ISSUE 13 www.appetitemag.co.uk February/ March 2013 TICKLE YOUR TAsteBUDS... Shed the excesses of winter with The Slim Rules: No rabbit food No hunger pangs No diet! 15 WIN! Dinner, bed and breakfast in the heart of Lakeland country Fit Food Scan this code with your mobile device to access steP AWAY FROM THE Pies... the latest news WE GIVE YOU fit FOOD FOR FOODies on our website inside the food of love // lunching with lepidoptera // the big brunch // a rum do // masterchef Advert 280x210mm_Layout 1 28/01/2013 10:45 Page 1 is giving you even more chance to treat the one you love with our Special set valentines menu running from the 8th - 16th February £35 for 3 Courses & hand crafted petit fours with an extra special menu for the big day on the 14th! £45 for 4 Courses & hand crafted petit fours Upcoming events 8th-16th February 14th February 12th February 22nd February (excluding 10t h & 14th) Our valentines Shrove Tuesday Louis’ first whiskey night Valentines week! spectacular Pancakes… Waffles... A set of 3 courses alongside A chance over a whole week A superb 4 course menu to come and help us empty our 5 carefully selected to treat you Valentine to a treat that special someone, pantry with some creavtive whiskeys, with a talk from meal she'll never forget at just £45 for a meal that will Pancake Day specials. our resident whiskey expert Louis! keep you in the good books £35 to be a part of Louis (£35 3 course menu will be until at least christmas! History, very limited available every night). Only £45 per person spaces! t: 0191 281 4545 f: 0191 281 8588 e: [email protected] Find us on Facebook ‘Louisrestaurant’ or follow us on Twitter @louisjesmond Advert 280x210mm_Layout 1 28/01/2013 10:45 Page 1 PLACE YOUR Editor, suffering the seasonal ORDER 4 CLUB effects of cake, canapes and Lakeland hotel break, and much more curried sausage, is forced to 6 FEED...BACK Reader recipes and news call in the culinary cavalry... 8 GIRL ABOUT TOON Our lady Laura’s adventures in food I fear there is a little more of me than I know you will follow to the letter. And perhaps there once was. Pre-Christmas, I before you put this magazine in the bin 10 DIG THIS was all raw egg whites, protein shakes and to carry on with your chocco latte and full Our allotmenteer’s up to his neck in s***t! spinach and feeling really rather Jessica English fry-up, might I add that there are Ennis (in my dreams). Now, however, no daft diets, no meal replacements and 11 STARTErs following the excesses of Christmas, very definitely no mentions of ‘no pain, no Foodie news and views a New Year dominated by curried gain’ in this, our own recipe for Slim Rules. sausages and beer in the German This is fit food for foodies and 18 ON THE BOttLE Alps, and an Arctic January, I defy you to find anything in it It’s a rum do... necessitating the need to hunker which is anti-appetite! down on the sofa and 20 MASTERCHEF eat enormous quantities of Having said that, should you find Foraging for food with James Burton treacle pudding to stay warm, all the spinach and mung beans I have noticed a slight, erm, herewith just a little too much, we 22 HEALTHY APPETITE expansion about my person. have also included two recipes for No excuses; we’re on a health kick! is giving you even more chance to treat the one you love with our Special cheesecake, a beurre-laden French feast Clearly, drastic action is in order, so I have featuring tarte fine aux pommes and 28 KItcHEN EssENTIALS set valentines menu running from the 8th - 16th February drafted in a pair of Amazonian fitness pigeon (not on the same plate, obviously), The coolest kit for the creative cook bunnies to whip me into shape in the gym and a recipe for a and dispense strict daily edicts regarding big Desperate Dan 30 THE grAZER my calorie intake. appetite’s readers are pie. Never let it be Anna’s in a pickle over her pickles £35 for 3 Courses & hand crafted petit fours nothing if not loyal, so it goes without said that we take saying that you will be accompanying me our health kicks to 32 THE HIGH LIFE with an extra special menu for the big day on the 14th! on my quest for nutritional supremacy, so the extreme... The farm where the sheep live on the roof we’ve included several pages of food and Now then, where Jane Pikett, Editor 45 for 4 Courses & hand crafted petit fours fitness advice from Amazonian #1 and did I put that 34 GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY £ #2 in the centre of this magazine, which chocolate eclair? Our pick of the region’s best farm shops 38 THE BIG BREAKFAST Actually, it was brunch, and it was amazing Upcoming events We want to hear all about 40 THE DIARY 8th-16th February 14th February 12th February 22nd February the food and drink you Beautiful people at beautiful foodie places appetite.TICKLE YOUR TAste BUDS... (excluding 10t h & 14th) Our valentines Shrove Tuesday Louis’ first whiskey night love in the North East, Pancakes… Waffles... A set of 3 courses alongside WE which means you can 40 ALL OF A FLUttER Valentines week! spectacular get fully involved in the Lunching with lepidoptera A chance over a whole week A superb 4 course menu to come and help us empty our 5 carefully selected LIKE! Editorial 01661 844 115 region’s only dedicated [email protected] to treat you Valentine to a treat that special someone, pantry with some creavtive whiskeys, with a talk from Jane Pikett - food magazine. DINING OUT meal she'll never forget at just for a meal that will Pancake Day specials. our resident whiskey expert 42 £45 Advertising 01661 844 115 Our top dining directory Louis! keep you in the good books £35 to be a part of Louis If you like something, we want to know Joanne O’neil - [email protected] (£35 3 course menu will be until at least christmas! History, very limited about it, so tell us. Better still, take a JUST DEssERTS available every night). Website www.appetitemag.co.uk 46 Only £45 per person spaces! picture and send it to us. Cheeky cherry cheesecake Designed & Published by And if you cook something you’re proud of (or something you’re not!) email us a photo and a description and we might even put it on our website or in the magazine. Unit One, Bearl Farm, Stocksfield, t: 0191 281 4545 f: 0191 281 8588 e: [email protected] Northumberland, NE43 7AL Fame at last! Photography Peter Skelton www.photo-psp.co.uk Find us on Facebook ‘Louisrestaurant’ or follow us on Twitter @louisjesmond email [email protected] Nicky Rogerson www.nrphotography.co.uk appetitemag.co.uk 3 appetite Club WIN! VALentine’S dinner at LuigiKHAN’S Indian restaurant Luigikhan’s is offering appetite readers the opportunity to spice up their Valentine’s Day with a chance to win a four-course evening meal for two including a free glass of Prosecco for each diner. The lucky winner and their other half can choose from a selection of freshly prepared traditional Punjabi curry dishes from the restaurant’s Valentine’s menu. Situated away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre, Luigikhan’s is located in Newcastle’s Best Western Ryokan Hotel. The Valentine’s event will also include free shisha for every couple and entertainment from belly dancers. To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer the following question. WIN! MOre THAN £500 WORTH OF Which day of the week does Valentine’s Day fall on in 2013? Answers via email to [email protected] FOOdie priZES! by February 11 2013. Luigikhan’s at the Best Western Ryokan Hotel, 358 Westgate The lovely people at the very excellent Taste North East have pulled out Road, Newcastle, NE4 6NU www.luigikhans.com all the stops to offer a fantastic prize worth more than £500 for one on Facebook lucky winner. All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is join the excellent Taste Club at www.tasteclubhq.com before Feburary 28, 2013. The winner, who will be drawn at random, will win: WIN! dinner BED and • Dinner party cooking course for two with lunch at Newcastle’s breaKfast FOR TWO Blackfriars Restaurant • Cocktail afternoon tea for two at Six, BALTIC, Gateshead at BOrrOwdaLE • £50 Fenwick Food Hall voucher • Voucher for David Kennedy, former North East chef of the Year Gates HOTEL (pictured), to cook in your home for up to eight people This is truly a Lakeland gem and, following • Exclusive Taste Club Great North Food Hamper a four-year restoration, one of the most sought-after hotels in the region. Growing out of lush gardens in the prettiest of Lakeland valleys (where Free! SticKY TOffee pudding at Prince Charles has a bolt hole) the Borrowdale Gates Hotel’s huge BROCKsbushes farm SHOP dining room windows provide a view of the magnificent Lakeland fells on the doorstep. It is renowned for its culinary excellence and its local produce prepared by the hotel’s dedicated and imaginative head chef Brocksbushes Farm shop, on the A69 at Corbridge, is a favourite Christopher Standhaven. With training from a Michelin-starred mentor, appetite stop-off point for amazing homemade cakes, pastries, every meal is a symphony of delights, including Borrowdale trout and freshly baked scones, home cooked hams, meats, pates, smoked fish, Herdwick lamb.