by admin | Mar 9, 2013 | Blog
My excursion takes me across the border into Lancashire from my West Yorkshire home base. As a keen fell walker I have driven past Hipping Hall zillions of times on my way to and from the Lake District. Today, there are no walking boots in sight; the sole objective...
by admin | Mar 9, 2013 | Blog, Recipes
This recipe by Frances Atkins (of The Yorke Arms) caught my eye in a recent article in The Yorkshire Post and I decided to try it. Her notes were that this was a versatile cake to be used as either sweet or savoury – the article was illustrated with the latter where,...
by admin | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog
As a Saltaire resident, I have visited this café on many occasions for both lunch and dinner over the years and have finally got round to putting finger to keyboard. Here are my thoughts and review of a very recent visit for dinner.
by admin | Mar 2, 2013 | Blog
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...
by admin | Feb 26, 2013 | Blog
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...
by admin | Feb 24, 2013 | Blog
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...
