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Get set for food event of the year

Get set for food event of the year

What is it? THE buy local, use local, eat local gastronomic event of the year – The Journal Taste North East England Food and Drink Festival in association with the National Trust Read

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Taste news & features

Celebrity chef John Burton Race

Flavour of life

Michelin-starred chef John Burton Race’s new book promotes using fine quality local produce at its seasonal best. Jane Hall found out more. Read

Tempting recipes from Taste

Asparagus with dry cured ham

Asparagus with dry cured ham

“THE first new season’s asparagus (available now) is one of my favourite ingredients. Read

Taste restaurant reviews

A Taste of Persia, Marlborough Crescent, Newcastle

A Taste of Persia, Newcastle

PERSIA sounds so exotic to me. My boyhood notion of what it was like came from images from the Arabian Nights merged in a luscious blend with camel caravans, date palm oases and the mysteries of the harem, best viewed through a gauzy film. Read

Journal Blog Central

Journal Blog Central

Get on your bike

Parents are being urged to halt a generational decline in cycling. Read

Helen Savage

Helen Savage

Wine with Helen Savage

Click to read Helen Savage's wine column. Read

Alastair Gilmour

Alastair Gilmour

Beer with Alastair Gilmour

Click to read Alastair Gilmour's beer column. Read

Bill Oldfield

Bill Oldfield

Restaurant reviews with Bill Oldfield

Click to read Bill Oldfield's restaurant column. Read

Katherine Neal

Katharine Neal

Nutrition with Katherine Neal

Click to read Katherine Neal's nutrition column. Read

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Taste Food and Drink Festival

Click play to watch a video of the Taste North East England Food and Drink Festival, held on April 26 at Gibside and featuring a visit from Hairy Biker Simon King.

City Living

City Living May 2008

City Living - May

WITH WE’RE willing to try most things here at City Living, which is why this month we all tagged along to try a pole dancing lesson.Read

Culture

Culture magazine May 2008

Culture - May

The May edition of Culture magazine is out now, packed with all the latest arts, theatre and music highlights.Read

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