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Wine column June 2008 Bad Spanish wine, " wrote Auberon Waugh, "furs the tongue, turns the breath sour, upsets the stomach and produces a murderous hangover." D.H. Lawrence was more succinct. "Spanish wine, he said, "is foul; catpiss is champagne compared." |
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Buzzy Blackmores May 2008 Chef John Blackmore is making quite a name for himself at Blackmore’s of Alnwick. Katharine Capocci samples. |
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Exclusive Wine Column May 2008 English wine is fizzing |
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Taking it slowly April 2008 Restaurateur Cristina De Giorgi is on a mission to make us linger over and love our food. She’s behind a feast of gourmet events soon to challenge the region’s tastebuds. Katharine Capocci stopped for lunch. |
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Feast on this … April 2008 Foodies tell us their best ever eating experience |
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Pinnies poised April 2008 Jane Lovett’s cookery classes are fast and furious and a feast for all the senses. Katharine Capocci samples. |
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Exclusive Wine Club April 2008 Wine and food - some combinations you love, some you hate...here's Helen Savage's dos and don'ts |
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Chef Q&A with Marcel Korpelshoek April 2008 Marcel Korpelshoek is executive head chef at Barceló Redworth Hall Hotel. |
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Food, glorious food! April 2008 Eat your heart out – we have not one, but two fantastic foodie festivals to whet your appetite. Love your food? Well, you are going to be thoroughly spoiled. Diaries at the ready for our sample menu… |
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Feast your eyes - Jesmond Dene House Festival April 2008 Terry’s Laybourne’s gaf is again staging its own fantastic foodie festival. |
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Chef Q&A with Chris Delaney March 2008 Chris Delaney, 39 is Head Chef at Close House Hotel and Restaurant at Heddon on the Wall, Newcastle upon Tyne, a privately owned and recently refurbished Georgian Hotel. The Gourmet Society awarded Close House best Fine Dining Restaurant in the North East in October 2007. |
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Alsace wins March 2008 Alsace has the potential to make the finest white wine in the world. And occasionally it does. |
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Next Chapter March 2008 Chef Victoria Vassallo so impressed the owner of Chapters Hotel when he ate her food on holiday, that he brought her back to run his Stokesley restaurant. |
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Starry starry nights .... February 2008 Wonderful winter warming recipes to create gastro-pub grub at home |
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Pink Wine January 2008 Pink wine has never been more popular. Why? Simply because it has never been better and because, thank goodness, we’ve begun to lose the silly, snobbish attitude that a glass of rosé isn’t ‘real’ wine. |
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Meeting Marco January 2008 Kathryn Armstrong takes tea with the man from Hell |
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Chef Q/A with John Blackmore January 2008 John Blackmore of Blackmores newly opened Boutique Hotel & Restaurant in Alnwick, Northumberland was formerly the head chef at Newcastle United where he combined cooking for the players with cooking for the Queen and Tony Blair! |
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Shop of the Month - Latimer's Seafood Deli January 2008 A Seaburn deli is celebrating a 'catch' of an award ... |
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Canape Creative December 2007 The Christmas season wouldn’t be complete without the party food! Delicious morsels, essential for any festive drinks party. Victoria Turnbull, chef at the newly opened Grafton House hotel in Durham helps you sail through with recipes that help you resist the temptation to dash to the supermarket. Try these delicious, bite-sized dishes for no-fuss, hassle-free festive canapés that will have your guests coming back for more! |
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Shay Taste November 2007 Football and celebrity cooking – surely two of our most popular ‘spectator sports’… and all in the mix for Newcastle goalie Shay Given’s charity gala dinner. Katharine Capocci was there. |
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Like Your Beef Rare? November 2007 Juicy and tender, Kobe beef could soon be on the menu, thanks to Northumberland farmer Steve Ramshaw. |
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Cooks Cafe November 2007 Cook’s Café in Stokesley makes the living easy, says Kathryn Armstrong |
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A Fine Harvest November 2007 Vegetable patches have produced an autumn harvest and a thriving catering business for neighbours in a quiet street in Yarm. Kathryn Armstrong tastes Christmas Alberts-style. |
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Chef Q&A with Marcus Bennett October 2007 Marcus Bennett is director and head chef of critically-acclaimed McCoys rooftop restaurant at Baltic, on Gateshead’s Quayside, sister restaurant to McCoys at the Tontine, near Northallerton in North Yorkshire. |
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Shop of the Month - Cinnamon Twist October 2007 A delightful bakery & patisserie with every product handmade. |
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Out of the Heat October 2007 Greg Bureau is out of the heat of city restaurants and running his own show now… a friendly French bistro in the heart of Northumberland. Katharine Capocci finds out more |
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Bouchon Feast October 2007 Bouchon is just the sort of place you hope to find when you’re on holiday in France. The menu just makes you go all francophile .. |
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All rise September 2007 In a tiny bakery, nestled in the Cumbrian fells, a quiet revolution is taking place. Organic baker Andrew Whitley is showing people how bread can change their lives, as Anne Kostalas found out. |
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If you can’t stand the heat September 2007 Chefs and family life aren’t always a perfect match. We a North East chef living a rural food and family dream. Kathryn Armstrong meets the O’Hara family in County Durham. |
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Fired up with food September 2007 Maunika Gowharden runs a up-market Asian catering company in Newcastle and loves sourcing new recipes and ingredients on her travels. This is her food diary of a trip to Mauritis. |
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Chef Q&A September 2007 Chef Sean Wilkinson is causing a bit of a stir in Durham with his new Gourmet Spot restaurant, a shrine to the in-thing, ‘molecular’ cuisine. |
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Book of the Month September 2007 Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapes, by Rick Stein, is published by BBC Books, priced £20. |
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Bake-licious July 2007 A home-spun healthy oil is proving a real hit with chefs far and wide. Makes for a tasty baking day, too |
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Spears of Gold July 2007 A country bus stop is the unlikely selling spot for some of the North Yorkshire’s coveted green gold–asparagus. |
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One Big Fish July 2007 How do you know your fish is as fresh as it can be? Head to the quay to meet the boats. Kathryn Armstrong and chef Alan O’Kane get to grips with a very big halibut |
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Q&A with Chris Delaney July 2007 Chris Delaney is head chef at Close House Country Club at Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland. |
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In Season... Crayfish July 2007 Crayfish are the freshwater cousins of the lobster, and resemble them in all but size, being so small as to also resemble large, warrior-like prawns |
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David's hot stuff June 2007 Good taste - local fare, kitchen know-how, trade secrets... |
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Out of the box June 2007 Organic veg delivered right to your door. Ethical, healthy and ‘on-message’. Can you rise to the cooking challenge without resorting to vegetable soup wonders. Kathryn Armstrong gets creative. |
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Whole in the wall May 2007 Ever thought of eating your way along Hadrian’s Wall? |
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On the food miles trail May 2007 A menu with a message. Kathryn Armstrong goes home-grown and local. |
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Growing food May 2007 Ready, steady, cook… budding young Jamies and Nigellas are cooking up a storm in after-school classes. Katharine Capocci finds out more. |
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Best Job In The World? April 2007 Laura Egdell Is One Of The Country's Few Female Sommeliers. Katharine Capocci Finds Out More |
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Taste This April 2007 Beer And Bangers... A Fine Combination, Especially So When The Sausages Are High-spec And The Beer Our Very Own Newcy Brown |
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Measuring up April 2007 Café 21 at Fenwick, Newcastle brings the Laybourne touch to the lunching scene, finds Kathryn Armstrong |
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Raise a glass April 2007 Best job in the world? Laura Egdell is one of the country’s few female sommeliers. Katharine Capocci finds out more |
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