Do you have a foodie in your life to buy for but are stumped for Christmas?
We gave the Upton Cheyeny Chilli Company’s Make Your Own Chilli Sauce Kit (£29.99) from Firebox a go.
Do you have a foodie in your life to buy for but are stumped for Christmas?
We gave the Upton Cheyeny Chilli Company’s Make Your Own Chilli Sauce Kit (£29.99) from Firebox a go.
Packed full of cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, these soft fluffy Spiced Pear & Toffee cupcakes are perfect with a mid afternoon cuppa!
The recipe is very easy breezy so you can tweak it to suit your needs.
With the spiced pear puree, the inside of the cakes do retain a very moist centre but don’t worry, they are cooked!
Don’t mock my icing skills, after having 5, yes 5 Jane Asher icing bags burst on me in a row, I just gave up and went rustic!
A couple of weeks ago, the kind folks at Brewer Fayre invited us along to check out their newly revamped Dunelm Ridge restaurant.
Thanks to the kids soft play area, it is somewhere very local that I have visited regularly with my friend and her children. Paul and I were keen to see what changes have been made as it is a mere 5 minutes across the fields from home to here.
Just off the main road in to Durham (A167) and next to the Arnison Centre retail park, it is a great place to stop for a post shopping pint or pub lunch. The added beer garden is a great bonus, even at this time of the year!
One thing that has always bothered me until very recently was the North East dining scene. Yes we do independent and awesome and we do it VERY well, but for the longest of time, hip and trendy ‘London’ based brands and chains wouldn’t set foot up North. This has changed and it has changed for the better now that Byron Burger has landed.
Byron has landed on Grey Street in a prime location right next to the Monument and most importantly – the giant screen showing the Rugby World Cup!
I am off to the Netherlands on Thursday and one of the most important thing we research before going on a European city break is the best places to eat and any stand out dishes we need to check out.
I’d rather eat with the locals in a poky little authentic cafe than sit in a chain restaurant or something outside of the country.
I have a great little European Food Guide widget to show you, to help you make some foodie decisions