With National Negroni Week (24th-30th June) this week, Edinburgh’s Contini George Street is raising a toast to a double centenary. Mixologists at the family-run Italian restaurant have created a special menu of five new Negroni cocktails to mark not only the centenary of the classic Italian tipple, but also the…
I have a love affair with Middle Eastern food, so it’s great to see the opening of another new eatery, Kukina, in my neck of the woods. Its menu is packed full of fresh, organic Turkish street food and meze and is worth checking out.
I finally got the longed for invite to Grazing by Mark Greenaway, who has moved into Edinburgh’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, taking over the space which previously housed the Galvin brothers’ Brasserie de Luxe. I’d been along to the launch in April but had somehow managed to miss most of the…
Thanks to the Spice Pioneer kits, ‘The International Dining Club’, which Kerry used to be an honorary member of, got its second lease of life, after a demise of six years.
Italy has over 810 agri-food products and wines recognised as Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) by the European Union, making Italy a leading country for food and wine excellence.s. Last week, I was invited along by the Scottish branch of the Italian Chamber of Commerce…
Saturday mornings may just have got a little better with the Register Club Breakfast at the Edinburgh Grand. It may not help my waist-line but I predict I’ve discovered a hidden gem that it almost pains me to tell you about.
Spring has most definitely sprung and what better way to celebrate than with some beautiful fresh cocktails, courtesy of St Germain, the French elderflower liqueur. I went along to the French Quarter Bar at the Voodoo Rooms, one of my favourite drinking places in Edinburgh, with my partners in crime,…
Last week I wrote of my fabulous gin garden tour at the Secret Herb Garden and it seems the fun has only just begun as the Edinburgh-based The Old Curiosity Distillery has now launched a ‘Gin Club’, where gin lovers will have the opportunity to sample a brand new and…
Ever wondered about the process involved in making your favourite gin? Well now you can find out more, thanks to the fascinating gin garden tours, which have been launched in Edinburgh, courtesy of the Old Curiosity Distillery, based at the Secret Herb Garden.
A few weekends ago, after a rather wet and windy Nordic Walk up Corstorphine Hill, (part of my new keep-fit regime), Mrs Bite of Bite Magazine and I refuelled at Cold Town House in the Grassmarket. We’d suffered a bout of FOMO, having been missed off the original launch-party list,…
