Articles relating to: Mary-Ellen McTague
Festive Food Review: The Creameries, Chorlton, Manchester
The first time I ate Mary-Ellen McTague‘s food I was not long back in the North and nursing a bad break-up as well as a conscious uncoupling from my long-term London job.
Read the full story..Food Review: The Creameries, Chorlton
About this time last year, I took retirement.
Read the full story..Review: Poetry and Supper with Toria Garbutt and Mary-Ellen McTague, The Creameries, Chorlton
When The Creameries opened in Chorlton last year, it set out its stall as being not only a place to eat (and a mighty fine one at that) but also a venue for all kinds of events. And so it has proved.
Read the full story..Food Review: The Creameries’ Christmas Menu, Chorlton
Occasionally this job throws up seriously difficult decisions.
Read the full story..Food Review: The Creameries, Chorlton, Manchester
A brand new eatery opening in the neighbourhood always piques the interest.
Read the full story..“Good food doesn’t need to be an elitist thing.” Northern Soul talks to chef Mary-Ellen McTague
Long ago, back before it was subsumed into a south Manchester suburb, Chorlton-cum-Hardy was a village dominated by farmlands and dotted with dairies.
Read the full story..Waste Not, Want More: The Real Junk Food Project
The state of the global food industry is not something I need bang on about here.
Read the full story..A Cuckoo in the nest
‘If angels cooked, they would make this.’ This is just one of the ways that, over the years, Northern Soul has described Mary-Ellen McTague’s food.
Read the full story..Review: Fantastic Festive Fare at Manchester’s 4244
When I first left home all I ate was Crispy Pancakes and Bird’s Eye Potato Waffles.
Read the full story..Aumbry and Great British Menu Chef Mary-Ellen McTague talks to Northern Soul
The smell emanating from the kitchen at Aumbry when I arrive on a damp, grey Manchester day almost defies description.
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