Taste & Talk

A series of ‘talk and taste’ experiences outside The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop throughout July will celebrate the 170^th 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 18^th 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.

“We decided to hold 13 ‘talk and taste’ experiences in July to give visitors a fascinating insight into a bygone world,” said Joanne Hunter, co-director of Grasmere Gingerbread®.

“Our 170^th anniversary is a remarkable celebration and we know that customers from all over the world love hearing 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 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, 16^th, 17^th, 18^th, 23^rd, 24^th, 25^th, 26^th, 29^thand 30^th of July at 3pm outside The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop.

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