Monday
- Garlic mushrooms on sourdough toastgarlic and thyme mushrooms · wilted spinach · toasted sourdough
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Yorkshire and the Humber: its food, and a week to cook at home.
Big skies, Dales farms, fishing towns and the Rhubarb Triangle. Yorkshire takes its food seriously.
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What people eat here
Dishes from Yorkshire and the Humber
No. 1
Yorkshire pudding
A batter of eggs, flour and milk baked in very hot fat until it rises. It was once served first, with gravy, before the meat.
No. 2
Forced rhubarb
Grown in dark sheds and picked by candlelight in the Rhubarb Triangle between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell. Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb is a protected food name.
No. 3
Wensleydale
A mild, crumbly cheese from the Dales, often eaten with fruit cake.
No. 4
Parkin
A sticky ginger cake made with oats and treacle, eaten on Bonfire Night.
What grows here, and when
Forced rhubarb from January to March, outdoor rhubarb in spring, and lamb from the Dales through summer.
Whitby and Scarborough land fish for fish and chips. The Dales and the North York Moors raise lamb, and the Vale of York grows grain and vegetables.
Seven days, seven menus
A sample week from our recipes
A week to cook at home that suits Yorkshire and the Humber and its seasons, using only recipes on this site. Each day reads in the order you eat.
Tuesday
- Leek and potato soupsilky leek and potato · snipped chives · green olive oil
- Crisp hake with minty crushed peascrisp-skin hake · minty crushed peas · lemon new potatoes
Wednesday
- Roast chicken thighs with leeks and potatoesgolden chicken thighs · sweet roast leeks · crisp potatoes
- Crisp roast potatoes with rosemary and garliccrackled roast potatoes · rosemary · soft roasted garlic
Thursday
- Tarka dal with jeera ricegolden lentils · sizzling garlic tarka · cumin rice
Friday
- Ploughman's plate with quick pickled onionsmature cheddar · crusty bread · pink pickled onions
Saturday
- Ackee and saltfish with fried plantainflaked saltfish · soft ackee · fried plantain
Sunday
- Steak with peppercorn sauce and watercressseared sirloin · cracked peppercorn cream · peppery watercress
- Creamy mashed potatoessilky mash · warm butter · chives
- Golden syrup oat flapjacksgolden oats · golden syrup · chewy bars
We have no recipe yet for Yorkshire pudding, rhubarb or parkin.
Meal plans that suit Yorkshire and the Humber
Cities in Yorkshire and the Humber
Facts checked on 27 October 2026.