If you’re an online food business and thinking of having a physical presence somewhere, what are the best steps to take? If you meet the local criteria, you might get a pitch at a Farmers’ Market eventually but the queues are inevitably long. You may take part in one of…
Ginger is one of those flavours I love, whether it’s in a good dark sticky gingerbread, or an essential ingredient in an Indian dish. It’s spicy, hot and totally delicious. Ginger root is, apparently, a good cure for many ills, including travel sickness and indigenstion. An excuse to imbibe more?…
Holidays are wonderful. You change your perspective and habits for a while and eat, drink and nibble things that you wouldn’t normally. The thing I enjoy about the US is that it is so similar to, yet so different from, the UK. The portion sizes used to put me off…
We’re delighted to say that the Pommery Champagne Bar is back for 2013 from 5 to 26 August. Much as those of us who live in Edinburgh love all the frantic festival activity, there are times when we long for a little respite away from the throngs. We also relish…
Do you ever feel the same way as me? Once you find somewhere you’re really fond of you almost don’t want to tell others in case it spoils it? Well, I have to admit I’m guilty on that account with Lovecrumbs. I realised that after many visits I really need…
Have you noticed how much easier it is to find interesting soft drinks these days? Gone are the times when all you could get was orange and lemonade or very small bottles of bland pineapple juice. If you go to the right places of course. A Scottish soft drink
Blythe says It’s always lovely to see Danielle for lunch, but today my restaurant choice rather let us down, as Leven’s really didn’t hit the spot. Things were salvaged, and then some, but a post-prandial trip to Pekoe Tea, just a few doors down. Pekoe is a lovely little tea shop, with room…
It was my second visit to the Speciality Food Fair in Glasgow. It’s a trade show brim full of local producers and those from further afield. The aim: to attract delis, shops and restaurants to stock their products. I firmly believe there is nothing like meeting the producer in person,…
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,…
The Scottish Food Fortnight two weeks each September provides an ideal opportunity to sing and dance about our wonderful produce – ok, well cook and eat it at least. In this post: A fitting conclusion to the 2011 Scottish Food Fortnight Recipes from Tom Kitchin and Mattia Camarani to inspire…
