Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

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  1. Review: The Wensleydale Heifer, Wensleydale — 16 June 2025
  2. Review: The Aysgarth Falls Hotel, Aysgarth — 16 June 2025
  3. Review: The Sandpiper, Leyburn — 16 June 2025
  4. Review: The Rat Inn, Anick — 16 June 2025
  5. Review: The Beaumont, Hexham — 16 June 2025

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Jerusalem artichoke soup

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Recipes, Soups, Vegetarian

2 November 2011

Prepare the croutons! Dig out the gas masks! Roast the hazelnuts! For it is Jerusalem Artichoke season once more, and the knobbly little uglies are back in my local greengrocer. All hail the mighty Jerusalem Artichoke! What do you mean, you don’t know what I’m talking about? Next time you’re in a greengrocer, or maybe …

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Pumpkin soup

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Recipes, Soups, Spicy food, Vegetarian

30 October 2011

Halloween isn’t really celebrated in earnest here in the UK. Each year a few people decide to have a fancy dress party, and of course most kids get to troop around their immediate neighbourhood in shop-bought costumes asking (usually nicely) for sweets. And various things that happen every week anyway get to be horror themed …

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Review: Victor’s at Schloss Berg, Germany

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Michelin, Overseas, Restaurant Reviews

27 October 2011

Arriving at Schloss Berg just after dark in a taxi was a slightly surreal experience. We were expecting an old German castle with high pointed turrets and perhaps a couple of floppy grey weimaraners lounging on the stone steps. Instead we passed a brightly lit sign welcoming us to “Schloss Berg Casino” and then arrived …

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Wine-tasting in the Mosel

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Events and Visits, Makers and Producers

27 October 2011

The high point of any wine-tasting trip for me is finding an unexpected gem. In Champagne this took the form of a cosy bar in Epernay which showcased small makers who produce far too little of their wonderful champagnes to ever be exported outside France, heck, outside Champagne. In Burgundy it was a little wine …

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Review: Lambs, Stratford-upon-Avon

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Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

20 October 2011

This Sunday lunch was a great antidote to last Sunday’s lunch. We were in Stratford-upon-Avon for the day but having done no research were picking lunch randomly from the multifarious eateries the town is blessed with. We didn’t pick entirely randomly: Lambs had both Hardens and Michelin stickers on the door, though not a star …

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