Good Food
Tom’s & Douglas’s Barn Favourite Recipes
Recipe No. 1: Marion’s Fake Bakewell‘Cakes to Die For’ or ‘Heaven on a Plate’… Neither of these descriptions are mine and modesty almost prevents me repeating them but we get so many complimentary remarks about the cakes that our guests seem to enjoy, and so many rather shy requests for the recipe, that we have [...]
Some Random Local Recommendations
We have some guests’ recommendations, and John and I have been doing a little sampling of local eateries, too. Firstly, a joint one. Sam and Gary, who were here on their sixth visit very recently (they first came for their honeymoon, several years ago now) arranged for our next door neighbour, Val Kirkham, of TopNosh [...]
Good Food Recommendations and one good garage
We thought it high time to update our food recommendations (and some other recommendations, too – read on…). Talking of good food, how lucky we are to have so many really good and attractive pubs and shops in the area who take a pride in food that is good by any standard. And talking of [...]
Organic Lunch in a Yurt
Another good food experienceYou may have sensed by now that we are rather keen on cooking and good food and probably err on the side of self-indulgence. We get a weekly organic veggie box from Riverford, which we really appreciate, although it must be admitted that at this time of year we also have a [...]
Good local food
but not quite in the Peak DistrictOnly a day later than promised. A friend of ours dropped in unexpectedly and stayed overnight so that was the end of good intentions for yesterday. Anyway, we went with some other friends recently to the Saracen’s Head at Shirley. Now, Shirley is the other side of Ashbourne so [...]
In search of good food – latest reviews
Constantly in search of exciting new places where we can eat well ourselves and recommend with confidence to our guests, we have tried one or two new places recently with varying degrees of success but we will pass on our experiences for what they are worth. Saving the best for tomorrow here goes today with [...]
Buxton Festival 2010 next instalment
Alastair Sawday:the global food crisisThe morning talks are great. The speakers are inevitably very experienced, often amusing entertainers, and the hour passes only too quickly; yet afterwards in the sunshine outside they will linger and chat as they sign their books and everyone mills around wondering where to go for a quick bite of lunch, [...]
How to relax!
Chilling out in Tom’s and Douglas’s Barns“Absolutely shattered!” “I feel so stressed!” Work has been a nightmare!” See how Richard and Joanna enjoyed relaxing with their two Cairns last week: “How hard it was to leave Orchard Farm, Toms Barn was everything we had hoped for and much more. What a fantastic location, buttercup meadows, [...]
Top Tips: two walks, one wine and pubs that accept dogs
We are always grateful for up to date comments about what to do and where to eat and thought that this thoughtful review, left in the Tom’s Barn Visitors’ book, would be useful for a wider audience. This would include Douglas’s Barn guests although none of them share the immediate concern about pubs that accept [...]
Marmalade Update
Should be more a general update really but marmalade features heavily so I’ll start with that. We have just made a batch of grapefruit, lime and lemon marmalade, not having thought ahead enough to lay in stocks of Seville oranges in the freezer. Nor – in our defense – had we realised when we started [...]
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