Adamson’s summer menu and cocktails launched

The Adamson Restaurant and Bar in St Andrews has unveiled a range of new dishes and cocktails for the summer. Guests at the award winning restaurant on South Street in the popular costal Fife town can now enjoy a Summer menu packed with fresh, new season flavours and ingredients. The new menu introduces a range…

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New ‘light’ whisky will hit the shops in June

A whisky firm have launched a lighter spirit drink to the market with a new category defining product – Whyte & Mackay Light. With more ‘low and no’ beer, cider and wine options available than ever before, the award-winning whisky makers recognised a gap when it came to spirit drinks. And they decided to do…

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‘Free from’ bakery wins entrepreneur prize

A Scots bakery business has been bestowed with an impressive honour at a recent awards ceremony. Dr Sally Beattie and Emer Bustard, of Lazy Day Foods, have been named Scottish food and drink Entrepreneurs of the Year at the 2019 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards. The ‘free-from’ bakery was set up in 2006 after…

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Heads & Tales Gin bar launches Asian fusion menu

If someone even mentions Asian food, my taste buds set about tingling – and no, we’re not talking about the European-style Chinese takeaway down the road where you pick up the awful chips and curry sauce combo. We’re talking about proper, authentic dumplings, noodles, bao buns, miso, fragrant lemongrass, chilli, fresh coriander, fish sauce, soy…

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Time for tea can boost a vital children’s charity

After her daughter died of cancer, Laura Young set up the Teapot Trust, which provides art therapy for children with chronic illness. She tells Scottish Field about the charity. Why did you set up the Teapot Trust? My daughter, Verity, was diagnosed with lupus, an auto-immune disease, when she was three. She was eight when…

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Magnificent menu that’s all stars and stripes

There are few things worse than going to a restaurant, being presented with an extensive menu, and finding that there are few choices which appeal. Thankfully, that won’t be the case when visiting the TriBeCa diner in Glasgow’s Merchant City. The Merchant City is renowned for being cool in the British Empire’s second city, and…

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Working on the land is all in a day’s work

An increasing number of women are making their mark by successfully taking on roles in the countryside that were traditionally occupied by men. Scottish Field highlighted just some of them in a feature in 2014. ALI GORDON, 47, SHEPHERDESS, ST ABB’S HEAD, BERWICKSHIRE I came from a farming background myself; my parents bought the farm…

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Scotland’s youth hostels open for the summer

All 34 youth hostels in Hostelling Scotland’s network are now open for the summer. They are ready to welcome visitors to #GoHostelling and explore all that the real Scotland has to offer. From cities to islands, beaches to hills and mountains and all points in between, Hostelling Scotland offers a wide range of private, en-suite…

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Winners revealed at Spirit of Speyside whisky awards

The winners have been revealed of the best drams in the area at the 20th Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival. Following a vigorous blind tasting and scoring process that went all over the world, the results of this year’s competition were revealed at the end of Speyside’s biggest whisky festival to date. In the annual…

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Taking Scotland’s fine food and drink to the east

A leading exporter of Scottish premium craft beers and spirits is further expanding its product offering of premium food products as it continues to drive Scottish exports at a trade show in Hong Kong. JW Filshill International, which also trades under the Craft Beer Clan, is this week showcasing 10 Scottish brands at the renowned…

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