What a busy foodie week!
We have been busy with our plans for our foodie products so have covered much of East Yorkshire this past week- in mainly glorious sunshine! From meeting Mel at Wold Cottage Kitchen in Wetwang to chatting with Ben at the Star at Sancton where he let me into some of his secrets to a perfect Yorkshire Pud; it has been a facinating and informative week! Jackie at Chocolocolicious let me sample her new recipe for Rum Truffles which was devine, then shared some of her news about her various workshops and new plans for stall at Beverley and Humber Bridge Markets.Tea at the Balloon Tree, Gate Helmsley was a well earned treat where we discussed our exciting plans with Foodie PR expert Irene Myers. All in all, a very busy and productive week!
Breakfast now of melon with ginger followed by toast with Wold Cottage preserves. Perfect!
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Saturday 27 August 2011
Sunday 21 August 2011
BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme
Long before I ever dreamed of creating a foodie blog or business, I used to love listening to the Food Programme. It is so interesting. Today I was particularly taken by the programme dedicated to a cheese hero - Major Patrick Rance. The programme was fascinating - I listened in total admiration to the story of him writing blank cheques for artisanal cheese producers just so that the nation's cheese heritage could be sustained during the post war famine of plastic food and industrial scale production. The piece about the detrimental impact of the Milk Marketing Board was particularly enlightening. So, if you have a spare 30 minutes, I urge you to meditate on this photo of the sainted man whilst listening to the programme via this link - bon appetit!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b013fm7g/Food_Programme_Food_Icons_Major_Patrick_Rance/
Friday 19 August 2011
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Autumn is approaching and although some of us still have our summer holidays to squeeze in, there is no denying that there has been the occasional hint of a change in seasons. The farmers are busy bringing in the harvest our apple tree is groaning with Bramley apples as the picture shows, all around there is food aplenty.
The foodiefinder mission continues - our next edition due out at the beginning of October is taking shape and promises to be bigger and better than our first edition. We will be including interviews with local food heroes and have some great plans up our sleeves for regular features and content going forward. You can always keep up with our news at our facebook and twitter accounts or how about dipping your toe further in the technology water and joining us on foursquare at our page http://foursquare.com/foodiefinders- it's fun!
Sunday 7 August 2011
The Humber Bridge Farmers' Market
No rest for the wicked! Despite it being a Sunday there is still work to be done and no better opportunity to get ourselves noticed than at the monthly Farmers' Market at the Humber Bridge. Although the morning started off quietly for most people, http://www.feastrisingbakery.co.uk/ had a long queue patiently waiting to buy their excellent produce. I have been privileged to taste proper artisanal bread twice in the same week after my visit to the Handmade Bakery in Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire on Friday. The teacakes were excellent.
In total there are 20+ food producers providing all manner of delicious produce including goats cheese from award winning lownadairy.com , excellent air dried salami sausage from http://www.threelittlepigsonline.co.uk/. In a brief blog post such as this, it is not possible to do justice to the quality and range of suppliers. So rather than let me try and tell you all about it, why not take a trip yourself - every first Sunday of the month, all year round. I'm sure you won't regret it!
In total there are 20+ food producers providing all manner of delicious produce including goats cheese from award winning lownadairy.com , excellent air dried salami sausage from http://www.threelittlepigsonline.co.uk/. In a brief blog post such as this, it is not possible to do justice to the quality and range of suppliers. So rather than let me try and tell you all about it, why not take a trip yourself - every first Sunday of the month, all year round. I'm sure you won't regret it!
Monday 1 August 2011
Yorkshire Day & The Yum Food Festival
OK - So I'm a day late in posting this, but yesterday was very busy tracking down Yorkshire food businesses who we think should be featuring in our magazine. It was a hot day punctuated with occasional Yorkshire foodie treats such as a Wensleydale sandwich enhanced by a generous dollop of Mercers Red Onion Marmalade. It has to be the best product of its kind I've ever tasted!
As we seem to be doing everything backwards this morning, it is worth mentioning our attendance at the Yum Food Festival in the centre of Hull over the weekend. Although Day 1 was very quiet, things really livened up on Saturday. We had lots of interest in our magazine and some great chat with the foodie crowd from Hull. Our prize draw went down well as did the raffling of our fabulous cake which raised £30 for Dove House Hospice. Special thanks to Cake-licious for our beautiful eye catching cake which was such a talking point on Day 2, The Big Sizzle for keeping us supplied in sausage samples and Raisthorpe Manor foods for plying us with Raspberry Gin.
As we seem to be doing everything backwards this morning, it is worth mentioning our attendance at the Yum Food Festival in the centre of Hull over the weekend. Although Day 1 was very quiet, things really livened up on Saturday. We had lots of interest in our magazine and some great chat with the foodie crowd from Hull. Our prize draw went down well as did the raffling of our fabulous cake which raised £30 for Dove House Hospice. Special thanks to Cake-licious for our beautiful eye catching cake which was such a talking point on Day 2, The Big Sizzle for keeping us supplied in sausage samples and Raisthorpe Manor foods for plying us with Raspberry Gin.
Thursday 14 July 2011
The Great Yorkshire Show
The last couple of weeks have flown past as we have worked towards completing our first magazine. In the midst of all the hard work we thought we deserved a little down time and so a trip to The Great Yorkshire Show was planned.
Arriving at the showground at 08.30 gave us the opportunity to orientate ourselves and decide which parts of the show we wanted to focus on. Inevitably, the food show was the main attraction! The main hall was packed with businesses and people we have been admiring from afar through the wizardry of Twitter and some new discoveries too. We introduced ourselves to Justin from Shepherds Purse, Chilli Jam Man, Matthew from Toppings and quite a few others. As the only one in our party not on a special diet, it fell to me to be the chief taster - a tough job but someone had to do it!! Pies, cheeses, cakes, bread, oil.... spoilt for choice. It's easy to see why Yorkshire is renowned for the quality and variety of its produce.
The produce hall where the cheese and dairy judging had taken place was also a joy to behold as you can see from the photos below.
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Arriving at the showground at 08.30 gave us the opportunity to orientate ourselves and decide which parts of the show we wanted to focus on. Inevitably, the food show was the main attraction! The main hall was packed with businesses and people we have been admiring from afar through the wizardry of Twitter and some new discoveries too. We introduced ourselves to Justin from Shepherds Purse, Chilli Jam Man, Matthew from Toppings and quite a few others. As the only one in our party not on a special diet, it fell to me to be the chief taster - a tough job but someone had to do it!! Pies, cheeses, cakes, bread, oil.... spoilt for choice. It's easy to see why Yorkshire is renowned for the quality and variety of its produce.
The produce hall where the cheese and dairy judging had taken place was also a joy to behold as you can see from the photos below.
Notwithstanding the fantastic food on offer the highlight of the show was most definitely all the different livestock. Their handlers taking great pride to make sure that their charges looked immaculate constantly grooming, brushing and cleaning. The beef cattle in particular were a personal favourite. Any guesses as to how many steaks and burgers you would get from this beauty?!
Just before we headed off after a long and very enjoyable day we stopped by one of the show rings. I have always loved horses though I find their flightiness and skittishness unnerving. This beauty gave everyone the run around for a few minutes once he had slipped his harness. He revelled in his temporary freedom eating the grass and playing chase with the stewards. I was particularly proud of this shot which shows the true spirit of such a beautiful creature. Enjoy!
Monday 27 June 2011
Food glorious food!
Another busy weekend recruiting more advertisers, but fun as well. We got off to an early start with a visit to Fields butchers in Anlaby. Wow!! A fantastic display of meat products, perfect for the BBQ. The proprietor Brian, took a little time to talk with us but couldn't stop long as there was a steady stream of customers coming in to shop. It just proves what can be achieved with a healthy dose of passion and determination! If you are thinking of having a BBQ over the summer look no further - Tescos eat your heart out! www.fieldsofanlaby.co.uk
Next stop Beverley - again! This time we headed away from the market and went as far as White's and Rolandos close to the bar. We had a quick chat with John Robinson of Whites who was in the midst of his busy Saturday lunch service. The menu had our mouths watering visit www.whitesrestaurant.co.uk. A quick pit stop for lunch at Rolandos as the heat was starting to make us wilt, the Mediterranean Salad was a delicious combination of good quality feta, sun dried tomatoes, pickled vegetables and salad leaves very refreshing but at the same time light on the stomach. The carrot and sweet potato soup of the day served with homemade garlic bread was also worth a mention!
It's a tough job but someone has to taste their way around East Yorkshire - we are giving it our best shot and are totally committed to the cause!
Next stop Beverley - again! This time we headed away from the market and went as far as White's and Rolandos close to the bar. We had a quick chat with John Robinson of Whites who was in the midst of his busy Saturday lunch service. The menu had our mouths watering visit www.whitesrestaurant.co.uk. A quick pit stop for lunch at Rolandos as the heat was starting to make us wilt, the Mediterranean Salad was a delicious combination of good quality feta, sun dried tomatoes, pickled vegetables and salad leaves very refreshing but at the same time light on the stomach. The carrot and sweet potato soup of the day served with homemade garlic bread was also worth a mention!
It's a tough job but someone has to taste their way around East Yorkshire - we are giving it our best shot and are totally committed to the cause!
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