Festive fun and gorgeous colours at Foodies Festival Christmas
Last weekend we popped in to look round the Foodies Festival at the EICC. Loved the variety of stands there, we sampled most things from the gooiest ever chocolate brownies to gin, raw sugar cane rum cocktails, curry and everything in between. We loved the demos too and especially liked the look of Mark Heirs cured salmon using Arbikie Gin.
Oysterman, Loch Fyne oysters, Damn Fine Cheese and The Drinks Bakery line up their goods.
Saturday morning at Edinburgh Academy. People are setting up and anyone who comes through the door is handed a champagne flute and a voucher for an oyster. Bottles pop: Fizz Festival, Edinburgh, has started.
Edinburgh has festivals aplenty, and food gets a look-in too. We have two other events that bring together foodies, producers and chefs. This year, like most years, I went to both. They are, in many ways, different affairs. Here’s what you can expect (and what I ate and drank).
So the Fringe festival is almost upon us, starting next week in the main and has it got some treats in store for the foodies among us. But you don’t need to wait until next week as happening now in Edinburgh’s George Square Gardens is Assembly’s Edinburgh Food Festival. It’s…
I recently came across the Danish word hygge. It has no direct English translation but it seems to encapsulate warmth, comfort and a sense of well being. Now there are fewer and fewer hours of daylight I am certainly craving comfort food more and more, aren’t you? A little bit of hygge?…
You’ll know by now that we love a good cocktail. What we also love is something that surprises and enchants us. Something that is unique and we’ll not find somewhere else. Is this possible? Yes indeed! Cocktails in the City is a two day event held at the amazing Mansfield…
Time passes so quickly in August and great things could pass you by. Our plan for this section is to give you brief ideas of foodie things that you shouldn’t miss. Bookmark and check back often. Foodie Popups and Comedy Singh’s Road Trip at the Apex in the Grassmarket Tony Singh…
Competition Closed Congratulations to our winners. Looking forward to seeing you at Foodies! Foodies Festival – 7 to 9 August 2015 The official start of summer is just around the corner and there’s no better way to celebrate the season than with a refreshing glass of wine and some mouth-watering Spanish…
Caroline and I are becoming regulars on the early train to Glasgow. Last weekend we were heading to Glasgow’s to meet some friends at the first Scottish Coffee Festival. Coffee culture in Scotland has grown to such a degree in the past 10 years that there are two festivals in…
The Summerhall arts space, in the old Dick Vet, has established itself as an absolute gem of a place, playing host to all manner of intriguing events, exhibitions and shows. The middle Sunday of June saw it transformed into a food-lovers paradise called Savour, a festival of food arranged across…
