Posts Tagged ‘Food’
Stirling opens ‘pay what you can’ winter shop
A SHOP inviting customers to “pay what you can” for coats and other winter warmers has opened in Stirling. The Thistles shopping centre has opened the store in partnership with local charity Transition Stirling. The shop sells coats, rain jackets, jumpers, accessories, and boots for adults and children. Gary Turnbull, Thistles’ centre director, said: “These…
Read MoreEstates’ contribution to ‘wellbeing economy’ measured
A NEW report has examined the contribution that Scotland’s country estates make to our nation’s “wellbeing economy”. The Scottish Government set 11 national outcomes to measure progress towards a “wellbeing economy”, which it defined as “an economic system that places the wellbeing of current and future generations at its core”. A report by Biggar Economics…
Read MoreVenison canapé selected for Eat Game Awards
A “SHOW-STOPPING venison anticucho with nori and puffed wild rice” canapé has won the top prize at the Colleges’ Cookery Competition. The contest, organised by the British Association for Shooting & Conservation (BASC) and Highland Game, was won by George Oakes, a third year student at Westminster Kingsway College. More than 70 students entered their…
Read MoreSKIING – SWITZERLAND’S UNEXPECTEDLY EPIC ANDERMATT
Once an army base and mountain playground for hard-core powder hounds, the Swiss village of Andermatt is in the process of morphing into a luxury ski resort, writes Richard Bath. ANDERMATT IN A NUTSHELL: For almost a century this charming little Alpine village in the scenic Ursern Valley, just 20 miles from Lake Lucerne and…
Read MoreWine to Dine – March 2023 – The Wilder Kitchen
Wine columnist James Robertson picks wines and whiskies for outdoor dining. ONCE you’ve read The Wilder Kitchen’s recipes in the March issue of Scottish Field magazine, check out these choices for dining outdoors… The Tasting Selection, Canned Wine Company (£27.50) No kidding here are five different styles of wine in cans, perfect for food cooked…
Read MoreRESTAURANT REVIEW: The Black Grape, Edinburgh
Richard Bath pays a visit to The Black Grape on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. FOR years I would wander to work down the Royal Mile and the Canongate, and virtually every day I’d wonder how Pancho Villas kept going. And not just going, but going and going and still bloody going. The Mexican restaurant set back…
Read MoreDUCK & WAFFLE: An exclusive look at Edinburgh’s newest eatery
She may have loved London’s sky-high Duck & Waffle restaurant, but what did Chief Sub Rosie Morton make of Auld Reekie’s new ‘gastro diner’? THE first time I visited London’s Duck & Waffle restaurant, it felt like a real occasion. Certainly, the impressive 40th floor ‘gastro diner’ at 110 Bishopsgate felt a far cry from…
Read MoreKa Pao: When fusion goes right
Simone Waters reviews the Edinburgh branch of Ka Pao, the Glasgow fusion food pioneer. SITUATED in Edinburgh’s St James Quarter shopping centre, Ka Pao brings a plethora of flavours together into a South-East Asian fusion. We are met by friendly staff when entering this industrial and funky establishment and, while the mood lighting may be…
Read MoreSpirits news from the Hebrides
THREE spirits stalwarts on the Outer Hebrides are having a busy start to the year. Angus A MacMillan and Angus E MacMillan, the father-and-son team building Benbecula distillery, have unveiled the first three bottles from MacMillan Spirits. They’ve launched: “Wheelhouse Whisky”, an eight-year-old single cask Islay single malt; “Machair Gin”, a gin that contains heather…
Read MoreRESTAURANT REVIEW: Six By Nico – ‘Neverland’ menu
Keith McIntyre reviews the new “Neverland” menu at the Six By Nico restaurant in Glasgow’s Finnieston district. WHEN chef Nico Simeone launched his Six By Nico restaurant in Glasgow’s Finnieston back in 2017, it is very doubtful that anyone could have predicted quite how much of an explosive impact he would have on the country’s…
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