Jet Black ice-cream – we didn’t know this was a thing until Mary Berry featured it on TV recently. Apparently it was originally created by local company Trillo’s for a Goth weekend in 2018.  Available from a kiosk on Whitby seafront it’s been sought out by recent guests and gets a definite thumbs up!  

Malton is known as the food capital of Yorkshire and on the second Saturday of every month there’s a Farmers’ Market. We discovered it last month and made our second visit today. Not only is it a great little market, the town itself is a collection of independent shops…

Our kitchen is a fabulous space but there’s still much to do to put our own stamp on it and make it really cook-friendly! We’re slowly getting there though: today Ian put up the spice rack and a new pan-rack 😄…

It hasn’t taken Ian long to adapt to country living – here’s his first loaf, baked in the Aga…