This weekend, food and drink lovers from across Scotland (what is the collective noun for a group of Scottish foodies – a “snashter”?) will be descending upon Glasgow, as…
Bite Magazine Review: Calistoga – Raise a glass to Californian cuisine
Tasting delicious Californian wine. My latest review for Bite Magazine is now available in the publication’s October edition (both online and in print). Under the spotlight this month is…
Feature Article: Bakers, get fundraising! Supporting The Great Pink Bake Off
Chefs Mark Greenaway & Neil Forbes get baking. It would appear the whole of the UK is baking mad – well those bits of the UK fixated by food,…
Chutney, ready for maturing. OK, we shall get all the autumnal food writing/blogging clichés out of the way, right from the outset. The equinox is definitely marking the turn…
Edinburgh Restaurant Review: Brew Lab – Great coffee, good food, but trouble is a-brewing…
Coffee syphon action (courtesy of Brew Lab website). It’s a horribly wet Wednesday morning. I am en route to a training course, so my normal morning work routine –…
Feature Article: Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight – celebrating Scotland’s fabulous larder
I have a soft spot for September. It marks the start of autumn – surprisingly, my favourite season. The weather in Scotland at this time of year can be…
Bite Magazine review: A delicious date with The Edinburgh Larder Bistro
Chocolate & lavender torte with coffee jelly. My third review for Bite Magazine is now published on Bite’s website and in the September print edition of the magazine. This month,…
Edinburgh Restaurant Review: The spice is right – Mother India’s Café
Mother India’s fare (courtesy of their website). I suppose I am what might be termed as a ‘honourary’ Scot. I’ve lived the majority of my life north of the…
Edinburgh Restaurant Review: Hanging out (and on) at The Espy
View from ‘The Espy’ It is possible to have too much of a good thing, Edinburgh’s annual jamboree of festivals being a case in point. Don’t get me wrong,…
Festival review: Crowded culinary capers at the Edinburgh Foodies Festival
A seriously large paella. Maybe the people of Edinburgh and the rest of Scotland are much keener “foodies” than I had imagined. Or perhaps it was down to very…