Lanterna Restaurant

read moreA Yorkshire institution, La Lanterna Ristorante has stood on the same site in Queen Street for almost 40 years now. Chef-patron Giorgio Alessio bought it in 1997, and has worked tirelessly ever since to live up to the accolade given it by the influential Italian daily newspaper La Stampa - 'the English temple of Italian cuisine'. This is not a restaurant to visit if you're after pizza. This is an altogether more refined form of Italian cucina, hailing from Giorgio's native Piedmont in northern Italy, where the cooler climate and misty autumns call for comfort food of the highest order - game, risotto, pasta, hazelnuts, chocolate - and, of course, the Lanterna's speciality, truffles.

read moreChef-patron Giorgio Alessio inspires almost as much affection from his regulars and reviewers as his food does. Both also loved the food, by the way - the first, Kevin Gould, enjoying a 'sublime late spring seaside meal'; the second, Pascal Wyse, praising 'all the passion [that] comes out in the food, which steams with pride for the products of both Yorkshire and Piedmont, and a determination to reveal them at their best'. But listen to Giorgio talk about his food, and you'll understand the true meaning of the word.

read moreThere are odd ingredients which aren't local, like truffles, but you can still buy them from specialist shops. The aim is to use good, fresh local ingredients, and to persuade people that good food need not be complicated. If you don't believe me, just take a look at the egg and truffle recipe on page 19 - nothing could be easier, or more delicious! Enjoy the book. If you would like to purchase a copy of "White Truffle Yorkshire Pudding" please send an email using the form here to reserve your copy.