Posts Tagged ‘drink’
Dinner with a difference high in the Perthshire hills
I’ve been lucky enough to dine in some amazing places and there are some meals which tend to stand out more than others. Very recently I tucked in to a three course feast in a setting I’ll never forget. Billed as Scotland’s most scenic and smallest dining experience, our dinner table is found in the…
Read MoreThe life and loves of the Bake Off’s Prue Leith
A long career as a restaurateur, caterer, television presenter, journalist and cookery writer has provided Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith plenty of material for her novels. She tells Scottish Field of her life in kitchens, as a writer, and her favourite place to eat in Scotland. I grew up in Johannesburg in a…
Read MoreA gingerbread makeover for Christmas
This Christmas, The Ivy on the Square will be transformed into a gingerbread haven with a special installation across its entrance and menu of themed cocktails available until Wednesday, 1 January. As well as the beautiful gingerbread house installation, The Ivy on the Square will help you get into the festive spirit with a menu…
Read MoreScotland’s first blue pasta marks St Andrew’s Day
A leading Glasgow restaurateur is celebrating St Andrew’s Day with the launch Scotland’s first blue pasta. Ahead of St Andrew’s Day this Saturday (30 October), Giovanna Eusebi, owner of Eusebi Deli in the city’s West End, has created rigatoni coloured with a deep azure hue. Thought to be the first of its kind in Scotland,…
Read MoreWhy the weather determines the taste of Sauternes
Sweet wine expert Ana Carvalho explores the effect of hot and cold years on the taste of Chateau Suduiraut with Peter Ranscombe. TUCKED away between the Ciron and Garonne rivers in Bordeaux, the Sauternes region produces arguably the most-famous sweet wines on the planet. When the cold waters of the Ciron meet the warmer Garonne…
Read MoreNew meat on the menu from Scotland’s shooting industry
Estates across Aberdeenshire are joining together to introduce consumers to a Scottish food product they might not usually pick up on their weekly shop. The group, overseen by the Soil Association Scotland-led Rural Innovation Support Service (RISS), involves six estates working with SAC Consulting (part of Scotland’s Rural College, SRUC) and Fife-based processor Woodmill Game…
Read MoreScottish venison will be enjoyed with Gousto
The increased demand for lean protein is fuelling growth for a Scottish venison supplier. The award-winning Highland Game has secured a new partnership with the UK’s largest recipe box company, Gousto, and increased distribution with UK wholesale partners Costco, Booker and Brakes worth almost ÂŁ2 million in sales to the company over the next 12…
Read MoreScotland has its say on pronouncing ‘scone’
A fun survey has revealed that more than three-quarters of Scots agree that ‘scone’ should rhyme with ‘gone’. What makes up the perfect afternoon tea was at the heart of a recent surveying of the UK’s aficionados. The survey found there were many forms with new twists on the classic sandwiches and cakes offering to…
Read MoreSuccess for deli at the Scottish Italian Awards
A deli in Fife is celebrating success in the recent Scottish Italian Awards. Rocca Deli in Bell Street, St Andrews, run by business couple Brett Lawrence and Gillian McLaren, who are soon to be married, has won the Top Award in the Best Deli/CafĂ© category. Just a few months ago, Rocca Deli also won Deli…
Read MoreThe spirit of George this Christmas
Coinciding with the launch and multimillion pound refurbishment of InterContinental Edinburgh – The George, a new signature gin brand – Number Nineteen – has been created in collaboration with the independent Scottish distillery, The OroGin Distilling. The new Number Nineteen gin, available from the bar at the Printing Press Bar & Kitchen, in the mini bar…
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