Tag Archives: Yorkshire Dales

Cure your addiction – BACON CONNOISSEURS WEEK

Cure your addiction and celebrate everything Bacon, for one week only (until next year!) it is British Bacon Connoisseurs week from the 18th to the 24th March 2013. I don’t just celebrate bacon for one week a year, our celebrations are weekly, nay daily … Continue reading

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Competition Time – Win a copy of Le Charcutier Anglais by Marc Frederic

OK so we don’t do Competitions very often but how about winning a copy of Marc Frederic’s Charcuterie book “Le Charcutier Anglais – Tales & Recipes from a Gamekeeper turned Charcutier” This really is a fantastic book by my great … Continue reading

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The Grand Opening – Paganum Butchery & Charcuterie

We have been busy putting the finishing touches to the new Butchery & Charcuterie building here on the farm and with “The Grand Opening” being filmed for “The Dales” Series 3 on ITV we had a deadline, the 11th of … Continue reading

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Malham Show, Yorkshire Dales

Well it’s that crazy week again leading up to Malham Show the highlight of the calendar here in Malhamdale, the house is a buzz with baking, handicrafts, show admin, schedules, entries and on the farm sheep are being washed, trimmed … Continue reading

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The Dales Festival of Food & Drink, Leyburn, Wensleydale

Leyburn Food Festival is here again, the first food festival we ever attended and “my favourite”.  The Festival based in Leyburn, Wensleydale runs from Saturday the 5th May through to Monday the 7th May 2012. The Dales Festival of Food has … Continue reading

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Clandestine Cake Club, Skipton & Yorkshire Dales – My First Cake

The inaugural meeting of the Skipton & Yorkshire Dales Clandestine Cake Club and my first attempt at baking a proper cake!  Whilst I can cook and even bake a bit of flapjack I have never attempted an actual proper cake! so for … Continue reading

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Northern Food Words & Regional Vocabulary

With the help of Twitter, my recollections and a little bit of research I am trying to put together a collection of Northern Food Words, food related vocabulary from the North of England my favourite being Brossen or Brussen meaning full to bursting from … Continue reading

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ITV The Dales, Series 2, Paganum & Malham Show

During the course of 2011 Ade Edmondson and the ITV film crew popped in to see how the new Butchery & Curing room build was progressing and followed our day at Malham Show, not sure how much if any will … Continue reading

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The Secret Tea Cup – Afternoon Tea in The Dales

Having booked months ago for this secret afternoon tea event I had nearly forgotten all about it, on a rainy morning we drove the few miles to the secret location, somewhere near Clapham, the skies were looking slightly brighter, but … Continue reading

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Yorkshire Dales Food Festival, Leyburn

What fantastic weather we had for the 10th Leyburn, Yorkshire Dales food Festival, blue skies and sunshine all weekend. This event has grown into a great foodie treat with over 80 local food producers on site, a beer festival, cookery … Continue reading

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