Occasionally this job throws up seriously difficult decisions. Last Wednesday was one of them: do I go to Christine and the Queens at Manchester Apollo or to The Creameries in Chorlton to sample Mary-Ellen McTague’s first...
Read MoreA brand new eatery opening in the neighbourhood always piques the interest. But there is an issue when the neighbour in question is Chorlton, which already has restaurants to spare: namely, can the new place stand out from...
Read MoreLong ago, back before it was subsumed into a south Manchester suburb, Chorlton-cum-Hardy was a village dominated by farmlands and dotted with dairies. The locals pottered along to a nearby creamery to buy their milk and cheese....
Read MoreThe state of the global food industry is not something I need bang on about here. Much has been written about over-production to feed a demand for fresh produce, depleted fish stocks and wasteful discards, rejection of...
Read More‘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. Other compliments include ‘the higher echelons of...
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