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In a Nutshell, Theo Creton: Cooking has its highs and lows, but you can’t buy the feeling of putting a smile on someone’s face’
Theo Creton, head chef of MARA Restaurant at Links House, Dornoch, on the most he's ever paid for a meal, his favourite cookbook and the...

Review: The Crab & Lobster Fish Shack
South Queensferry is probably the perfect place for a seafood restaurant, and so taking the short hop from Edinburgh to the Firth of Forth to...

Producer’s Corner: Anona Gow, Pitscandly Farm
When Anona Gow began her career as a lawyer, she never imagined that one day she’d swap the courtroom for running a deer farm in...

Historic Coleburn Distillery to be revived after 40 years
The historic Coleburn Distillery is set to be revived after 40 years of lying dormant. Located in the heart of Speyside, Coleburn is being brought...

Restaurant review: Patatino At The Hoxton, Edinburgh
This new Italian restaurant inside a shiny new contemporary Edinburgh hotel is a curate’s egg, finds Richard Bath. The Hoxton is a new hotel built...

Recipe: Carrot and Ginger Cake
One of Scotland’s best loved farm shops and cafes, Gloagburn in Perthshire, will publish its first cookbook this year, as a homage to the traditional country...

Producer’s Corner: Keith Paterson, Shore Seaweed Chips
Seaweed has long been a staple of many cultures, particularly in Asia, but the Western diet seems to have forgotten it. One of the most...

Scientists produce the first ever blueberry to flourish in Scottish climate
Scotland’s fertile soils, abundant clean water, and milder summer temperatures create ideal conditions for producing high-quality berries. And now after ten years worth of research,...

Get yourself along here – and not at a snail’s pace
If I have a go-to French place when I eat out in Edinburgh, it is L'Escargot Bleue, a fantastic little Broughton Street restaurant. Fred Berkmiller's...

Summer ice cream sales given a big boost
The hot weather brought a welcome return for Mackie's of Scotland as it had its brightest summer in more than 30 years. As the mercury...

Restaurant evokes that feeling of Paris
Neil Forbes is one of Scotland's best-known chefs, and runs Cafe St Honoré in Edinburgh. This beautifully evocative little city centre restaurant is hidden away...

Exceptional value is at the heart of Chez Jules
There are many places in Edinburgh offering exquisite French food with a matching price, but Chez Jules offers exceptional value. This city centre basement eaterie...