Greetings from the Yorkshire Dales. As we enter August, it's wonderful to see the ramblers and cyclists making the most of summer in the Dales now that schools have broken up for the holidays. Several weeks ago, I received an extraordinary...

John Pallagi - CEO & Founder - Yorkshire Post It began as a low rumble at midday on 12 August. Customers were desperate for grouse, and we'd never experienced anything like it. The heather beetle, nemesis of the game keeper, has meant...

John Pallagi - CEO & Founder Cooking outdoors has not always come naturally to the British. We have our temperamental weather to thank for this. But with the development of a uniquely...

Award-winning investigative food journalist Joanna Blythman is a highly influential and authoritative commentator on the British food chain, winning countless awards for her ground breaking books and was most recently awarded Guild Food Writers Food...

It's that time of year again where we find any excuse to crack out the BBQ. Weekend plans? BBQ. Weekday dinners? BBQ. As soon as the sun makes an appearance, us Brits are prepared with tongs in hand, ready to get the BBQ fired up. ...

Is eating red meat a life shortening habit? You might be asking yourself this question following the widely reported study from the Harvard School of Public Health, published recently in the Archives of Internal Medicine, which appeared to...

WHAT IS A SLIDER? A Slider is a miniature Pattie, usually made from ground beef in the same style as hamburgers, however many versions are available at Farmison & Co. We've been busy developing & expanding our range to...

I remember sliders coming into my consciousness around a decade ago, when "small plates" and grazing were all the rage and everyone was trying to outdo everyone else with winning new restaurant concepts. Don't remember one called "Sliders",...

Britain's Ever Increasing Love Affair with the Barbecue Chris Berry takes a look at how our passion has grown in the past decade Sizzling temperatures amid sun-bathed gardens reignite the new barbecue season....

The burger. A universal language that resonates through cultures and creeds from east to west, north to south. Fast food joints have been instrumental in getting the multi-billion pound burger juggernaut rolling over decades, but, more...

Whether it's the Big Green Egg or the disposable barbecue picked up last minute from the supermarket on a promising summer's evening, everyone loves a barbecue. For debates on briquettes vs lumpwood (we favour the...

Barbecue season is when our meat comes into its own. With our herds and flocks having roamed and matured on lush pastures in the Dales and Fells, the meat boasts natural flavour, while the dry aging techniques used by our Master Butcher, ensure...

It's been quite a month for all of us at Farmison & Co, from our Yorkshire farmers manning campsites, to our staff who packed dozens of packs of commemorative sausages, to our sheep that were painted yellow. We're talking of course about the...

It's the news story that just won't go away, but it casts a revealing light upon the meat supply chain in Britain. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has now announced that the Tesco burgers containing horse meat may have been on sale...

January can be such a dull, long, dreary month when darkness falls in the late afternoon and we are more inclined to be mooching about indoors, indulging in stodgy foods. It is, however, the ideal opportunity to make a fresh start by committing to a...

"Don't knock the weather, nine tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while". Kin Huddard Let's be honest, with our unpredictable climate in Britain it can be difficult entertaining outdoors...

It is time for a Jubilee Summer BBQ, with your friends and family by your side, the warm summer sun beating down on your back and a ice cold beer or summer cocktail in your hand and the gorgeous aroma of a BBQ bounty sizzling away. A BBQ creates a...

It's official. Burgers have become fashionable, sophisticated and sought after in Paris! Le Camion Qui Fume (The Smoking Lorry) is a burger van with a real difference, "parked in an affluent Paris suburb, where it is being hailed as...

The signature of a good weekend is a good British breakfast and although I never really need an excuse to regale in more meat than anybody could handle, I did manage to find a suitable justification this week with National Breakfast Week. It's...