South Queensferry is but a hop skip and jump – or 20 minute drive – from Edinburgh. It has a busy waterfront with restaurants, bars and shops jostling for attention and offering views of ...
Just recently, I helped gather some recipes for a diary project. It was only when I tried to convert some american measurements into metric that I discovered how challenging it was work out all the e...
Stickems Screen Cleaners I admit it, I am a messy cook. Even when I’ve managed to assemble all my ingredients, inevitably I will managed to spill something over the cookery book. Now that I use...
When the weather’s too depressing to go out and forage or search for good eating places, I stay in to cook and read. Recently, I’ve been revisiting some of my favourite books about food. ...
This is what I call cooking al fresco. It was a sunny – if brisk – April morning. In a break with tradition, I got up early and headed to the Edinburgh farmers’ market at Castle Ter...
Istanbul is an amazing city. It’s perfect for a weekend break and is easily reached. So after you’ve visited the Blue Mosque, the Topkapi Palace and the Spice market (and many, many more ...
You might consider going all the way to Kerala to discover how to cook vegetarian food a trifle excessive, but I cannot think of a more enjoyable way to do so! We spent a week at The Pimenta on our f...
How many of us actually eat wild plants these days? Picking blackberries, elderflowers and elderberries, sloes and wild garlic are all popular finds for me. Much as we like the idea of mushroom picki...
I’ve become rather obsessed with India over the last few years, not least when I discovered Atul Kochhar on the Great British Menu and started cooking dishes from his two great cookery books. H...
The Hairy Bikers went to Norway on their ‘bakeation’ this year, and Jamie Oliver went to Sweden last year. Scandinavian cuisine is having a moment (as Steffi Dellner pointed out in Prospe...
Blythe says It’s always lovely to see Danielle for lunch, but today my restaurant choice rather let us down, as Leven’s really didn’t hit the spot. Things were salvaged, and then some, but a post-pra...
I don’t really miss meat or fish. I miss particular dishes. When C goes away I cook and eat differently from when he’s here. Within minutes of the door closing behind him I revert to an e...
It’s great to get a parcel through the post. The team at Octopus Publishing must have thought I needed something to make me smile. Opening the package and finding inside “Dress your Cooki...
If you’ve any outside space at all, this year is the year to grow potatoes. Why? It’s really simple and honestly there is nothing like the taste of a freshly dug potato. I bet you’v...
The Sheep Heid Inn has a long and illustrious history. It’s one of the oldest pubs in Scotland (the oldest, maybe), it has a skittles alley and a beer garden. It is nestled in the village of Du...
I first came across Little Doone sweet balsamic dressing at one of the Foodies Festivals a couple of years ago. I purchased the orange dressing and have used it extensively, unlike some other impulse...
Pancake day. When I was a kid, me and my friends would get together and do things with flour, eggs, milk and butter that were probably not healthy but very satisfying. There was usually honey, lingon...
Not so long ago jams and chutneys seemed to form the bulk of products you’d find at such a food fair. At the Speciality Food Fair in Glasgow, there were plenty of sauces and chutneys on display...
It was my second visit to the Speciality Food Fair in Glasgow. It’s a trade show brim full of local producers and those from further afield. The aim: to attract delis, shops and restaurants to ...
A good local restaurant is a place that caters to the people in the local neighbourhood. The South side of Edinburgh – Newington, Causewayside – is a quirky area with a lot of students as...
I don’t know whether you’ve heard of Blipfoto? You get the chance to take one photo a day and upload it with as much or as little description as you like. Fellow blippers (people who uplo...
A cheese table. Mmm. Thats my desert sorted. Two years ago, friends took me to L’Escagot Bleu for a birthday dinner. It was a wonderful birthday present for someone like me. The restaurant used...
Recently, I had the chance to taste a range of cooked meats from Tarbet’s fine foods. Topside of Beef I particularly enjoyed the slow roast beef – it was moist and very much like the sort...
Those of you who read the blog regularly, will know that I have a thing about pigs. And, as this is a food blog, my admiration of the living beast naturally to eating. So it was a natural step to but...
Christmas 2011 was all about cookery books. 2012 will be all about cooking. Amazon wish-lists are great. They make sure you get what you want. In our household, this Christmas saw no less than four c...
A windy day in Edinburgh with gusts up to 100 mph. Mr EF was at home rather than work and offered to cook. How wonderful to arrive home to a delicious meal and in particular an amazing sauce. Perfect...
Reports that the Scots are deficient in Vitamin D have surfaced again. This time, there seems to be compelling evidence that lack of Vitamin D may explain the high instance of Multiple Sclerosis in S...
Hotel du Vin in Edinburgh offers rooms, food and drink to visitors and locals alike. This December, they had a Christmas market. There was carolling. There was wine tasting. There was whisky tasting ...
Olivier is a man with an envious job – Head Chocolatier at Hotel Chocolat. He’s a lively, curly haired Frenchman who finds it hard to sit still and is very, very passionate about what he ...
Salter Electric Pepper Mill It took me years and years to find a good pepper mill. I had ones in all shapes and sizes but none worked too well. Until I discovered one in of all places TKMaxx. I didn&...
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