Visit to Raydale Preserves
In early September a group of ten SFNY members and friends spent a wonderful Sunday afternoon in Raydale, right in the centre of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Nestled above stunning Semer Water is the little hamlet of Stalling Busk, home to Raydale Preserves.....

York Festival of Food and Drink 2007
Ever wondered what black tomatoes taste like? Or what is the difference between buffalo milk and sheep’s milk, or the flavour of a York Ham which has been air-dried? These were some of the things which those lucky enough to get places at this year’s taste workshops were able to find out.....

Dales Festival of Food and Drink
The festival offered visitors a fantastic variety of produce to taste and buy, producers to meet, farming displays, cooking demonstrations and entertainment....

The Tail of the Ginger Pig
A full group of members and friends travelled to Wykeham, Levisham and Pickering on Saturday 31 March....

A Short History of Gastronomic Sciences in Italian
In October 2004 the doors of the University of Gastronomic Sciences (UNISG) in Piedmont, Northern Italy opened for its first academic year and I was one of the first intrepid gastronomes to step through....

Italian Tasting Evening : Bottega delle Langhe
The prospect of a food and wine tasting evening at Ottavio Bocca and Heidi Wilson’s Italian deli and cafe on Goodramgate resulted in a doubly oversubscribed event for SFNY...

Hellifield Highland Farm Visit & BBQ
In horizontal rain on Sunday, 3 September a stoic bunch of SFNY members and friends gathered at the family farm of member, Sarah Phillip, whose parents Robert and Wendy run Green Farm at Hellifield near Skipton...

Helmsley Walled Garden Guided Tour and Lunch
On 24 June around 18 members and friends were welcomed to the Helmsley Walled Garden by the generously knowledgeable Head Gardener, Paul Radcliffe...