A new wine fair, Edinburgh Uncorked, brought to us by Diana Thompson of Wine Events Scotland (the lady behind Fizz Feast) is set to arrive in Edinburgh for the first time on Saturday, 30 May.
Love mediterranean food and produce? I do. On a dreich Edinburgh Tuesday with 89% chance of rain I welcome anything that evokes the scent of sun-warmed sandstone, eucalyptus, lavender and a salty sea breeze. Lucky for me, a Mediterranean feast is coming to Edinburgh this year.
Champagne is one of the elegant extras in life,’ so said Charles Dickens the English novelist. This fine elixir is just one of the drinks being celebrated at Fizz Feast, the sparkling wine and artisan food festival run by Diana Thompson, founder of Wine Events Scotland.
November is world vegan month. To celebrate, I’m going to write all about fudge. Vegan fudge. Smooth, silky, delicious, wonderful fudge. You see, I was invited by The Fudge Kitchen Edinburgh to come and taste and make fudge with them, an opportunity I seized with both hands. This is the…
Last week, Christopher and I were privileged to be invited to the celebration of Hawksmoor’s second Edinburgh anniversary in the new private dining space, The Tellers’ Room. They’d put on a feasting menu with matched wines and a talk by Fiona Beckett, food and wine writer, and mother to one…
I had planned to do very little last Thursday. Then, just before lunch, I saw that there was a space going on the Edinburgh Fermentarium kraut and kimchi workshop and jumped on it. There are more workshops coming up and here’s why you should consider going.
No foodie will want to miss the screening of Chef’s Diaries: Scotland on Saturday, 5th October 2019, which sees the renowned and ‘ever-hip’ Roca brothers (Joan, Jordi and Josef), travel around Scotland discovering the cuisine of this country.
It’s a well known fact that this EdinburghFoody blogger has a number of loves – the arts and of course, food and drink. Every August I wait in anticipation with glee for the Fringe programme to show me what the festival has to offer and spend countless hours trawling through…
Holyrood Distillery is already creating gin and will be up and running distilling whisky this summer. Meanwhile, there’s a shop which sits in the middle of an area rich in brewing and distilling history. Want to know more? We did so went on a walking tour with Kask Whisky.
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,…
