Lake District
Pub Food Taught Me What It Means to Be a Syrian Brit
I learned soon after moving to London from Syria that the pub is central to British life. One of my biggest surprises was to see that people took their children to pubs.
The Last Bite: Victorian Gingerbread That Tastes Nothing Like Greggs
Welcome back to The Last Bite, our column documenting the survival of traditional food establishments in a ramen-slurping, matcha latte-sipping world. Today, we visit a Cumbrian bakery with a 160-year-old gingerbread recipe.
Inside the Hotel Restaurant That Could Win Back Manchester’s Michelin Star
London has 80 Michelin-starred restaurants, Birmingham five, but Manchester? Zero. Chef Simon Rogan aims to change all that by winning hotel restaurant The French back the star it was stripped of in 2007 with a new kind of fine dining.
Why Mutton Actually Tastes Better Than Lamb
Mutton, the meat of an adult sheep, isn’t the tough old meat we spurn in favour of juicy lamb—it’s meat with added flavour. That’s according to the Lake District’s Herdwick sheep farmers.
Cheese Waste Might Be the Best New Biofuel
In celebration, I am already—at this very moment—attempting to fill my bathtub to the brim with as much Camembert and Reblochon as I can humanly muster.
It's Art: The Tip of England's Tallest Mountain
Many think Oscar Santillan's taking of a stone from Scaffel Pike's summit is an act of vandalism. Actually, it's art.