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9:50am Saturday 19th July 2008

Templand Farm Shop, Allithwaite (Fri/Sat only): Own-grown Dunluce potatoes 65p a kilo.

Starly's is hot stuff

7:40pm Friday 18th July 2008

IF EVER two people deserved to succeed in life it’s Steven Higginson and Carly Jones, the hard-working twosome behind Orton-based Starly’s Spice Co.

Going green with Judith

Going green with Judith

9:43am Friday 18th July 2008

MY THANKS to Judith Whitworth, from Prizet, who sent in this delicious salad recipe.

Wheatsheaf wins first rosette

9:40am Friday 18th July 2008

Landlord Lee Rowbotham certainly knew what he was doing when he took on chef Carl Semple to steer a new future for his Brigsteer gastro-pub.

Sticky success in Lancashire

3:43pm Monday 14th July 2008

Fine produce from across Lancashire and beyond was on offer to Heysham 1’s staff as a ‘thank-you’ for a successful maintenance shutdown. And one of the stars of the event was Cartmel’s Sticky Toffee Pudding.

Full of beans

11:31am Monday 14th July 2008

There is a brand new bean in store at Booths this month with the arrival of the UK’s first frozen flageolet beans.

Tickled pink in Morecambe

8:20pm Saturday 12th July 2008

As chill factors go, Sunset Ices must be off the scale. It’s even been listed in a national newspaper’s top ten places to eat by the sea! “I seem to have been making the headlines of late,” smiled Kate, whose ice cream van is all the more remarkable because it is a beautifully restored classic Bedford CF, which boasts the legend ‘everyday is like sundae’.

Hairy bikers get back on the road

9:49am Monday 7th July 2008

Filming has begun on The Hairy Bakers, a brand new series for BBC TWO to be screened this summer, with a Christmas special to follow later in the year. As the UK tightens its collective economic belt, what better way to lift the spirits than a spot of home baking? The perennially popular Hairy Bikers, Dave Myers and Simon King, become Bakers and take to the road to explore in their inimitable, anarchic way our timeless love of bread, cakes, pastries and pies.

Sausage success for Carlisle

9:43am Monday 7th July 2008

CARLISLE butchers G. Gordon won the award for ‘Cumbria’s Best Traditional Cumberland Sausage’ following a heated cook-off in the city on Friday.

Feast of fun at Queen Katherine School

11:30am Saturday 5th July 2008

An estimated 300 children are expected to join in some special food fun at Queen Katherine on Wednesday, July 16.


UK Entertainment News

Russell Brand to host music awards

Russell Brand won an Entertainment Award at radio industry 'Oscars'

Updated 3:42pm Friday 25th July 2008

MTV is staking its brand on a lesser-known one: Russell Brand.


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