Food & Drink Archive
(October 2020)

25 October 2020

Country classics with a twist

Barbara Young visits the Cross Keys Inn, Grasby, to explore their relaunched à la carte menu, featuring innovative classic dishes highlighting the best of local produce. When it comes to creating original twists on timeless seasonal classics, Cross Keys Inn head chef Steph Barker, who owns and runs this pretty rural roadside village pub, is Read more…

Celebrating Lincolnshire’s food, drink and hospitality businesses in 2020

Lincolnshire Life has held its annual ‘Taste of Excellence’ Awards for more than 20 years. Understandably, this year, we have had to adapt how we champion and highlight the region’s food, drink and hospitality sectors but we still wanted to celebrate the fantastic businesses on our doorstep. We know the recognition that these awards provide Read more…

22 October 2020

Look after your lunchbox!

Personal trainer (and former chef) Ian Eassom shares his tips on staying fit and healthy, with the occasional treat… Although we are far from being back to normal, a lot of us are working again, be it from home or returning to the workplace. With that in mind, this month I thought I’d share some Read more…

13 October 2020

One business’s response to the pandemic

Paul Catlow of The Castle Hotel, Lincoln tells the story of how he, his partner Saera and their team responded to lockdown. After lockdown our commercial kitchen for both the hotel and restaurant remained closed and unused, so I took the decision to try and utilise what we had and our supply chain to help Read more…

Afternoon Tea and a stroll anyone?

Caroline Bingham visited Doddington Hall where the popularity of their Tea Room & Secret Garden has been an inspired antidote to the pandemic. For the best part of two centuries, Afternoon Tea has been a ritual whose origins lie in the country homes of the British upper and middle classes. In those households the evening Read more…

1 October 2020

Pump-kin iron

Personal trainer (and former chef) Ian Eassom shares his tips on staying fit and healthy, with the occasional treat… With the cooler, darker mornings, we sometimes need a bit more of an incentive to keep up with our exercise routine. All those promises we made ourselves felt great in the warm summer sun, but it Read more…