My favorite type of pie in the world is strawberry-rhubarb, and while I’ve got a long wait for fresh strawberry season, it’s just about rhubarb time over in Yorkshire, England, one of the world’s premier spots for growing this veggie. (That’s right, rhubarb is not a fruit.)
On February 27 and 28, Wakefield holds its annual festival of Food, Drink & Rhubarb, which includes a farm market, guided tours of the area’s rhubarb sheds, and, of course, the opportunity to sample lots and lots of locally produced rhubarb dishes, ranging from baked goods, to cordials, to preserves. There are also a few unusual rhubarb dishes promised by Curry Cuisine, a local Indian food vendor and cooking school, including a “rhubarb lassi”, a special edition just for the festival of that Indian yogurt drink, more typically made with mangoes. If you can’t make it all the way up to the north of England for the festival, you can surely track down baked goods made with rhubarb at London’s Borough Market, pictured here.
I had Curry Cuisine’s rhubarb chutney last night, and delicious it is. As a Yorkshire girl living close to the rhubarb triangle, so glad to see it mentioned here.