A few months ago Little Italy opened its doors on Station Road in Horsforth. I had been eagerly awaiting its opening as it is a stones throw from where I live and perfectly situated in between mine and my friend’s house; ideal for emergency coffee and cake situations! This is both brilliant and dangerous. Soon […]
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Royally Fed Up
I am not one to put my nose up to an extra Bank Holiday BUT I also do not feel the need to have to pay for it with weeks and months of British flags flying in my face. Marketing departments have gone into overdrive with more and more tenuous links to the grand occasion […]
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Asparagus Season is Back
One of my very first blog posts was about the local asparagus farm I found in Horsforth, Leeds, last year. Well, it’s back and is proving to be incredibly popular too. When we arrived on Saturday eager to make our purchase we had to wait ten minutes as they were out in the fields speedily […]
It is still spring! And the time to be planting seedlings. I am going a bit overboard this year and planning to fill our new raised beds with as much produce as they can take. My window sills have been crammed with little sprouts of plants and plants of sprouts, and I have been rapidly […]
Last year I went along to Homage2Fromage at Dock St Markets, and last week I made a return for their 7th cheesey event. They now meet at The Adelphi in Leeds, which is a great venue for it. Large enough to hold everyone, but still with an intimate atmostphere and a great mish mash of […]
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BYOB to the Hyde Park Picture House
When I was first told about the concept of cinema viewings especially for people to bring babies to, I thought the idea was somewhat flawed. You know how the person behind you with the sweet bag crinkling all the way through a film winds you up? Or the relentless texter? Well I thought a room […]
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Making a Pig’s Ear Out of Pig Trotters
Mr M and I bought some ham hocks from Butchers Row at Leeds Kirkgate Market. When doing so we weren’t expecting the question “would you like the trotters too?”, but we were asked and of course(?) answered with an enthusiastic “yes please”. I am very much a nose to tail type of eater and am […]
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Is Duck Pizza a Quackers Idea?
Box Pizza in Leeds has recently had a special of roast duck, sautéed leeks, roasted peppers and sweet chilli sauce. I wouldn’t have necessarily ordered this from anyone else – roast duck isn’t exactly the most obvious of pizza toppings. However, having tried it, i would certainly order it again – it was a big […]
Last year I went along to the first Cornucopia event at Leeds’ Corn Exchange (post found here), and last weekend I made a return for it’s third event. Whilst there were returning producers, there were also some new and exciting ones too, and overall there is a varied selection of food to give you a […]
Calls Landing (a stew and oyster bar in Leeds) gave local beer makers from Ilkley Brewery an evening to see whether their stout could rival Guinness as an accompaniment to oysters. MJ Fortis is a hearty stout, but with delicate flavours of liquorice and smokey mocha. Looking at the way the oyster shell scale tipped […]