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The Big Cheese

13 Mar 2013 by Mandy

To Settle to join the celebrations marking the opening of The Courtyard Dairy, cheese maturer Andy Swinscoe’s fabulous shop. Originally...

15 Jan 2013 by Mandy

Our chums at the Pextenement Cheese Company have every right to feel chuffed – not only are they making absolutely...

30 Nov 2012 by Mandy

We were thrilled when Gimbals won Best Neighbourhood Restaurant in the recent Yorkshire Life Food & Drink Awards; it’s no...

19 Nov 2012 by Mandy

To The Cooking School at Dean Clough – well actually the Viaduct café on the ground floor, which they’ve just colonized to...

30 Oct 2012 by Mandy

To the Pipe & Glass in the Wolds for a ‘dry run’ (not so dry as it turns out) for...

26 Oct 2012 by Mandy

It’s a bit fiddly (for me, probably not for you) but boy the effort for this wonderful cake is worth...

18 Oct 2012 by Mandy

Sitting in the cafe in the uber-cool Deaf Institute in Manchester last night there was a moment when we looked...

05 Oct 2012 by Mandy

We were happy to be asked to join the judging team for the 2012 Yorkshire Life Food and Drink Awards...

14 Sep 2012 by Mandy

To BB in Leeds to interview Clive Fretwell, Raymond Blanc’s right-hand-man for the last 27 years. Clive’s a Bradford lad...

22 Aug 2012 by Mandy

From the window of the room I laughingly call my office I spend too much time watching contented cows grazing...