Cheshire Taste of
Cooking is the new rock and roll. We’re a nation of foodies nowadays and celebrity chefs are today’s heroes.
We go in search of Cheshire’s food and drink and serve up some delicious treats en route.
You only have to look around the countryside of Cheshire to know that the food and drink is going to be exceptional.
It's probably one of the greenest places you will ever visit.
The wild wind-swept hills of the Peak District give way to the lush, fertile pastures of the Cheshire Plain and everything yielded by the land is fresh and pure.
Its natural produce is world-renowned and rooted in history.
Cheshire is famous for gooseberries, asparagus, apples and potatoes.
Look out too for its salt and wheat, and locally made red, white and blue cheese.
Cheshire Cheese is Britain's oldest named cheese.
It can be dated back to Roman Britain and is also mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
In the 16th century it was reputed to be the best cheese of Europe and was a favourite at the Court of Elizabeth I.
The distinctive flavour of Cheshire cheese is due to salt springs which run under much of the pasture land.
These give the milk, hence the cheese, a slightly salty tang, which is still a characteristic of Cheshire cheese today.
Cheshire also puts its milk to good use at Cheshire Farm Ice Cream Dairy where it’s turned into a delicious rainbow of flavours.
www.cheshirefarmicecream.co.uk
Another familiar favourite is Mornflake, which has been milling oats in the South Cheshire countryside since 1675, making them the longest established miller of oats and cereal in the UK.
15 generations later, they are still independently owned and managed
by the direct descendants of the original miller, William Lea.
Cheshire's wine is earning a growing reputation for quality of taste too thanks to the most northerly vineyard in Europe at Carden Park Golf Resort and Spa.
It grows the Seyval Blanc grape, which is particularly well suited to the British climate and produces a light, nutty and crisp sparkling wine
Carden Park has recently introduced a red grape to the vineyards which should produce a Rose wine in 3 years time.
Part of the 1,000 acre Carden Park estate, the vineyards are open to visitors and hotel guests can enjoy the 2008 vintage.
To find out more, visit
www.cardenpark.co.uk
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