Where to get the best Christmas food and festive feasts from Lancashire

Our food editor Emma Mayoh will be filling her festive table with food and drink from Lancashire producers

How do you shop for Christmas this year? What gifts can you buy and where? How can you support local producers?

Settle down in one of these cosy dog-friendly pubs with your canine companion

November is a month filled with beautiful contrasts. Inky skies are illuminated by the glittering explosions of fireworks and the golden crackle of fire. People dash away from work in darkness, craving the cosy glow of home. This is a month of darkness and light, golden leaves and herringbone clouds. And when you’re seeking warmth and light in the darkness, where better to find it than in the comfort of our kitchens?

The team from Preston’s 263 Restaurant have big ambitions – and they won’t let lockdown slow them down

Helen Granell-Watson cooked her way back from the grief of losing her mum to leukaemia and turned cooking into a passion during lockdown. Now she is helping budding home cooks creates dishes to impress.

What is in the plates – and on the walls, and seats and buildings – of restaurants is just as interesting as what on the menu for Manchester architect Patrick Thomas.

It’s plum season at Iggie’s Kitchen, and her chutney is just the thing for the autumn pantry

An online course helped freelance writer Sue Riley brush up her skills in the kitchen

The Black Bull Inn and the Ribble Valley View Lodge Park in Old Langho join forces

When Kevin Tickle left one of the region’s most prestigious kitchens to focus on his family, little did he realise he would be getting a new baby along with his new pub and restaurant.

The UK’s best restaurant and the reigning pub of the year feature in our selection of places to eat and stay

Our food editor, Emma Mayoh, tells us what she loves about food and drink in Lancashire and the Lake District

From the Music Room to Printroom Cafe & Bar

We look at the stories behind some Lancashire’s most famous Great Taste winners.

The Michelin starred chef behind Cartmel’s L’Enclume restaurant reveals how lockdown has changed his life

You can keep your Michelin-stars – Her Majesty likes nothing better than a pot of good old Morecambe Bay shrimps

We review The Cartford Inn’s At Home service

Whether it’s creamy, tasty or crumbly you prefer, these Lancashire cheese producers won’t let you down