First of all, many thanks to everyone who has already nominated us for entry in The Good Food Guide and then later as one of the guide’s 100 Best Local Restaurants. We are now in the last few days of voting prior to nominations closing on 16th April and we have reason to be optimistic …
Lots of events coming up over the next month starting with Arthur Parkinson’s Tulip workshop on Friday 11th April. Always popular, Arthur will talk about how to grow and care for tulips both in pots and in the ground, how organically to avoid pests and how to cut blooms to ensure the longest lasting display. …
A very exciting week for the whole team here at the restaurant as we have our first ever national Guide recognition with a listing in The Good Food Guide. As the Guide is a user led organisation, it’s really pleasing to know that our guests have nominated us, the Guide has inspected us (incognito!) and …
A perfect symbiosis – on these bright sunny Spring days, our industrious and hungry bees are busily taking advantage of the earliest hedgerow blossom – Mirabelles. A late frost may intervene to damage the blossom or stop the fruit setting but at present the bushes which dot our hedgerows are abuzz with thousands of bees …
Almost a full 12 months since our first Supper Club, St David’s Day reminds us of the coming Spring! It may be another 3 weeks till the Equinox and the start of Astronomical Spring, but this Saturday marks the beginning of Meteorological Spring – the Hazel catkins are out, the Wild Garlic is coming up, …
Lots of beautiful, pink, forced rhubarb this week. Not our own rhubarb yet as we don’t have heated sheds but perfect, pink stems harvested by candlelight in the Yorkshire Rhubarb Triangle. Our Rhubarb this week is from the sheds of Robert Tomlinson a fourth generation grower in Pudsey, midway between Leeds and Bradford and …
Beautiful, crisp frosts and clear blue skies. The sun begins to have real warmth at midday. Snowdrops and Primroses are in flower, shoots are emerging throughout the gardens, buds are swelling on the trees – Nature knows the year is turning! Of course, for much of the time, it is still very cold, dull …
Is there no end to my cultural appropriation? Seemingly not! Last week the traditional Scottish Burns Night Supper, this week several dishes to celebrate Chinese New Year – lots of Saddleback Pork then with Char Siu Pork Loin, Szechuan Style Braised Trotters and Spicy, Sticky Ribs. We will also be serving Mark Hix’s Crispy …
A celebration of all things Scottish this weekend. We are taking advantage of Burns Night falling on a Saturday this year to have an indulgent traditional Supper complete with Kilted Piper, Chieftain Haggis and a tasting of Whiskies and Malts from across the Highlands. Our host for the evening is Barry Smith, Professor of Philosophy at …
Even in the very darkest, coldest days of winter, nature drives on… One of our favourite flowers, the Hellebore, our Christmas Rose, takes advantage of being the only plant above ground in the border to open its stunning if often overlooked flowers. If you have a chance this weekend, why not come up to …
