A series of ‘talk and taste’ experiences outside The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop throughout July will celebrate the 170th anniversary of the historic Lake District attraction.
Visitors will learn:
· How in 1854 Victorian cook Sarah Nelson defied the odds to invent her world-famous Grasmere Gingerbread® – a spicy-sweet cross between a biscuit and cake;
· How the bustling 18th century port of Whitehaven influenced the development of unique Cumbrian foods;
· The Wordsworth connection to the building housing The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop;
· What happened to Grasmere Gingerbread® after Sarah Nelson died in 1904.
Sarah Nelson outside her Church Cottage home in the 19th century – it would later become The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop
“We are holding 13 ‘talk and taste’ experiences in July which will give visitors a fascinating insight into a bygone world,” said Joanne Hunter, co-director of Grasmere Gingerbread®.
“Our 170th anniversary is something to celebrate and we know that customers from all over the world love to hear how a humble cook in a remote corner of England created a culinary phenomenon.”
Visitors attending the ‘talk and taste’ experiences will receive a slice of freshly baked Grasmere Gingerbread®, an oatcake spread with Cumberland Rum Butter and refreshments.
The ‘talk and taste’ experiences which cost £4 per person and last half an hour will be held on the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 29th and 30th of July at 3pm outside The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop.
Places may be booked on bit.ly/TalkAndTaste.
