Cooking, eating and drinking is fun as well as necessary. I do food for fun and I write for a living. Good food makes the world a more delicious and satisfying place. Good writing, meanwhile, can make the world a less confusing place.
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Update April 2018: now closed. A good local restaurant is a place that caters to the people in the local neighbourhood. The South side of Edinburgh – Newington, Causewayside – is a quirky area with a lot of students as well as families and couples of all ages. When we…
Two years ago, friends took me to L’Escagot Bleu for a birthday dinner. It was a wonderful birthday present for someone like me. The restaurant used to be a favourite with me when I worked off Broughton Street. It was close by, the food was superb and the ambiance was…
Amazon wish-lists are great. They make sure you get what you want. In our household, this Christmas saw no less than four cookery books under the tree: Darina Allen: Forgotten Skills of Cooking Nicola Graimes: New Vegetarian Kitchen Pushpeesh Pant: India: the Cookbook The Silver Spoon
Hotel du Vin in Edinburgh offers rooms, food and drink to visitors and locals alike. This December, they had a Christmas market. There was carolling. There was wine tasting. There was whisky tasting and there were cheeses to die for. I went and had an evening of beautiful Christmas songs,…
I lived in Linlithgow for three years in the mid-noughties. Since then one of its main hotels and pubs has burnt down which is really sad. My favourite restaurant has closed and a new, really good cafe/deli has opened. The world never stands still, not even in historical and picturesque town like Linlithgow with…
I first visited The Stockbridge Restaurant five years ago, as part of a panel of Christmas party planners. It didn’t take us long to decide that this was indeed a great place for the company Christmas party. And it was. We had a wonderful evening with the best food I…
Squid is one of my favourite things from the sea. I love watching programs about them or seeing them swim about – squid are truly amazing creatures – and I love them on my plate. A few weeks ago I was at a party where one of the guests, a…
Vanessa Kimbell, author of Prepped, started a cooking meme: random bakes of kindness. You bake for someone else, ideally someone who isn’t expecting it. I really liked the idea and signed up quickly but it has taken me a while to come up with a good baking idea. I tried making…
Commercial Quay, the old bonds opposite the Scottish Government in Leith, is a bustling, fun place to be. The bonds turn serious faces towards Commercial Street but have a long row of restaurants at their back. Here’s you’ll find Chop Chop Leith, La Garrigue Leith, the Kitchin and International Starters.…
Danielle: I’d been staring longingly at Wagamama’s each time I walked past but my resolve stayed until it was time to experience the Winter menu or otherwise known as the UK specials. I’ve been hearing good reports from everyone who’d visited, not just Caroline! Choosing to get there at noon…
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