Hake in beer batter

Fish and chips is such established Yorkshire food it is hard to believe it was Joseph Malin, a Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe that introduced the country to the dish in 1860. 

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Shake holes, blackberries and beery fruit cake

Sometimes Yorkshire is so heart achingly gorgeous I never want to leave. It is a magnificent county; grander, more rugged and much wilder than my native Oxfordshire. 

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Appetite for a good book

Which tasty snacks hit the spot after eating supper with the family and dissecting your latest good read over a glass of wine with friends. 

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Pasta fresca

What a privilege it is to be shown how to make fresh pasta by Gennaro Contaldo. He is in Leeds to promote his new book 'Lets Cook Italian'. ennaro is a brilliant teacher and as a partner in Jamie's Italian chain of restaurants he is in charge of training new chefs and developing the menus for their growing chain of restaurants. 

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Heavenly apple cake

There is a chill in the air and it is raining again. I am standing opposite the sports hall at Ampleforth College, the Benedictine Monastery and school next to the entrance of the two hectare orchard waiting to meet Cameron Smith who looks after its two and a half thousand trees.

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