I spent last weekend doing what I do most weekends – LOTS of eating and drinking. But this time I had an excuse of sorts, namely a visit up north to York for the town’s annual festival of food and drink.
Two hours on the train from Kings Cross and we were in York. [‘We’ being Emma, the organiser and a serious ‘foodie’, and mates Lou and Jaimee.] York is a really pleasant little town which provided a perfect backdrop for sampling delights at the food markets, eating in some great local restaurants and even attending a couple of workshops. So now we’re pros at matching food with wine and critiquing English cheeses. We’re also pros at stuffing our faces until our bellies hurt and all we want to do is sleep!
It was a really enjoyable weekend and so nice to be out of London, doing something a bit different.
Along the way we heard about Slow Food, an international non-profit organisation which aims to “counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.†Very interesting stuff, and something I’m keen to find out more about.
