It’s official: Saltaire loves cake!

The phenomenon that is tea and cake sweeping these pleasant isles came to Saltaire this afternoon. The occasion?  A book promotion for the Clandestine Cake Club recipe book. I have been the organiser of the Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club group for nearly a year now...

The Gray Ox Inn, Liversedge

I always think that there’s something very civilised about partaking in Sunday lunch and this particular Sunday was no exception.  The venue:  The Gray Ox Inn.  A gastro pub dating back to 1709, perched serenely above the town of Brighouse and nearby M62 below. You...

Yorkshire stars

According to Welcome To Yorkshire, the county boasts the most Michelin Starred restaurants than any other county in the UK; precisely six of them at the time of writing (February 2013).  This did both surprise me and catch my imagination.  Maybe it shouldn’t have...

Roland’s – a dining experience with a difference

I have visited this lovely eatery a few times over the past few months and am really sorry it took me so long to get along there in the first place!  It’s that old chestnut of passing by thinking ‘that place looks really interesting; I really must go...

Festive lunch menu for Saturday 15 December

Here is my seasonal lunch menu for this year.  As you will see, turkey isn’t a feature!  However, Stilton makes an appearance in a very delicious, creamy soup and of course there is  Christmas pudding.  This pudding is a hand me down through a few generations in...