Posts Tagged ‘Food’
Review: Potion Making 2.0 at The Cauldron
Megan Amato takes her cocktail ‘potion making’ to the next level at The Cauldron in Edinburgh. EDINBURGH’S magic aficionados, fantasy lovers, and cocktail enthusiasts alike may have experienced magic meeting science with the Cauldron’s molecular cocktail making sessions. However, the Cauldron Edinburgh – along with its six other locations – has launched a new and…
Read MoreJump Ship steams ahead with alcohol-free brewery plan
JUMP SHIP has smashed through its fundraising target ahead of its crowdfunding scheme closing tomorrow. The beer brand now plans to build an alcohol-free brewery at Rosemain Steadings, near Pathhead in Midlothian. By this morning, the company had raised ÂŁ330,000 from 272 investors. Sonja Mitchell, who founded the business in 2019, said: “Within two days…
Read MoreREVIEW: The Holey Roast
Megan Amato fills her hole with “The Holey Roast”. THE Broughton and Bross bagels are two of Edinburgh’s culinary treasures – one of which is a regular in the Michelin guide and the other so popular that new locations are popping up faster than dandelions. Together, they have created “The Holey Roast”: Bross’s signature “everything”…
Read MoreScotland’s Golden Shears team unveiled
SCOTLAND’S Golden Shears Sheep Shearing and Woolhandling World Championships team has been named. The squad will represent our nation during the contest, which will be hosted in June by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS) at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh. Hamish Mitchel, Audrey Aiken, Mark Armstrong, William Craig, Rosie Keenan,…
Read MoreNorthwoods Rewilding Network plants 100,000 trees
THE Northwoods Rewilding Network has planted more than 108,000 native trees during its first two years, according to figures released this morning. The network, which has grown to include 55 partners spread throughout Scotland, said the trees cover an area equivalent to 210 football pitches. More than 4,100 of the trees are along rivers, where…
Read MoreCompany Bakery wins Scottish Bread Championships
THE Scottish Bread Championships crowned a New York rye sourdough made by Company Bakery in Edinburgh as “supreme champion”. A beremeal boule made by Anne Keenan – better known as “The Culinary Kiwi Bird” – from Insch in Aberdeenshire was selected as the “reserve champion”. The contest received a record number of entries, with three…
Read MoreThe Grail Tastings wins at People’s Choice Drinks Awards
THE Grail Tastings has won the “Consumer Drinks Communicator of the Year” title at the 2023 People’s Choice Drinks Awards. The Callendar-based business won the prize after coming top during a public vote. Jennifer Laird and Rachel Grant opened The Grail, their first whisky and spirits shop, in Doune in 2018, before moving to Callendar…
Read MoreREVIEW: Edinburgh’s revamped Italian, Divino Enoteca
Edinburgh’s Divino Enoteca is revered for contemporary Italian cuisine. Scottish Field’s Rosie Morton scopes out the wine bar and restaurant after its ÂŁ100,000 refurb… FOR me, dinner in Edinburgh’s Old Town comes with a certain expectation. Give me an eaterie that is nestled in a forgotten, cobbled side street. A venue with exposed brick walls…
Read MoreHoley roast, Edinburgh! Broughton and Bross Bagels combine
THE Broughton gastro-pub has joined forced with Bross Bagels to turn its Sunday roast into a sandwich. “The Holey Roast” bagel will be launched at Stockbridge market in Edinburgh on Sunday. One pound from every Holey Bagel sold at the Stockbridge market will be donated to Alzheimers Scotland. The toasted bagel – which features roast…
Read MoreGlasgow Coffee Festival promises to be ‘biggest ever’
ORGANISERS of this May’s Glasgow Coffee Festival have promised to lay on the “biggest coffee festival Scotland has ever seen”. Dear Green Coffee Roasters is bringing the festival back to The Briggait on 13 and 14 May. Last year, more than 2,400 people attended the festival, which this year will be staged for the eighth…
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