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Hot Pot Success on Mother's Day

Just a quick post to report on the success of the Lancashire Hot pot recipe provided by Nigel Haworth (of Northcote fame) and published within the food & drink section of visitlancashire.com

First 2009 Lancashire Hot Shots Evening Announced

Monday 30th March 2009

The first of our young chefs for 2009 is Oliver Martin who is currently chef de partie at the Ship at Elswick.

Having been brought up in a household where fresh, home cooked diners were the norm Oliver studied for his NVQ 1 and 2 qualifications at Blackpool and the Fylde College. Here he developed his knowledge of quality food and local produce which he now keenly emphasises in his work.

One for cheese fans!

March's walk of the month is the Lancashire Crumbly Cheese Walk - a 6 mile ramble around Garstang and the area known as the 'Lancashire Milk Fields'.

Lancaster Lunch

I visited The Borough in Lancaster on Tuesday for lunch with an Irish journalist. I had fish & chips (Fleetwood fish battered to perfection) whilst the journalist had steak & ale pie, with a half of Hen Harrier ale. Great service and lovely food– well worth a visit if you are in Lancaster!

Tea for Two in Morecambe

Afternoon tea is a very civilized affair and what better place to ‘take tea’ than in the glorious Art Deco surroundings of the Midland Hotel in Morecambe.  The fact that is was also Valentine’s Day added to occasion and so we took our seats in one of the cosy booths of the Rotunda cafe.

Lancashire on the menu

After Lancashire’s record breaking year of food and drink, it’s great to see the county’s reputation and delicious produce featured so prominently on the menu of a great traditional pub in one of Britain’s largest cities.

Farewell with a Clog and Billycock

The LBTB team will find any excuse for an opportunity to eat out in Lancashire and so saying farewell to the tourist board's very own PR Guru Adrian gave us a good reason to visit the recently opened Clog and Billycock in Pleasington.

The road to the Clog and Billycock was dark and seemingly never ending, but this latest incarnation from Ribble Valley Inns welcomed us in like a Beacon on the moor with a roaring fire and cosy bar. Whilst waiting for everyone to arrive we sampled some of the nibbles on the menu. The Battered Cauliflower fritters with curried mayonnaise was a surprise hit and although we also got stuck into the Deep Fried Bloomin' Onion, the latter was tasty but a little messy to eat with your fingers!

A walk on the dark side of Clitheroe...

A tour with chilling ghost stories followed by a warming hot pot at one of Clitheroe's award winning restaurants sounded like the perfect excuse to brave the blustery September weather. So we grabbed our wellies and umbrellas and set off looking forward to an evening with a difference.

Over to you...

We recently ran a competition on this website and in Lancashire County Council’s Vision newspaper, inviting the public to tell us about a great eating out experience in Lancashire. Now let’s hear what you have to say about Lancashire’s fine array of places to eat…

The hills are alive with the sound of munching

Well that was the intention as the media launch for the third Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food and Culture took place beside majestic Pendle Hill. Plan A was for the mayors and chief execs (including our own chief exec of Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board, Mike Wilkinson, and Elevate's Kathleen Houghton) to have a dinner at the top of our most famous hill, dressed in formal black and white or nice dresses, of course!