Ann Apr 252 minYorkshire’s Great Food and Drink: Paradise Café Paradise Café at Daleside Nurseries in Killinghall, Harrogate opened last month and offers a welcoming and beautiful café cum fine dining cu
Ann Mar 122 minYorkshire's Great Food and Drink: Mackenzies Farm ShopYorkshires great food and drink: Mackenzies Farm Shop
Ann Feb 163 minYorkshires Michelin Stars: 2022Some of Yorkshire's finest chefs have been among many to be served up some brilliant news today. Today, 16th February, is undoubtably one...
Ann Apr 3, 20212 minA Scandinavian Tradition: Semlor Lenten BunsHow often during your busy workday do you take a break (besides lunch)? For Swedes, the time-honoured ritual of fika—translating to...
Ann Mar 6, 20212 minFood and Life Lately: March 2021I’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...
Ann Jan 25, 20212 minYorkshires Michelin Stars: 2021It'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....
Ann Feb 15, 20202 minEat The Season: RhubarbJanuary 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...
Ann Nov 17, 20194 minWhitby: Foodie TourWhitby is a place for all seasons complete with dramatic, changing landscapes. It nestles in the iconic Yorkshire heritage coastline...
Ann Oct 3, 20192 minEmbellish With RelishI’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...
Ann Jul 12, 20192 minTiled Hall Cafe in Leeds 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....
Ann Apr 27, 20191 minLotte the Baker in York 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...
Ann Apr 12, 20192 minBilly Bob's Parlour 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...
Ann Mar 17, 20192 minThree Things I'm Loving This Week 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...
Ann Mar 7, 20192 minPrashad, 'the' Vegetarian Indian Restaurant Prashad means blessed food; the Patel’s meaning is that their love passes to you through the offerings; I’ve rarely felt so beatified,...
Ann Feb 16, 20192 minBarbakan, a Polish Restaurant in York Walmgate, one of the oldest streets in York is an interesting jumble of buildings from different periods and now home to innovative and...
Ann Oct 5, 20181 minYork - Dyls 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...
Ann Aug 9, 20182 minFodder in Yorkshire Harrogate’s handsome historical spa town has long been a draw for its antique dealers and quaint independent retailers. My favourite of...
Ann Jul 3, 20183 minLife Lately: 10 Things That Made Me Happy Recently 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,...
Ann May 3, 20182 minThe Bank Holiday Weekend Edit: things to do, wear, see and eatHello 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...
Ann Mar 31, 20182 minTen Things To Do On A Rainy Easter WeekendThis Easter, the weather isn’t planning on playing ball. I have all my fingers and toes crossed that the forecast improves, but right now...
Ann Dec 22, 20171 minThe Third Week of DecemberThis 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...
Ann Dec 8, 20172 minThe First Week of DecemberIts 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...
Ann Nov 16, 20173 minThree things I’m loving this weekI 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...
Ann Oct 31, 20172 minFarewell October…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...
Ann Oct 8, 20172 minApple TreatsQuestion 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...
Ann Sep 25, 20171 minSeptember is rushing byWho 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...
Ann Sep 5, 20172 minIn a nutshell: AugustAugust, well it just sort of went! It went in having my little house painted internally at the beginning of August and the finale was...
Ann Aug 28, 20173 minNew York: Foodie TourYou’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...
Ann Aug 13, 20172 minYorkshire Dama CheeseYorkshire Dama Cheese is the story of inspirational bravery by a woman who refused to let her circumstances define or constrain her. It...
Ann Jun 5, 20171 minEast Yorkshire: Beverley and Food TreasuresChances are that unless you’ve either been before or are from Yorkshire, you probably haven’t heard of the town of Beverley, in East...
Ann May 23, 20172 minIn a nutshell: MayI 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...
Ann May 13, 20172 minTea at the Palace: BlenheimA few weeks ago I went with my family to visit Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, and was treated to Afternoon Tea in The Orangery. There...
Ann May 6, 20172 minYO Bakehouse: Tea and Cake in MaltonI 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...
Ann Mar 29, 20173 minBook Club: Dinner ClubA 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,...
Ann Mar 20, 20172 minBoeuf Bourguignon: Slow cooker styleIt’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...
Ann Feb 26, 20174 minSecrets of CadizRick 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...
Ann Feb 16, 20172 minThe Temperance Spirit CompanyIt’s permanently dry January for me, but I am always on the lookout for a sophisticated adult styled alternative when attending a social...
Ann Jan 29, 20172 minThe Hare Inn, ScawtonI was wondering where to meet up with friends twixt Christmas and New Year. I suggested The Hare Inn, a 13th Century Inn in the...
Ann Jan 10, 20172 minGreat Food Club has arrived in YorkshireSo 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...
Ann Dec 14, 20162 minMillers Fish and ChipsI 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...
Ann Oct 24, 20162 minSkosh comes to YorkSkosh (noun) – from the Japanese word Sukoshi, meaning a small amount or a little The most exciting new restaurant in York, in my opinion...
Ann Oct 12, 20161 minBircher MeusliBircher Muesli was a very recent discovery for me. A few weeks ago I was staying at the MGallery Hotel Continental in Zurich. It would...
Ann Oct 4, 20161 minThe Little Coffee House: A bright jewelSelby 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...
Ann Sep 6, 20162 minLady in the Van: The Peppered PigAfternoon 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...
Ann Aug 14, 20162 minHaxby BakehouseI seriously love bread. It was a delight to recently meet Phil Clayton, who for eight years has been running York’s artisan bakery, Haxby...
Ann Jul 29, 20162 minNutrition Joe's HarrogateA 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...
Ann Jul 12, 20162 minThe Alice Hawthorn: Nun MonktonThe Alice Hawthorn – Sunday lunch in an exquisite little Yorkshire village, at a pub named after a famous racehorse on the biggest...
Ann Jul 5, 20162 minThe Victoria, Cattal, North YorkshireThe 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...
Ann Jun 22, 20161 minBirkin Tea RoomCyclists, 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...