Musings on food and drink from the travelling foodies.
Posted in food festival on May 27th, 2008
Bank holiday Monday was spent at Castle Howard for the Ryedale Festival of Food and Drink.
John, Linda, Pat, and Tony met us there (eventually after bank hol traffic - we should have set off earlier) around 11.30 - just in time for the cookery demo by Greens of Whitby. Whilst the demo was good (but [...]
Posted in New York on May 26th, 2008
4/5/08
The Packhorse aka The Ridge at Widdop.
We went to meet our good friends Sharon and Maggie in Hebden Bridge to have lunch and catch up. They took us to The Pack Horse which to locals is known as The Ridge? All the food is home cooked and you go into the kitchen itself to order [...]
Posted in pubs on May 23rd, 2008
Another great film club night in The Adelphi was spiced up by the addition of Wasabi Peas, which I’ve never tried before.
They’re dried marrowfat peas coated in wasabi paste - really very hot. They are perfect in a bar as a snack as they make you drink far more than you should. On top of that, [...]
Posted in home cooking on May 23rd, 2008
Julie baked her fantastic banana bread for us all in the office today and boy, was it a sucess.
She needs to be careful, if it’s this good every time she’ll be baking every week.
Posted in gastropubs on May 18th, 2008
Saturday 10th May. When the sun shines like this you have to seize the day. Arranged to meet Tony and Pat at the White Swan on Tony’s recommendation. Started the day with a look at Pern’s Delli in Helmsley and regretted not taking a cool bag to bring things back but a well stocked and [...]
Posted in guilty pleasures on May 16th, 2008
I’ve been working in North Leeds for over 5 years.
I travel up and down Roundhay Road which has more than its fair share of takeaway establishments - pretty much every other shop is either kebab, curry or more exotically, Persian.
Anyway, there’s this shabby looking shop called Charcoal Chicken that pumps charcoal grill smoke out of [...]
Posted in Leeds on May 15th, 2008
On J&L’s recommendation, I took a client to Kendall’s Bistro for lunch yesterday. It was great. We both had the special - chicken, leek and tarragon pies with home made chips. Not only was this brilliant value at £6.90, but the quality of the food was top drawer.
It deserves to be a roaring success, but [...]
There’s only one way to dine when the weather’s like this - alfresco. And in my opinion, you just can’t beat the taste of the fire, so the barbecue got its first real outing of the year.
Pictured is Jonathan Ives’ leg of spring lamb, boned and butterflied, marinated in lemon, garlic, thyme rosemary and extra virgin olive [...]
Posted in gastropubs on May 11th, 2008
Friday 2nd May. Looked for somewhere near the Norfolk coast for lunch on our journey to Norwich for the bank holiday weekend. This was recommended in our Room At The Inn book(never let us down yet!!) and was a good but not great experience.
The location and decor in the pretty village of Burnham Market [...]
Posted in home cooking on May 8th, 2008
Georgia was on a baking mission last night - after successfully baking a victoria sponge in food tech in the afternoon at school, she was determined to bake some buns last night.
As usual, they turned out lovely and after she had finished them off with butter cream, I can testify they were delish.
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