There is an urban myth that the population of Edinburgh effectively doubles each August. The city is thronged with hundreds of thousands of people participating in the world’s largest…
Hot croquetas, warm day, cool beer, perfection! A couple of posts ago on Scrumptious Scran, I reviewed José Pizarro’s excellent cookbook of Spanish cuisine, Spanish Flavours. Following on from…
bar/ Edinburgh/ food/ pub/ restaurant/ review
Edinburgh Restaurant Review: Prayers answered at The Safari Lounge
A wildly great pub lies inside. If I were religious, I would swear my prayers had recently been answered. For years I have been chanting the mantra “please might…
An abundance of Spanish flavours under the cover. Squinting through my sunglasses in Edinburgh this past weekend it was almost possible to imagine I was in the Mediterranean, as…
food politics/ food poverty/ Great British Budget Menu/ Jack Monroe
Feature: Time to stop treating food poverty lightly
Foodbanks are growing in the UK (pic. Trussell Trust) I had a bit of a wobble last week. Not the kind generated by a panna cotta as it slips…
chips/ deep fryer/ Feature/ frying/ healthy/ recipe
Feature & Recipe – Frying delight: When the chips are down…
Golden, crispy & NO brown sauce! I have a guilty secret. I’ve been coveting a piece of kitchen kit for a while, one that doesn’t always have the best…
Bite magazine/ Edinburgh/ Leith/ restaurant/ review/ Scottish/ Seafood
Bite Magazine review: A happy return to The Shore
Beautiful hake on courgettes, Puy lentils & pancetta. My second review for Bite Magazine has just appeared on the publication’s website, and will hopefully also feature in the August print…
beer/ burger/ Edinburgh/ pub/ review/ Simon Howie
Review: Holyrood 9a – Great Beer & Burgers in the ‘Burgh
Trad meets mod at the bar. Located just a stone’s throw from Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, Holyrood 9a is a “must visit” if you like decent, reasonably priced pub food,…
beetroot/ Gigha/ halibut/ recipe capriccio/ smoked/ tomato/ watercress
Recipe: Capriccio of smoked Gigha halibut
Smoked halibut is the star. Social media can be a wonderful thing. It can bring together individuals and organisations that share common interests, but which might never normally meet.…
aquaculture/ environment/ fish farming/ Gigha/ halibut/ salmon/ Scottish/ Sustainable
Sustainable food news: Farmed Scottish halibut and salmon – two very different kettles of fish
Beautiful halibut. I adore seafood. Nothing unusual with that, you might think, many people do. However, I was brought up in the very north of Birmingham – effectively as…