Recently I spent a few days in Northumberland and heartily endorse everything Nancy J. Baird wrote about this part of northeastern England ("Rambles in Castle Country," July 16). I strongly recommend Northumberland to anyone who likes to get away from the more usual tourist areas.
However, I am sorry that Baird did not mention one gastronomic delight prepared in the seaside village of Craster: kippers. The odor emanating from the smokehouse will long remain in my memory, as will my enjoyment of the pair of buttered kippers that I had for breakfast the next morning.
