Posts Tagged ‘Food’
Eight tips to create a wonderful kitchen
How do you create a wonderful new kitchen when there may be so many ideas floating around your head? Scottish award winning kitchen retailers Kitchens International have eight expert tips to help you. 1. Design brief Although it’s easy to rush into choosing cabinetry and appliances the most important part of the process is the…
Read MoreCook School Scotland turns up the heat as it reopens
A leading Scottish leading cook school is welcoming budding chefs once again, following the relaunch of its popular cooking classes with a retro-inspired menu of culinary classics. Following an 18-month hiatus due to coronavirus restrictions, the Cook School Scotland, in Kilmarnock, has opened its doors once again. More than 25 different classes are ready to…
Read MoreA fusion of Italian passion and Scottish attitude
A mixture Italian style with a strong dose of modern Glasgow attitude is coming with the opening of a new restaurant in the city. Roberta’s Glasgow will open on Thursday, September 9 and confidently take unfussy, authentic Italian cooking and bring it to life in new uber stylish city centre surroundings. Glasgow’s newest pizza spinning,…
Read MoreThe Dishoom Home Feast more than lives up to its name
Over the course of the lockdown, we’ve done a fair few home deliveries from a selection of restaurants ranging from very top-end to pretty mid-range. Some have been decent, some not so great, and others we’ve simply done as a means of helping out a sector that has been stretched to the limits by the…
Read MoreDemand for new Scottish road trip from staycationers
A brand-new road trip route introduced by Crerar Hotels in Scotland is picking up pace, with demand from staycationers ramping up within weeks of launching. The Crerar450, which takes in all 450 miles between all seven of Crerar Hotels’ idyllic four- and- five-star properties, was specifically searched more than 3,000 times within a matter of…
Read MoreVegan tapas dishes menu married with malt whisky
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has teamed up with Mono, one of Glasgow’s most popular vegan cafes. They have created vegan tapas dishes influenced by the tasting notes of Society whisky. In this collaboration, Mono’s head chef Anne McWilliam will be working with the SMWS to share six plant-based dishes paired with various flavour profiles…
Read MoreMoet marks summer with Fairmont St Andrews terraces
Moet & Chandon has unveiled a pair of terraces at the Fairmont St Andrews hotel, complete with afternoon tea and picnics, as Peter Ranscombe discovers. SCOTLAND has long dreamed of a cafĂ© culture to rival our fellow European capitals. Sitting outside on a terrace in the sun, sipping a cocktail or a beer or a…
Read MoreDC Singh: The Edinburgh entrepreneur taking the fashion world by storm
If you’ve ever dreamed of launching your own luxury fashion company, then you’re certainly not the only one. But not everyone has a natural affinity for entrepreneurship, and for most of us, it remains little more than a passing fancy. Nevertheless, it seems that some people are just born with the drive, determination and eye…
Read MoreWet and wild – a tried and tested special feature
It seems that 2021 is becoming the year of watersports. The world and his wife and their dog are either leaping headfirst into wild swimming, or paddling around serenely on a SUP, or just packing up the kayak for a day exploring Scotland’s coastline. It could be that our enforced and new found love for…
Read MoreNational Whisky Festival of Scotland ready to return
The National Whisky Festival of Scotland has officially confirmed the return of its live exhibition events in 2021. Two editions of the popular Scottish cultural festival are scheduled to take place, in Aberdeen and Edinburgh later this year. Keen to follow successful inaugural events in both cities, as well as the sell out success of…
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