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Sandy Duncan, general manager of the Northumbrian Larder in Hexham

Slice of success

Ahead of a conference on Monday aiming to shape a successful future for both our large and small food and drink manufacturers, Jane Hall talks to Sandy Duncan. Read

Enjoy the taste of Cumbria with this Jerichos recipe

JERICHOS at The Waverley Hotel is a popular “restaurant with rooms” adding a welcome modern twist to Windermere in its lovely Victorian building. Read

Geltsdale brewery

Beer crosses county line for taste festival

BEER lovers Stephen Wanless and Fiona Deal are raising a glass to their new venture which is set to bring a taste of the North West to the North East. Read

Chef Ashley Paynton

Help us celebrate best of mellow fruitfulness

The region’s top chefs will come together this Sunday alongside leading North East artisan producers for a celebration of autumn food at The Journal’s Taste on the Tyne festival in association with Tesco. Read

Fine food business back in action after flood

TWO weeks after watching in despair as her luxury food business was quite literally swept out to sea, Helen Henderson will again today defiantly set out her stall. Read

Oven roasted Buccleuch lamb with fresh thyme, creamy mash and green beans

Best of borders

Jane Hall takes a food lovers’ tour of the Scottish Borders: POET John Keats famously described this time of year as the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness!” Read

A starter that makes most of fresh food

STARTING a series of weekly recipes taken from the newly published A Taste of Cumbria cookbook, the fourth volume of the Taste of series from The Journal’s sister publication, Exclusive Magazine, we head to Broadoaks country house by the side of Lake Windermere. Read

Ian Linsley of the Alnwick Rum company

Journal helps brew the taste of success

A BEER brewed in Northumberland is to be sold at branches of a major supermarket across the North East, thanks to The Journal’s Taste Campaign. Read

Sandy Duncan of the Northumbrian Larder

How to feast on budget

WITH rising food and fuel prices there has never been a better time to visit The Journal’s Taste on the Tyne event and discover the wealth of fresh, seasonal goods produced on our doorstep. Read

All the ingredients for a super food celebration

ARTISAN producers are gearing up for a day-long celebration of food and drink as The Journal’s Taste campaign comes to the banks of the River Tyne. Read

Fentimans

A drop of nostalgia

IT’S one of the region’s biggest and most successful drinks producers, selling a staggering 300,000 bottles a week and set to turn over £4m by the end of this year. Read

Ian Craig of Artisan Foods

North sorbet takes top title

A SPIRITED sorbet created by a former miner who resurfaced as a luxury dessert maker after 22 years at the coal face, has been crowned Supreme Champion in the Oscars of the food world. Read

Chef owner Chris Slaughter of the Grainger Rooms

Love of the land

Local food has always been on the menu at Newcastle’s Grainger Rooms restaurant. Now owner Chris Slaughter is taking his passion for local to new heights by launching a food club aimed at fellow enthusiasts. Read

Dave Myres, one half of the Hairy Bikers duo

12,500 flock to our food and drink day

FOOD fanatics turned out in their droves to support The Journal Taste 2 food and drink festival at the weekend with nearly 12,500 people descending on a picturesque country hotel. Read

Gareth Marks

Centre stage

LINDEN Hall in the heart of Northumberland is the spectacular setting for The Journal Taste 2 food and drink festival taking place tomorrow. Jane Hall speaks to the hotel’s new head chef about why local is best – and the part he’ll be playing in Taste 2. Read

One half of the Hairy Bikers duo, Dave Myers

Growing appetite for home produce

MORE than 100 of the region’s finest artisan producers will show off their wares at The Journal Taste 2 food and drink festival -– making it the biggest one day event of its kind ever held in the North East. Read

Richard Sim, guest chef at the Meet the Producer event at the Guild Hall Berwick

Meet the chefs

Gastronomic treats galore will be on offer as the cream of the region’s chefs throw their culinary weight behind The Journal Taste 2 food and drink festival in association with Tesco on August 30. Read

David Ginola

Ginola heads back to region

FLAMBOYANT French footballer David Ginola is to make a nostalgic return trip to the North East as he adds an international flavour to The Journal Taste 2 food and drink festival. Read

Hairy Bikers Simon King and Dave Myers at North Shields Fish Quay

Roaring success for hairy bikers

SIMON KING is enjoying an all too rare sojourn back in his native North East. Read

Fun for all family at Taste 2 festival

THE region’s biggest food and drink festival will be the must-be place for all the family. Read

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