Author Archives: cwildman
Grassington Festival 2012 – “Beer, Food & Relish”
Grassington Festival is upon us once again and this years highlights for me include, Billy Ocean, Allan Davies, Hope & Social and a Frank Stone lecture, Frank was actually part of the real Great Escape from Hut 104 in Stalag … Continue reading
Posted in beer, cheese, Events, Sausages, Yorkshire Dales Food
Tagged beer, Billy Ocean, cheese, drink, festival, Food, Fountaine Inn, Frank Stone, grassington, linton, Munich, Mustard (condiment)
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The Queens Arms, Litton, Open for the Jubilee
Called in at The Queens Arms in Litton earlier today, just delivering the last of the Jubilee sausages & burger orders and you could see the transformation already in this recently reopened pub. After being closed for about 5 months … Continue reading
Posted in beer, Eating, Reviews, Wild Food, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales Food
Tagged asparagus, beer, Elizabeth II, Hollandaise sauce, Jubilee, litton, Potato Wedges, Public house, Queen, queens, Queens Arms, Queens Jubilee
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Leeds Loves Food – Part #1
The fantastic weather over the weekend of Leeds Loves Food brought out the crowds to drink, feast and watch a few cookery demos… Brian Turner was in attendance over the weekend for food demos, book signings and a hosted dinner … Continue reading
Posted in beer, Beer Blogs, chefs, Drinks, Eating, Events, Leeds, Yorkshire
Tagged Asda, chorizo, Corn Exchange, Food, Kirkstall, Kirkstall Brewery, Leeds, Yorkshire
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The Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Awards 2012
The Good Food Guide announces winners of Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Awards The Good Food Guide has today announced the ten regional winners in its prestigious The Good Food Guide Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Awards. A record 44,500 … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Food, Reviews
Tagged 2012, good food guide, grenache, harrogate, Manchester, restaurant, van zeller
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The Dales Festival of Food & Drink, Leyburn, Wensleydale
Leyburn Food Festival is here again, the first food festival we ever attended and “my favourite”. The Festival based in Leyburn, Wensleydale runs from Saturday the 5th May through to Monday the 7th May 2012. The Dales Festival of Food has … Continue reading
Posted in bacon, beer, charcuterie, chefs, Eating, Events, farmers market, Food
Tagged Food Festival, leyburn, wensleydale, Yorkshire Dales, yorkshire dales food
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Clandestine Cake Club, Skipton & Yorkshire Dales – My First Cake
The inaugural meeting of the Skipton & Yorkshire Dales Clandestine Cake Club and my first attempt at baking a proper cake! Whilst I can cook and even bake a bit of flapjack I have never attempted an actual proper cake! so for … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Recipes
Tagged baking, clandestine cake club, Lynn Hill, Yorkshire Dales
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Smoked Mackerel, Yorkshire Chorizo & New Potato Salad
Ingredients 120g piece Yorkshire Chorizo, roughly chopped 2 small red onions, chopped 900g new potatoes, cut into small cubes & boiled 250g cherry tomatoes, halved 2 large peppered smoked mackerel fillets, skinned handful of fresh parsley leaves, chopped Method Heat … Continue reading
Mojito recipes
Along with my love of Havana Club Rum of which I have mused on before here Havana Club Rum & Havana Cultura I do love a cool, refreshing, rum based cocktail…. so it’s Mojito time! The Classic Mojito and from the … Continue reading
Coffeeholic Camping & Travel Coffee makers
Hi, my name is Chris and I’m a coffeeholic! So what to do when you cannot get a decent cup of coffee? My trusty Bialetti stove top makes a great travel companion but as I also love gadgets there are … Continue reading
Posted in coffee, Drinks, Reviews
Tagged Alfonso Bialetti, cafflano klassic coffee maker, coffee, Coffee pod, Coffeemaker, Espresso, Espresso machine, Handpresso, kelly kettle, minipresso, Moka pot
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Homemade Pimm’s
I never really thought about Pimm’s being basically a cocktail bottled for your convenience but of course that is exactly what it is, so how about making your own? Here is a recipe supplied by The Lucky Pig cocktail bar … Continue reading
Posted in Cocktails, Drinks, Recipes
Tagged cocktail, homemade, pimms, the lucky pig
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Yorkshire Dales Food 