Monthly Archives: August 2012
This blog is on the move
I’ve taken the plunge and am now moving this blog to a self-hosted version. The new version is live now at www.foodiesarah.co.uk – if you subscribe by email or RSS it may be worth checking that you’re still signed up. … Continue reading
Filed under News
What the food inspectors found in Leeds
The latest part of my investigation into the food premises which received zero ratings during their hygiene inspections is now in and we can see what happened at Leeds takeaways. Back in July I started asking various councils across the … Continue reading
Street food fights, home delivery and other food news from the north
A round-up of foodie news and events from around the north this week: * Fancy a meal cooked up by a chef and brought round your house? If you’re in Manchester a business doing just that is setting up in … Continue reading
Filed under Manchester, News, north-east, Yorkshire
Leeds to host new ‘pop up’ restaurant Chateau Marmot
Have you heard of Chateau Marmot? If you’re in Leeds then you might be about to discover this new restaurant – it’s just I just don’t know exactly when or where it will be! Claiming to offer a “mind blowing gastronomic experience” … Continue reading
The hunt to find the north’s best food and drink blog is on
The Blog North Awards opened for nominations earlier this week giving readers the chance to mark their appreciation for the hours of dedicated blogging going on across our vast region. It’s an expansion of what was previously the Manchester Blog … Continue reading
Product trial: Guinness gourmet peanuts and cashews
Nuts and beer. Beer and nuts. Go together like …..well beer and nuts. So some bright spark has decided to put them together and come up with beery nuts. Packaging: Being Guinness branded, they’re in quality packaging with the black … Continue reading
Filed under Product trials, Reviews
Yorkshire brewery’s Olympic Medal Pursuit
As Yorkshire sits at seventh place in the Olympic medal table it seems medal fever is now even spreading to food and drink. Inspired by Otley’s silver medal athlete Lizzie Armitstead, Pool-in-Wharfedale based independent brewery WharfeBank has produced Medal Pursuit. … Continue reading
Yorkshire Day launch of new food website out of Yorkshire
outofyorkshire.co.uk has launched today. It’s an expansion of the Leeds-based coffee and smoothie chain Out of the Woods which, the owners say, will offer British folk the opportunity to discover food and drink from independent suppliers across Yorkshire. Out of … Continue reading
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