Food often takes centre stage at Christmas, but there are so many elements to the Christmas meal, it can become overwhelming in the kitchen. So, this week I thought I’d share some of my festive...
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Yemi’s Food Stories: My festive favourites from local suppliers
Food often takes centre stage at Christmas, but there are so many elements to the Christmas meal, it can become overwhelming in the kitchen. So, this week I thought I’d share some of my festive favourites from local suppliers which will be sure to wow all your guests....
Yemi’s Food Stories: Christmas drinks to impress your guests
Yemi Adelekan is a food writer and blogger who was a semi-finalist in last year’s BBC TV’s Masterchef competition. Every Saturday Yemi will be writing on the Stray Ferret about her love of the district’s food and sharing cooking tips – please get in touch with...
Yemi’s Food Stories: Bringing a taste of Syria to the Harrogate district
Yemi Adelekan is a food writer and blogger who was a semi-finalist in last year’s BBC TV’s Masterchef competition. Every Saturday Yemi will be writing on the Stray Ferret about her love of the district’s food and sharing cooking tips – please get in touch with...
Yemi’s Food Stories: Behind the scenes at Harrogate’s Fodder
When I started the food column, one of the first places I wanted to write about was Fodder, because it’s a place I regularly go to for fresh produce. Fodder stands for everything the Yorkshire Agricultural Society believes in - a passion for Yorkshire, its farmers and...
Yemi’s Food Stories: Let’s talk oil
Yemi Adelekan is a food writer and blogger who was a semi-finalist in last year’s BBC TV’s Masterchef competition. Every Saturday Yemi will be writing on the Stray Ferret about her love of the district’s food and sharing cooking tips – please get in touch with...
Ripon Spa Hotel reopening date revealed
Ripon Spa Hotel is to reopen on October 16 with a new name and look. The Inn Collection Group, which bought the property in June 2021, revealed the date today. The historic Park Street hotel, which will be known as The Ripon Inn, has undergone a multi-million pound...
Harrogate Restaurant Week: keep your tummy and bank balance happy
On Monday 5 February, Harrogate Restaurant Week will begin. Restaurants in and around Harrogate are taking part in a promotional week, serving up some tasty discounts and helping us enjoy the luxury of dining out for less. Restaurant Week is running from Monday 6 –...
Harrogate doughnut shop launches Vulva-Nuts
The vulva-shaped sweet treat, which comes with ‘pube sprinkles’, has captured the imagination on social media, with Harrogate TV presenter Steph McGovern among those posting about it. It has been released in the run-up to Valentine’s Day.
Harrogate’s Crimple appoints executive chef
Tim Kitchen has moved to Harrogate from Skipton’s Keelham Farm Shop. Crimple recently completed a £6 million investment and now has a 20,000 square foot food hall, 150-seat restaurant and private events space plus a garden centre and gift hall.
Ripon mayor Eamon Parkin set to make history
Since Hugh Ripley became the first Mayor of Ripon in 1604, others have worn the chain of office on more than one occasion, but a new record of civic service is about to be set.
National café-bar chain is coming to Ripon
A branch of the national chain Lounge is set to open in Ripon in September. The former NatWest building next to Ripon Town Hall is being renovated into a café-bar.
Stray Foodie: In search of the perfect loaf….
This week Frances decides to stop baking bread and invest in a bread making machine without much success. Instead, in her quest for the perfect loaf she discovers that she need go no further than Cold Bath Road in Harrogate…