A taste of France at The Terrace, Saltaire

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.

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...

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...

A Christmas Afternoon Tea 8 December 2012

Here we are again with Christmas just round the corner; it seems like just a few weeks ago I was putting together last year’s seasonal tea!  So what’s on the menu?  Two seasonal ‘old timers’: my wonderfully moist Christmas cake that has been...

Afternoon tea Sunday 11 November 2012

Some classics on this menu for afternoon tea – sticky ginger cake and lemon meringue pie.  Ginger Parkin might have been a more typical Yorkshire choice for this time of year you might say however I’m not a big fan of it.  I love it’s ‘sticky...