Mercat de La Boqueria (Filip Maljkovic/Wikimedia) Anyone reading my previous posts on the Scrumptious Scran blog will gather that I’m a big fan of Mediterranean food, and Spanish cuisine…
The Skylark by night. Living on the east side of Edinburgh, it’s always a pleasure to visit the city’s “Riviera” that is Portobello. Though it may have lost some…
asparagus/ broad beans/ monkfish/ recipe/ salsa verde/ tomatoes
Recipe: Spring fresh – Sautéed monkfish cheeks, with salsa verde, and asparagus and broad bean salad
Green and tasty. For me, spring is one of my favourite times for cooking with seasonal produce. Don’t get me wrong, I also love autumn for its rich abundance…
Feature/ fish/ Musselburgh/ shellfish/ suppliers
Supplier spotlight – Clark Brothers: A delicious kettle of fish…
Clark Bros, Musselburgh. Of all the ingredients with which I love to both cook and to eat, fish and shellfish have to rate amongst my favourite. The different tastes…
Edinburgh/ French/ Languedoc/ restaurant/ review
Review: La Garrigue – Fine flavours of the Languedoc, to counter a dreich capital day
La Garrigue (courtesy of the restaurant’s website). It’s the end of April and today is, once again, one of those days this month when it’s blowing a hoolie. What’s…
Crab and asparagus tart with a crisp green salad. I have a confession – possibly a shocking one, for a foodie. I’m a bit nervous when it comes to…
Busy Saturday at Edinburgh Farmers’ Market. No matter how skilled or inventive a cook is, unless they use quality ingredients it is very difficult to produce really great food.…
bistro/ Edinburgh/ French/ restaurant/ review/ Scottish/ slow food
Review: Café St Honoré – A French gem with a Scottish Twist
A wee bit of Paris, in Thistle Street Lane. We visited Café St Honoré on a freezing spring evening, having been keen to experience this French-influenced exponent of “slow…
chicory/ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall/ kidneys/ Moro/ offal/ recipe/ sherry/ Spanish/ venison
An offal-ly nice adventure – riñones al jerez (kidneys with sherry) with braised chicory
A nice glass of Amontillado. Inspired by a recent Guardian article by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on both the sustainability, and fantastic flavours, associated with cooking offal, I decided to post…
Edinburgh/ mezze/ Middle Eastern/ restaurant/ review
Review: Pomegranate – Make sure you get the “mezze” of this place…
Photo of mezze courtesy of Pomegranate’s website I paid a second visit to Pomegranate in March 2013, having previously been there with friends at the end of 2012, and…