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Made in Northumberland scheme...producers aboard a bus which will be touring the berwick area in March

A tasty destination for all

A PILOT scheme set up to promote Northumberland’s distinctive cultural and culinary products has been so successful it has been given funding for a second year. Read

Guatemalan Huehuetenango Coffee

Endangered foods are worth saving

It’s not just our wildlife that is endangered, so are many artisan foods. Jane Hall reports on a unique 10 Things to Eat! Before They Die dinner which aims to show why traditional foods are worth saving. Read

Potato producer Lucy Carroll

All eyes on potatoes at Culture Club event

A CITY restaurant owner yesterday threw his weight behind The Journal’s campaign to encourage people to buy, eat and use more local produce. Read

Michael Maughan

Chemist cooking up new career – as a pie-maker

A PHARMACEUTICALS expert has swapped the lab for the chemistry of cooking in his bid to create the perfect pie. Read

Angel of the north cake

Angel cake wows food festival crowds

A FAMILIAR looking cake was the centrepiece at a tea party held on the banks of the River Tyne over the weekend. Read

George Alagiah

Broadcaster urges firms to switch to Fairtrade

NEWSCASTER George Alagiah was in the North East yesterday to spread the message of ethical trading. Speaking in his role as patron of the Fairtrade Foundation, the renowned journalist spoke to business people, children and families as part of the EAT! Newcastle Gateshead Festival. Read

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

Chris Jewitt

Now it’s two for dinner

TWO successful Tyneside restaurants have joined forces to encourage more people to eat with a conscience. Read

Butcher Chris Green, who operates from premises in Longhorsley and Longframlington

Butcher shuts up shop

A FAMILY-RUN butcher’s business is ending 120 years of tradition by reluctantly pulling the shutters down on its shop in a Northumberland village. Read

Susie Howey from Food Local Food, at the Rothbury Food and Craft festival

Food fair to crowd’s taste

VILLAGERS are set to make a bank holiday community day into an annual venture after the inaugural event proved a success. Read

Martin Charlton

Hunting for supper

IT’S 5pm on a showery April Monday. Just yards from one of Newcastle’s busiest commuter roads, I’m pushing my way David Bellamy-style through the verdant, damp undergrowth of a city centre park. Read

Adam Hegarty, of the Bay Bistro

Cooking up new food skills

FISH lovers can hook on to new culinary skills with the opening of a regional training school. Read

Taste North East Food and Drink Festival

Demanding a second bite

WHEN can we do it all again? So say stallholders who attended the first ever Journal Taste North East England Food and Drink Festival at the weekend. Read

Raymond Snowdon of Chester-le-Street tucks in at The Journal Taste Festival at Gibside 26 April 2008

Taste food festival crowd have fine appetites

FOOD fanatics turned out in their droves on Saturday to support The Journal Taste North East England Food and Drink Festival. Read

Wild Boar

Slow food catches on quick

Fast pace, no time, quick fix, little appetite? Alastair Gilmour opens the door on Slow Food – and does us all a favour. Read

Buy local, use local, eat local

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

Keith Gill, executive director of Tanfield Food Company

Festival will give a taste of North East

You have supported us, so we are supporting you. So says one of the team behind the hugely successful Look What We Found gourmet ready meals brand. Read

Patrick McAlindon of Waitrose Hexham

Regional foods 'in danger of extinction'

TRADITIONAL local produce may be in danger of extinction within a generation. According to a survey for Waitrose’s Made in Britain campaign, a third of under-24s have not heard of stottie cake. Read

Alnwick Rum

Chain enters into spirit of our campaign

A SUPERMARKET chain has shown its support for The Journal’s Taste North East campaign by agreeing to stock a Northumberland spirit. Read

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Offering a bigger menu to readers

MORE than 60 local produce retailers and suppliers have signed-up to exhibit at what promises to be the gastronomic extravaganza of the year. Read

Culture

Culture July 2008

Culture - July

THE region goes festival mad in July and we can be thankful for that. It brings a wealth of exciting entertainment to our doorstep.Read

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