Finances have prevented me from going on holiday this year yet I’ve been hankering after the sun, sea and flavours of one of my favorite travel destinations, Turkey. Sadly it’s not going to happen but an invitation to escape to the wilds of the Highlands to learn to cook with…
Readers will know I’m a huge fan of whisky and last year when I attended the relaunch of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society on Queen Street, I dropped subtle hints to my friends and family that I’d love a membership for my forthcoming big birthday. Sadly it never materialised but…
The Waldorf Astoria at the Caledonian, Edinburgh has certainly hit upon a winner with the launch of their Quintessential Breakfast Experience, celebrating all things Scottish.
It’s amazing that after 17 years of living in Edinburgh I am still finding places that I haven’t tried or visited before. In my continuing quest to find 50 new places to eat/drink each year, I visited The Queen’s Arms on Frederick Street for their ‘Wednesday Night Meat Up’.
Scottish Food and Drink Excellence Awards 2017
Kerry attended the Scottish Food and Drink Excellence Awards at the EICC.
Having worked as Head of Press at the Gilded Balloon back in 2011, a common complaint from my team, the majority of whom were Australians and many of the Antipodean performers was that you just couldn’t get a decent cup of coffee in Edinburgh. They did have a point. Six…
I’ve found a far superior drink to champagne; Franciacorta a spakling wine from Lombardy. In fact, I’m going to make a pretty controversial statement – I don’t particularly like champagne. I’ve always joked with my friends that I’m cheap date and that drinking champagne is wasted on me and I’d…
We’re so lucky in Edinburgh to have such a choice of restaurants. However, whilst the EdinburghFoody team are constantly inundated with invites, I almost hate to admit I’d never previously eaten at Gusto, despite my 17 years living in the city. It wasn’t for any particular reason or the fact…
Jordan Bourke is an Irish chef and a fellow Observer Food Monthly Award Winner (2016) for his best-selling Our Korean Kitchen, which he wrote with his gorgeous wife, Rejina Pyo and which won Best New Cookbook, as well as the Fortnum & Mason Cookery Book Award 2016. In his new…
East Market Street, Edinburgh, has always been a bit of a desert in the past where food is concerned. Thankfully this is changing with the arrival of the New Waverley Arches last year, where you’ll find Chop House. Then Food and Flea Market on Sibbald Street opened, with its permanent food stalls…
