As Pontefract Liquorice Festival makes a return this weekend, Laura Reid explores the history of the crop in the town, and how its use changed from medicinal to confectionary. Did you know with a ...

A huge celebration of liquorice is set to return to a town near Leeds next weekend, bringing plenty of fun and food. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can get ...

The liquorice fields may have disappeared from the countryside around Pontefract but at Liquorice Festival time the town celebrates its famous black sweeties in all sorts of ways. If you are wondering ...

It once fuelled an entire industry, but having died out in the 1960s, Phil Penfold reports on Yorkshire's liquorice revival. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can ...

Though not as popular here in the U. S. as it is in Europe, licorice is still the candy of choice for many. If you’re interested in something more than Good & Plenty, try some Dutch kittens, German ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Farmers in a northern English town famous for its rhubarb and licorice sweets are moving upmarket with an attempt to grow truffles, one of the world's most expensive ...

An unusual “sweet” crop is growing in West Yorkshire, thanks to one pioneering farmer. Nigel Burnham reports. Robert Copley, owner of a multi-award-winning farm shop, has taken diversification to new ...

Pontefract Groups Together said it had opened discussions about transforming the town's former court building into a liquorice museum A liquorice museum could be built in a former court building under ...

Licorice is at once the most mysterious and the most familiar of plants. The use and refinement of this sweet root have followed the march of civilization. Licorice was treasured by ancient man. In ...

There are foods that can split families, or even just couples. Love it or hate it foods. Marmite (and the vegetarian alternative, Vegemite) is one. Then there’s Brussels sprouts, blue cheese, chilli ...