Tag Archives: cheese
British Cheese Weekender 2021 23-25 April
A programme of talks and speakers along with information on the best places to buy cheese. What a line up! There will be chef demos from Tommy Banks, Simon Rogan, Mark Hix & James Golding, farm and dairy tours, cheese … Continue reading
Pancakes & Pancake Day – Shrove Tuesday
It’s Shrove Tuesday or Pancake day, we usually have a big stack, the individual record in our house was 7 ! The question is how do you like them, Sugar & lemon? Golden Syrup and Lemon? maybe butter & syrup? … Continue reading
Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival
The Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival will take place from Saturday the 23rd through to Saturday the 30th of September 2017. A celebration of local produce throughout the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Discover some of the best produce the area has … Continue reading
The Courtyard Dairy has moved
The Courtyard Dairy has moved, not far but just a little further along the A65 to larger premises at Feizor. What was once the old Falconry Centre has now been lovingly transformed by Andy & Kathy Swinscoe into a cheese … Continue reading
Food Festival Tents
With summer starting now and a whole raft of Food and Music Festivals approaching every self respecting foodie needs a foodie tent to stand out from the crowd! I spotted these great food themed tents from FieldCandy and couldn’t resist … Continue reading
Small shop wins big award – The Courtyard Dairy
The Courtyard Dairy, which opened last December on the A65 near Settle, has been awarded “Best New Cheese Retailer” at the prestigious annual British Cheese Awards that took place last Friday in Oxfordshire. The awards have been running since 1994 … Continue reading
Blessed are the Cheesemakers – The Courtyard Dairy, Settle
The Courtyard Dairy, specialist cheese refiner and purveyor…. I popped in to The Courtyard Dairy near Settle to meet Andy Swinscoe and Kathy Bull this week and was delighted with the company, the cheese and the knowledge, a fantastic gem … Continue reading
Todmorden Pexommier – Creamy Camembert Style Cheese
Creamy Camembert style cheese made entirely from Todmorden Organic Milk I had heard rumours about this cheese but was not sure of the name until a chat with @GeorgeandJoseph revealed the details, Pexommier from the Pextenement Cheese Company, Todmorden, a … Continue reading
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