Food & Drink Archive
(April 2019)

30 April 2019

‘High’ tea is city tradition

Sarah Eddy and friends visited Stokes High Bridge Café, a city landmark and popular rendezvous on Lincoln’s busy High Street. It is the coffee aroma which first greets you at street level, even before you enter the High Bridge Café. This is luring enough for many visitors as they pass by looking for refreshment – Read more…

29 April 2019

Tea for two in Tealby

A family rendezvous in one of the Wolds’ most picturesque villages was on the cards for Sarah Eddy when she visited The Vintage Tearooms. Although The Vintage Tearooms have been open on Front Street for over three years, this was my first visit. The village is in the heart of the Wolds, picture postcard photo Read more…

16 April 2019

Sweet move for artisan chocolatier

Easter is synonymous with chocolate and Lincolnshire Life’s search for luxury eggs and confectionery took us to No. 12 Chocolatier in Kirton in Lindsey. Surveyor to sweet maker was not on Paul North’s mind ten years ago, when he was diagnosed with Primary Progressive MS. “It was a massive blow to the whole family,” said Read more…

Peculiar pickings

Variety is the spice of life, so they say, and when it comes to foraging for food, you won’t find a larger or more varied selection of taste sensations than at this time of the year, as Nikki Bawn explains. Lengthening days and rising temperatures bring the bounty of spring, and from April onwards, the Read more…

1 April 2019

Young chef is making her mark in family business

This month Katrina Burrill visited the Cross Keys in Grasby to meet landlord Nick Barker and his daughter Steph, who is also head chef. Located halfway between Caistor and Barnetby le Wold, I had the pleasure of visiting the Cross Keys, to sample some of the delights of head chef Steph Barker. Locally the name Read more…

A fes‘tea’val of delicious blends

We love a cup of tea here at Lincolnshire Life. It fuels our afternoon working, so we shall certainly be raising our cups and mugs on 21st April to join in with National Tea Day. Despite the boom in coffee sales, tea is still the UK’s favourite brew and whether you are drinking at home, Read more…