Posts Tagged ‘game’
Dollar Academy and Gleneagles tee off new golf programme
Dollar Academy has launched a golf programme in partnership with Gleneagles, the iconic Scottish hotel and global luxury destination. It will allow pupils at the school to experience world-class golf coaching coupled with an outstanding academic education. The golf programme, which will launch in August 2021, caters for complete beginners through to experienced players, with…
Read MoreAnother winner of a Scottish cookbook
The Lady Laird of Ballindalloch had no intention of serving up third helpings of homemade recipes with I Love Food 3, but I am thrilled she did. This instalment is packed with delectable ideas, and includes a special nod to the country’s exceptional game. As a pudding fiend, I’m taking note of her banana, orange…
Read MoreOnline wine tasting just went hi-tech
Peter Ranscombe logs on to tech entrepreneur Michael Baum’s Vivant virtual wine tasting platform – and he’s impressed by what he sees. I GUESS is was just a matter of time before online wine tastings got the gamification treatment. When every other aspect of our lives – from logging the miles we slog on running…
Read MoreLearn how to cook pheasant katsu curry online
BRITISH Game Alliance (BGA) chef ambassador Leon Davies will host a virtual cook along on 28 January. Davies will teach participants how to cook pheasant katsu curry. The online lesson is part of the BGA’s effort to get more people to cook with game. Louisa North, head of operations at the BGA, said: “We wanted…
Read MoreLockdown cupboard clearing reveals secrets in historic family home
Lady Dorothy Ogilvy unearths the past as she clears out the cupboards at Winton Castle in East Lothian. WHAT did you do in Lockdown? I did what most people without any medical training did: stayed at home, oversaw home-schooling, shopped for my endlessly hungry teenagers and shielding parents, did the day-job via Zoom, cleaned the…
Read MoreEstates vow to continue wildlife scheme
SCOTTISH estates have vowed to continue expanding an international wildlife and habitat accreditation scheme beyond the UK’s European Union (EU) transition. Wildlife Estates Scotland (WES), which builds information on species and land use to improve Scotland’s biodiversity, is based on a European scheme used in 19 countries. WES is celebrating its tenth birthday this month…
Read MoreGame dishes to mark National Curry Week
THE British Game Alliance has unveiled an online cook-along and a series of recipes to celebrate National Curry Week. Braehead Foods will run the curry night on 26 November as part of Great British Game Week. Fifty participants will receive a link to the Zoom cookery session and a box of ingredients to create a…
Read MoreTour guide launches kids’ activity packs
CHILDREN who can’t take part in Invisible Cities’ walking tours can now learn about locations while at home thanks to the social enterprise’s new activity packs. Invisible Cities, which trains people who have previously experienced homelessness to become walking tour guides of their own city, has created a series of “round-the-world subscription boxes”. Created in…
Read MoreMaths Week Scotland competition launches
PUPILS from throughout Scotland will be competing to win prizes for their schools as part of Maths Week Scotland, which begins on 28 September. All age groups from primary one through to S6 can enter the contest to win vouchers and certificates. The activities that will be used in the competition all fit in with…
Read MoreFairlie protégé becomes head chef
CHEF Lorna McNee, protégé of the late two Michelin starred chef Andrew Fairlie and Great British Menu’s “Champion of Champions” 2019, has taken up her first head chef role at Glasgow’s Cail Bruich restaurant. Chris Charalambous, co-owner of the three AA rosette restaurant, is stepping away from the kitchen for the first time since it…
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