Author Archives: Caroline von Schmalensee
The Royal Highland Show: happy animals and good food
Grated and sliced everything: salad-based food memories
Boathouse, South Queensferry: a view of the bridge
Reading about food: a few of my favourite books
Gardener’s Cottage Restaurant, Edinburgh
We’re having a moment! Celebrating Scandinavian food
Comfort stew – eating when the vegetarian’s away
The Sheep Heid Inn, Edinburgh: under new management and looking shiny
Instant blinis: pancakes with a difference
Pancake day. When I was a kid, me and my friends would get together and do things with flour, eggs, milk and butter that were probably not healthy but very satisfying. There was usually honey, lingonberry, blueberry and cloud berry jam on the table too, occasionally Nutella, often whipped cream but…