Belvoir Fruit Farms
Just a little bit of rhubarb
1st February 2012
The first of this year’s food fairs kicks off in three weeks’ time with the Wakefield Festival of Food, Drink and Rhubarb (24th-26th February). We love the idea of a rhubarb festival – it’s almost as mad as the Pontefract Liquorice Festival. Wakefield is the country’s foremost producer of rhubarb – in fact, its Yorkshire … [more…]
Introducing our first Lovely Awards winners
24th January 2012
Over the past few weeks you’ve been very busy nominating some amazing foodie people and places for our Lovely Awards. There are even a few places near us that we had never heard of until the nominations came in – we can’t wait to rush off and visit them. It just shows, you might think … [more…]
The ideal cocktail & mocktail mix
23rd December 2011
Christmas celebrations are often awash with fairly mediocre mulled wine – mediocre in the sense that it tastes great at the time, but clobbers you the next day with an unwarranted hangover. We’ve come to the conclusion that one of the best ways to be the hostess (or host) with the mostest is to come … [more…]
Banish winter blues
15th November 2011
If you find yourself besieged by colds and a feeling of malaise through the winter months, now is the time to do something about it. You’re much more likely to thrive during the difficult days of January and February if you’ve made time beforehand to build up your immune system. Here are some tried and … [more…]
Cinnamon and Spiced Winter Berries Ice Cream
7th November 2011
This is a really quick and easy delicious ice cream recipe as there’s no need to stir the mixture part-way through freezing. Ingredients 1 pint double cream 160ml Belvoir Spiced Winter Berries cordial 100g of Cinnamon spiced biscuits such as wafer thin Speculaas biscuits Serves 4 METHOD Whip the cream to a floppy custard-like consistency. … [more…]