Food and Drink
There’s 13 good reasons to gin and bear it
Tickets are going fast for the first The Gin To My Tonic Show, which comes to Glasgow’s Scottish Event Campus next month. Taking place from 15 to 17 March, The Gin To My Tonic Show is not your typical gin event – be inspired and entertained with this ultimate gin-centric experience, where you can sample a…
Read MoreCanteen Street Food Festival holding two Fife events
Scotland’s leading street food festival is landing in Fife. Rogue Village’s hugely successful Canteen Street Food Festival comes to Fife for the first time ever on Saturday 16 February. As one of the UK’s leading events of its kind, this February they are throwing two one-off events. The first is their Family Day Party followed…
Read MoreChef Nico takes dining concept to Northern Ireland
Renowned Scottish-Italian chef, Nico Simeone, is set to introduce his Glasgow and Edinburgh dining concept Six by Nico to Northern Ireland. Six by Nico Belfast will be the third addition to the growing restaurant brands portfolio, taking Nico’s conceptual restaurant idea out of Scotland for the first time and placing it in Belfast’s bustling Cathedral…
Read MoreA new education awaits at Drink School Scotland
We all like something different for a night to remember every now and again. For David Austin, that’s his everyday job. He’s the owner of Drink School Scotland, and he knows what he’s talking about – after all, he has been involved in the wine, spirits and hospitality industry for more than 30 years, at…
Read MoreScots rugby stars try their hand as mix masters
Eden Mill, the official gin of Scottish Rugby, has released a light-hearted video of Scottish rugby stars Adam Hastings and Blair Kinghorn making cocktails inspired by the Six Nations. Guided by an expert Eden Mill mixologist, the tongue-in-cheek video shows the formidable rugby twosome learning how to make cocktails which take their namesakes from those…
Read MoreDrink in all Six Nations at the Ivy
Have you ever wondered what Scotland, France and England taste like? Well last night, my colleague Rosie and I trotted along to a launch event to celebrate a special collaboration between The Ivy on The Square and The Garden Shed Drinks Company where we got to find out. As the first matches of the six…
Read MoreLimited edition Valentine’s gin set to go on sale
Eden Mill has announced the release of its brand-new Love Gin Liqueur – just in time for Valentine’s Day. The sweet and aromatic Love Gin Liqueur is priced £15.99 (50cl) and can be served neat over ice, with tonic water, or mixed into a delicious cocktail for a romantic Valentine’s evening tipple, from 7 February.…
Read MoreWe recommend some bars for the Six Nations
We’re just a couple of days away from the start of Scotland’s 2019 Guinness Six Nations campaign. The northern hemisphere’s biggest rugby competition begins tomorrow, Friday, with France taking on Wales. But our eyes will be on the events at BT Murrayfield, when the Scots host Italy at 2.15pm. For those who can’t go to…
Read MoreNew baked Scottish snack is hitting shop shelves
A new range of air-popped whole vegetable chips is hitting our shops, after being created by a family of Perthshire farmers. The new Wholesums range, launched this month, has been developed by the Taylor family who are behind Mackie’s at Taypack in Perthshire, Scotland. Wholesums’ point of difference from other popped snacks is that they…
Read More72% of Scottish vegans snubbed at restaurants
More than half of vegans in Scotland have accidentally consumed food excluded from their diet due to poor food labelling. Research conducted by Spoon Guru, has revealed that over half of vegans (72%) are being snubbed at restaurants across Scotland; and 75% have been served food that’s excluded from their diet while dining out. With…
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