Grasmere Gingerbread

This is, quite simply, the best gingerbread in the world. Buying it is itself an experience that's worth having, not least because it involves a trip to the beautiful Lakeland village of Grasmere. My advice to find the store is simply to follow your nose. You'll smell a wonderful, biscuitey aroma long before you ever clap eyes on Sarah Nelson's olde worlde shop. Then, you'll see crowds of devotees making their way towards what looks like a small, white church. Finally, you'll enter a small, warm, dark room, where you are greated by assistants in (slightly twee) traditional costume. It's here that you can taste the gingerbread itself. This ...  Read the complete review

This is gingerbread like no other so don't stop reading if you happen to dislike your bog standard gingerbread men. It's very, very different. Just to make sure I get it spot on I am eating some as I type so you can be sure that this review is as accurate as possible. I would say this is probably my favourite food ever and visiting the shop has always been a highlight of every holiday in the Lake District (and that's saying something because the place has a lot more than gingerbread to offer). It's often described as being more like shortbread but it's so much nicer than that! I don't even like shortbread so I disagree anyway. It's ...  Read the complete review