that I’ve been itching to do. June was so sunny and warm,...

Hello weekend, I’m definitely ready for you. We’ve all been gritting our teeth through all the rain recently so a bit of spring warmth is...

This Easter, the weather isn’t planning on playing ball. I have all my fingers and toes crossed that the forecast improves, but right now...

This was the last week of work before Christmas. How did that happen? It’s been so busy. I’ve enjoyed a pre-Christmas lunch with my work...

Its December and here we are at the end of another week. I’m not quite sure how we got here – the days are slipping by at an alarming...

I feel like I’m really getting into the swing of these wintery weeks, short bright sunny days and long dark evenings. It has been a...

October has been a very different month – full of beauty and colour and the feeling that autumn is lingering on with sunny days. But also...

Question of the month: do you prefer a sweet apple or a sharp, sour apple? It all depends on mood and individual taste I know. And then...

Who else feels like September has just rushed by in the blink of an eye? The sun hasn’t always shone this month, but that didn’t stop us...

August, well it just sort of went! It went in having my little house painted internally at the beginning of August and the finale was...

You’re in New York for the first time ever. You’ve got 4 hours and an appetite for everything. Where do you start? Fortunately, I’d...

Yorkshire Dama Cheese is the story of inspirational bravery by a woman who refused to let her circumstances define or constrain her. It...

Chances are that unless you’ve either been before or are from Yorkshire, you probably haven’t heard of the town of Beverley, in East...

I can’t believe we are nearly into June. There have been cool days and oh so hot days, but May is my fav month full of freshness and...

A few weeks ago I went with my family to visit Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, and was treated to Afternoon Tea in The Orangery. There...

I must let you into a secret. It’s about cake and tea, or cake and coffee! Where they meet hand in hand – that’s YO Bakehouse, a new...

A new dinner club has evolved from my local book club. We have been meeting recently, keeping off the topic of our latest book club read,...

It’s officially Spring! And it still feels like winter and I like having that ‘hunker down’ feeling. Yes! I go on about it a lot, but...

Rick Stein and his recent TV series (and now a book!) ‘Rick Stein’s – Long Weekends’, has a lot to answer for, he has encouraged my get...

It’s permanently dry January for me, but I am always on the lookout for a sophisticated adult styled alternative when attending a social...

I was wondering where to meet up with friends twixt Christmas and New Year. I suggested The Hare Inn, a 13th Century Inn in the...

So you have all been wondering what I do to fill my retirement ……. I am busier than ever…and Great Food Club is just a part! We all love...

I do like to be beside the sea and have my ration of fish and chips, but my destiny seems to be to visit only fish restaurants as far...

Skosh (noun) – from the Japanese word Sukoshi, meaning a small amount or a little The most exciting new restaurant in York, in my opinion...

Bircher Muesli was a very recent discovery for me. A few weeks ago I was staying at the MGallery Hotel Continental in Zurich. It would...

Selby is the birthplace of King Henry I, and if he was around today he would have a very bright jewel in his cafe crown, called The...

Afternoon Tea in a van called Lola! Hidden away off a country lane near Goole in the East Riding of Yorkshire is a place that has all the...

I seriously love bread. It was a delight to recently meet Phil Clayton, who for eight years has been running York’s artisan bakery, Haxby...

A little while ago my daughter and I decided to try a new-ish ‘urban style’ cafe in Harrogate. Nutrition Joe’s (NJ’s) opened earlier this...

The Alice Hawthorn – Sunday lunch in an exquisite little Yorkshire village, at a pub named after a famous racehorse on the biggest...

The Victoria sits just 400 metres off the main A59 road and only 10 metres from the platform of Cattal Station and the main railway line...

Cyclists, fishing ponds and a little tea room, Birkin Tea Room fits the bill, service with a smile and a price list that won’t break the...

Pretty. Refreshing. And pretty refreshing. This unique, naturally pink green tea limeade is the perfect drink for summer - or any other...

According to Welcome to Yorkshire, the county boasts the most Michelin starred restaurants than any other county in the UK, outside...

My Michelin star adventure in Yorkshire took on a bright glow recently when a partner in crime and I drove up through the Howardian hills...