Food and Drink
UK’s first second hand cookbook shop opens: ‘The excitement and satisfaction you get in the kitchen is worth every minute’
When Kris Otisons was training to be a pastry chef at Harvey Nichols in London he often spent his free weekends roaming around second-hand shops looking for cookbooks. Fast forward a few years to 2013 and he had moved to Glasgow to open his own bakery, My Home Bakery, which there are now three of…
Read MoreSearch on for Scotland’s biggest craft beer fan for honorary chief taster role at microbrewery
Are you Scotland’s biggest craft beer fan? One of Scotland’s leading craft microbreweries has launched a nationwide search to appoint an honorary chief taster to help develop its new summer beer range. Cold Town Brewery, in Edinburgh, is on the lookout for Scotland’s biggest craft beer fan to put their taste buds to the ultimate…
Read MoreIn a Nutshell, Chef Julie Lin: ‘I recently travelled to Greece and I fell in love with the people, the produce and the dishes’
Julie Lin on the worst thing she has ever cooked, her favourite chefs and how she would have loved to have cooked for singer Amy Winehouse. What’s the closest thing you have to a signature dish: Big Fat Noodles. It’s me and my mother’s way of saying Char Kuay Teow, which is a smoky…
Read MoreReview: Askr, Ediburgh
I’m a fan of people who have the confidence to try and rehabilitate spaces that haven’t worked for other restaurateurs. It bore fruit in Edinburgh for four Michelin-starred establishments in Tom Kitchin and Heron in Leith, and for a pair of Old Town establishments in Dominic Jack at Castle Terrace (until Covid intervened) and the…
Read MoreReview: The Gardener’s Cottage, Edinburgh
Nestled in a copse on Edinburgh’s London Road, only a few minutes walk from Toppings & Company Booksellers and The Playhouse, is The Gardener’s Cottage – a restaurant that feels pulled straight out of a countryside fairy tale. As you walk up the gravel path, trees, shrubs and various herbs line the walkway to the…
Read MoreReview: The Crusoe, Lower Largo
Richard Bath heads to Lower Largo for a stay at the Crusoe to see what has changed at this boutique hotel next to the quay. Once upon a dream, the Crusoe in Lower Largo was one of those destination places where lots of city folk went for short breaks. It might be golf in…
Read MoreReview: Pompadour, Edinburgh
Richard Bath heads to one of the smartest dining rooms in Edinburgh at the Pompadour to try out the six course tasting menu offered by incumbent new chef Dean Banks. Regular readers will have witnessed my increasing discomfort at the speed with which prices, especially at the pointy end of the Edinburgh market where…
Read MoreRecipe: Homemade ricotta ravioli from Luci’s Italian Restaurant
Luci’s Italian Restaurant in Lasswade serves up their fresh pasta everyday. Here they show how you can make a delicious ricotta ravioli at home. You will need a pasta machine to make this recipe. Ingredients (makes 22-24 ravioli) 300g ’00’ pasta flour, plus extra for dusting 4 eggs, 3 beaten lightly, 1 whole ½…
Read MoreReview: Tattu’s ‘Wisdom of Dragon Menu’, Edinburgh
It may have been been a few years since I graduated from university, but I can never say no to a celebration – especially a celebratory meal. The first step to creating that celebratory feeling is atmosphere, and Tattu has this in spades. Decorated in plush golds, purple lighting and the vibrant pinks from the…
Read MoreRecipe: Sweet Potato, Roast Pepper and Feta Tortilla
The lush Georgian Walled Garden at Fife’s Cambo Estate has become something of an edible playground for Gillian Veal. For our Food Feature in the August magazine, we talk to owner and chef at The Parlour Café in Dundee and the Café at Cambo Gardens in Fife, Gillian about her love of fresh produce. Here…
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