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Hopes rise for bakery facing collapse

Aiden Monks pictured in happier times.

10:56am Friday 21st November 2008

An award-winning Lake District baker is putting together a rescue package for the bakery he closed down last week.

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Simon loves Lucy

6:15pm Monday 17th November 2008

LucyCooks played host to celebrity chef Simon Rimmer when he spent the day filming at the Cumbrian cookery school for Granada TV’s new series of “Grub’s Up.”

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5:20pm Friday 7th November 2008

Your weekly guide to local, seasonal and speciality food and drink

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Waterhead Food Festival

Chef Michael Weston Cole prepares 21 course meal.

11:20am Friday 7th November 2008

THE Waterhead at Ambleside – part of the English Lakes Hotels group – is to hold its first ever food festival to help showcase the work of head chef Michael Weston-Cole.

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Continental market comes to Kendal

Continental market comes to Kendal

4:31pm Thursday 6th November 2008

Kendal's Elephant Yard shopping complex in the Cumbria, between November 6-9 and you can say goedendag, salut, ciao, hola and dzjén dobry to a host of Continental goods retailerss On these dates, the historic Elephant Yard will become a mass of colour and a melting pot of different cultures and cuisines, as the prominent shopping area hosts its first Continental market.

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Pour & Explore

11:40am Saturday 1st November 2008

As the nights get darker and colder and the autumnal perfume of wood smoke hangs in the air, my thoughts lean towards warming stews, casseroles and hotpots.

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Vegan day in Kendal

2:34pm Tuesday 21st October 2008

Delicious vegan meals can fit the tightest budget – and are kind to the planet too. Kendal is joining the global celebration of compassionate living with an open day at the Tapestry Tearooms on World Vegan Day, Saturday, November 1. Special offers include 10 per cent off all meals and free entry to the Quaker Tapestry Exhibition with every lunch on Vegan Day (Open 10am to 3pm Saturday, November 1).

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Howbarrow joins forces with Farmshed

12:10pm Saturday 18th October 2008

HOWBARROW organic farm, at Cartmel, has joined forces with Wigan-based The Farmshed in order to expand and improve its box scheme delivery service.

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Sail and dine

John Haworth on board Maddie Too.

7:10pm Friday 17th October 2008

REMEMBER the guy who loved the product so much he bought the company?

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Another gong for The Highwayman

left to right: Rob Broadbent (general manager), Rob Kigour (Remy rep) and Michael Ward (Head chef)

3:24pm Tuesday 14th October 2008

The Highwayman at Nether Burrow near Kirkby Lonsdale has won the North West Regional Award in this year’s Rémy Martin Restaurant Awards.

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