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…
Tony Singh is someone I was familiar with from his appearances on television but I had never had a chance to taste his food until now. The Apex International Hotel has turned over its Metro Brasserie to him for the month of August for his pop up restaurant Road Trip.…
A few more places that have caught our eye this August Enroot 21 and 22 August, Location: 67 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8AU. Cost£10 booking fee, then pay what you feel There’s been plenty of chatter about Enroot amongst foodies in Edinburgh”a nomadic, grassroots venture that travels around hosting farm-to-table events…
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 Virtues of the Table is sub-titled How to Eat and Think. It was the secondary title that attracted me to the book. It’s a book about food and philosophy, applying a philosophical approach to what we eat and how we eat it. It’s not a book that prescribes how…
The festival can get very hectic and you need to take time out to relax and recover. Where better to do that than the Signet Library? Throughout the festival, the Signet Library plays host to the Pommery Bar which puts on a number of different events. It is also open…
