Category Archives: Food and Drink & Yorkshire Products
Pontefract Cakes are Yorkshire Delicacies
Pontefract Cakes are Yorkshire Delicacies that rank alongside or ahead of other sweets named after Yorkshire towns. Harrogate toffee may be a premium product but hasn’t got the tang of a good Pontefract cake. Doncaster butterscotch is hard to find … Continue reading
More to Yorkshire Than Pudding – Food for Gods
When thinking of gourmet food and Yorkshire it is natural to put our Pudding at the top of the list. Do not be fooled there are many other edible delicacies to tempt the hungry Tyke and visitor to God’s Own … Continue reading
Post Office Entrepreneurs at South Milford
It is hard to make a living at most retail ventures and no more so than at rural post offices. I was therefore mightily impressed by entrepreneurs running the South Milford Post Office during a recent visit. Reason for Visiting … Continue reading
You Can’t Have too Many Yorkshire Puddings
Yorkshire Sandwich Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding and Horseradish in a T-Cake with gravy. Specifically from The Golcar Lily. Mmmmmmm…yorkshire pudding. This is from the BEST dinner ever!!! For everyting you need for Yorkshire puddings including bakeware (tins to you and … Continue reading
Tea Rooms to Visit on the Yorkshire Tea Council Trail
In 1919 Frederick Belmont opened his first Bettys Café Tea Rooms in the fashionable spa town of Harrogate. It seems like I was queuing from that date as the people snaked around the corner last weekend. There are six Bettys … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s Sweet Tooth
Liquorice Pomfret is an early name for Pontefract and as most Yorkshire children know, Pontefract is the heart of Yorkshires liquorice making. Around the time of the Battle of Hastings, French monks arrived in Pontefract with liquorice plants for medicinal … Continue reading
Otley You Are Not Drinking Enough
Is the economy so bad down in Otley that no one is drinking enough to keep the pubs viable. Always a great place to drink, Otley landlords must be having a hard time after the opening of Sainsbury’s and Netto’s … Continue reading
Famous Pubs to Grouse About
The Famous Grouse whiskey is running a promotion pointing out Pubs around the country including Yorkshire that they say are famous. To my mind they are famous for selling this whiskey but anyway here is their Yorkshire selection The Kings … Continue reading
Top Fish & Chips and Seafood
Yorkshire is blessed with the finest fish and chip shops. It also boasts the best restaurants and cafes specialising in seafood and fish and chips. Restaurants to Visit The Drum and Monkey has been a Harrogate favourite for over 30 … Continue reading
Craven Cravendale and Milk
Well to me filtered milk is not milk and Cravendale is not a Dale. But Branders can’t be choosers – Oh yes they can and I suppose this is a canny name from Arla Foods the Leeds based dairy food … Continue reading