http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/ JournalLive for North East news. Read the latest from The Journal newspaper covering Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland all areas across the Northeast. en-gb http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/16/endangered-foods-are-worth-saving-61634-20918675/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/16/endangered-foods-are-worth-saving-61634-20918675/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/helen-savage/2008/05/16/message-in-a-bottle-on-fairtrade-offerings-61634-20917632/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/helen-savage/2008/05/16/message-in-a-bottle-on-fairtrade-offerings-61634-20917632/ JUST like handbags and sunglasses, wine has its designer labels. Malcolm Gluck tells the story of a wine importer from Singapore, who having splashed out £5,000 for a bottle of Chateau Petrus, made sure that it was prominently displayed on his table, but then proceeded to ‘enhance’ his glass with Pepsi. He admitted, Malcolm relates, to not liking the taste of red wine. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/restaurant-reviews/2008/05/16/utong-thai-restaurant-newcastle-61634-20917805/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/restaurant-reviews/2008/05/16/utong-thai-restaurant-newcastle-61634-20917805/ DID you know that lots of people from the Far East are alcohol intolerant? For someone running a licensed restaurant this is like being a landscape gardener with hay fever or a pilot with vertigo. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/alastair-gilmour/2008/05/16/tyne-for-a-pint-61634-20918280/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/alastair-gilmour/2008/05/16/tyne-for-a-pint-61634-20918280/ ALE plus arithmetic equals chaos. If our summing-up is as it should be we estimate that over the past two centuries some 400 breweries have hugged the River Tyne. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/bill-oldfield/2008/05/16/online-and-off-message-61634-20918658/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/bill-oldfield/2008/05/16/online-and-off-message-61634-20918658/ IT’S a good thing they’ve finally painted the Forth Bridge with a special paint which means that now, for the first time since it was built, they don’t have to start all over again immediately they finish. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/14/all-eyes-on-potatoes-at-culture-club-event-61634-20907327/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/14/all-eyes-on-potatoes-at-culture-club-event-61634-20907327/ A CITY restaurant owner yesterday threw his weight behind The Journal’s campaign to encourage people to buy, eat and use more local produce. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/13/chemist-cooking-up-new-career-as-a-pie-maker-61634-20901884/ Mon, 12 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/13/chemist-cooking-up-new-career-as-a-pie-maker-61634-20901884/ A PHARMACEUTICALS expert has swapped the lab for the chemistry of cooking in his bid to create the perfect pie. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/12/angel-cake-wows-food-festival-crowds-61634-20901860/ Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/12/angel-cake-wows-food-festival-crowds-61634-20901860/ A FAMILIAR looking cake was the centrepiece at a tea party held on the banks of the River Tyne over the weekend. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/10/broadcaster-urges-firms-to-switch-to-fairtrade-61634-20889032/ Fri, 09 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/10/broadcaster-urges-firms-to-switch-to-fairtrade-61634-20889032/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/09/flavour-of-life-61634-20883287/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/09/flavour-of-life-61634-20883287/ Michelin-starred chef John Burton Race’s new book promotes using fine quality local produce at its seasonal best. Jane Hall found out more. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/helen-savage/2008/05/09/sicily-keeps-getting-better-61634-20882234/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/helen-savage/2008/05/09/sicily-keeps-getting-better-61634-20882234/ SICILY produces a lot of wine, nearly as much as Portugal, but it’s largely nothing to write home about. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/restaurant-reviews/2008/05/09/a-taste-of-persia-newcastle-61634-20882235/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/restaurant-reviews/2008/05/09/a-taste-of-persia-newcastle-61634-20882235/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/09/now-it-s-two-for-dinner-61634-20882377/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/09/now-it-s-two-for-dinner-61634-20882377/ TWO successful Tyneside restaurants have joined forces to encourage more people to eat with a conscience. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/alastair-gilmour/2008/05/09/beer-with-a-sting-61634-20883018/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/alastair-gilmour/2008/05/09/beer-with-a-sting-61634-20883018/ GORDON Sumner, The Entertainer and urtica dioica deserve some respect. Next week is National Be Nice To Nettles Week, a Sting-orientated love-in which coincidentally heralds the return of a seasonal ale. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/taste-recipes/2008/05/09/asparagus-with-dry-cured-ham-61634-20883284/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/taste-recipes/2008/05/09/asparagus-with-dry-cured-ham-61634-20883284/ “THE first new season’s asparagus (available now) is one of my favourite ingredients. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/08/butcher-shuts-up-shop-61634-20879511/ Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/08/butcher-shuts-up-shop-61634-20879511/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/07/food-fair-to-crowd-s-taste-61634-20872629/ Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/07/food-fair-to-crowd-s-taste-61634-20872629/ VILLAGERS are set to make a bank holiday community day into an annual venture after the inaugural event proved a success. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/02/hunting-for-supper-61634-20849099/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/05/02/hunting-for-supper-61634-20849099/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/bill-oldfield/2008/05/02/carrot-and-stick-beats-ranting-61634-20849426/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/bill-oldfield/2008/05/02/carrot-and-stick-beats-ranting-61634-20849426/ BEING in the food industry, you’d expect me to believe in the carrot and stick approach to management, but not everybody in my position seems to agree. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/restaurant-reviews/2008/05/02/gods-kitchen-chester-le-street-61634-20849665/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/restaurant-reviews/2008/05/02/gods-kitchen-chester-le-street-61634-20849665/ IT’S the nature of life that we all go through changes. Buildings too have a life and they go through similar transitions. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/helen-savage/2008/05/02/france-s-best-kept-secret-61634-20850137/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/helen-savage/2008/05/02/france-s-best-kept-secret-61634-20850137/ ONE of the world’s biggest vineyards spreads north from the broad estuary of the Gironde in the Charentes region of western France. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/taste-recipes/2008/05/02/salt-cod-fishcakes-with-baked-beans-on-toast-61634-20853122/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/taste-recipes/2008/05/02/salt-cod-fishcakes-with-baked-beans-on-toast-61634-20853122/ SALTING fish was a way of preserving it before the invention of fridges. But, as a by product, it also has a wonderful effect on the flesh of white fish such as cod giving it a meatier texture and lifting the flavour. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/alastair-gilmour/2008/05/02/oddfellows-festival-is-a-friendly-drinks-society-61634-20853293/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/alastair-gilmour/2008/05/02/oddfellows-festival-is-a-friendly-drinks-society-61634-20853293/ LATIN may be a dead language, but Amo, Amas, Amat survives in loving relationships. Veni, Vidi, Vici came and went with Julius Caesar, but what of Amicitia, Amor, Veritas? http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/04/30/cooking-up-new-food-skills-61634-20840841/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/04/30/cooking-up-new-food-skills-61634-20840841/ FISH lovers can hook on to new culinary skills with the opening of a regional training school. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/04/29/demanding-a-second-bite-61634-20832730/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/04/29/demanding-a-second-bite-61634-20832730/ 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. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/04/28/taste-food-festival-crowd-have-fine-appetites-61634-20828564/ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/04/28/taste-food-festival-crowd-have-fine-appetites-61634-20828564/ FOOD fanatics turned out in their droves on Saturday to support The Journal Taste North East England Food and Drink Festival. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/04/25/slow-food-catches-on-quick-61634-20816318/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/news-and-features/2008/04/25/slow-food-catches-on-quick-61634-20816318/ Fast pace, no time, quick fix, little appetite? Alastair Gilmour opens the door on Slow Food – and does us all a favour. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/helen-savage/2008/04/25/the-marvellous-muscat-stands-true-test-of-time-61634-20816168/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/helen-savage/2008/04/25/the-marvellous-muscat-stands-true-test-of-time-61634-20816168/ MUSCAT is one of the greatest grape varieties and certainly one of the most ancient. Its origins are probably Mediterranean, where it still thrives. It is almost certainly a variety known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as being as attractive to bees as to humans. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/alastair-gilmour/2008/04/25/festival-puts-spotlight-on-the-micro-brewers-61634-20816719/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/wine-reviews/alastair-gilmour/2008/04/25/festival-puts-spotlight-on-the-micro-brewers-61634-20816719/ STATISTICS reveal that micro-brewers are responsible for one in every six pints of beer sold in this country. On first looks, it’s impressive; on the other hand, it’s a dispiriting fact if you calculate that five out of six pints aren’t. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/restaurant-reviews/2008/04/25/the-angel-of-corbridge-main-street-corbridge-61634-20816940/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-taste/restaurant-reviews/2008/04/25/the-angel-of-corbridge-main-street-corbridge-61634-20816940/ THE cult of the gastropub is developing apace. The combination of restaurant quality food with the informality of a pub reduces any dress-code starchiness, while offering potentially fine dining experiences.