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Fish & Cheese

Saturday evening saw me driving up the Fylde coast to pay a long overdue visit to Seniors Fish & Chip restaurant in Thornton. After an obilgatory glance at the upturned hull of Riverdance on the beach at Cleveleys we headed inland to the award-winning restaurant and self styled "Fish Experience".

A Lancashire Fondue

Ok, so perhaps Fondue is not the first thing that springs to mind when thinking of Lancashire cooking but my weekend foray into the world of Fondue made use of a very delicious fillet of Bowland Beef that deserves some blog praise.

Spreading the food message far and wide....

What seems like months ago but was actually the 10th and 11th March, myself and Kate were at the NEC for the 'British Travel Trade Fair'. The show is for Coach Operators and Group Travel Organisers looking for ideas and inspiration for coach travel in the future (planning for 2012 is underway already don't you know!). It was only fair that we treated them to an array of our stunning produce in order to lure them to Lancashire for Food and Drink based trips.

Sunday Roast at The Craven Heifer

Having my brother and his friend over from Sweden over the weekend I decided that their visit couldn't pass without a proper English Sunday Roast dinner. Living in the Ribble Valley I am very lucky to have a vast number of pubs serving excellent home cooked food on my doorstep - the only problem was choosing where to take them... After much deliberation we opted for the Craven Heifer at Chaigley, which sits in the foothill of Longridge Fell in the Forest of Bowland.

Munching at The Millstone

Last week during a well earned week off work, my Dad braved trip over the Pennines from Yorkshire to treat me to lunch. I decided to choose The Millstone at Mellor after having a great staff Christmas party there in 2007. I know my Dad's a big fan of rustic, home-cooked food so knew the Millstone would be right up his street! Finding it surprisingly busy for a Wednesday lunch time we managed to get a cosy corner to enjoy our lunch.

The national media get a taste for Lancashire

As PR work goes, entertaining journalists over a quality meal in pleasant surroundings is definitely one of the high points of the job! This is just what we did a couple of weekends ago at Lancaster House Hotel, when writers covering Woman's Own, The Times, Fresh magazine, The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times and The Sunday Mirror were in Lancashire to hear more about Taste Lancashire 08 and visit some of our finest eating places and food retailers, and to meet our food producers.

Stand and Deliver!

  I rushed away from work on Friday to get up to Holgates Caravan Park with some friends for the weekend. A great haven courtesy of my parents who have a caravan (more like cool crash pad) there. First thing on the menu was food and wine so a quick stop at Booths in Carnforth saw me stocking up on Morecambe Bay Shrimps and crusty bread (starters), Bowland beef with all the trimmings (main) and a selection of great Lancashire cheeses for if we made it through the rest (which we did).

Taste Lancashire - is it good?

I am lucky enough to be working on Taste Lancashire 08 for a few weeks and I couldn't think of a nicer job, although I admit my appetite has ballooned since I started here. Why - because I am looking at pictures of food all day. Yum.

The Taste Lancashire 08 Blogging Experiment

Who'd have thought, I certainly didn't think that I'd be a blogger and yet here I am! But I'll step up to the challenge for the purpose of letting the world know about how amazing Lancashire is for anyone interested in food and drink! But if there's anything I can happily talk till the cows come home it's food so watch this space!