Category Archives: guest writer
Portrait Café at the National Portrait Gallery – Space and light
Celebrating the first Chocolate Larder guide
Edinburgh Foody was invited last week to the launch of the first Chocolatier Larder for Scotland. What wonderful news! Sophie went to Pitlochry to discover the new Fonab Castle Spa Hotel and the exciting first Scottish Chocolatier Guide. The chocolate industry is a very dynamic sector in Scotland. When Julie…
Galette de rois – Celebrating the Twelfth Night “à la française”
Pâtisserie by Murielle Valette
Our guest blogger is Vohn McGuinness who blogs over at Vohn’s Vittles. Edinburgh Foody kindly sent me the new book Patisserie: A Step-by-step Guide to Baking French Pastries at Home by Murielle Valette to review. It is, quite simply, a beautiful book with stunning photographs throughout. Ms Valette is from a family…
Only Wolves and Lions – A Theatrical Culinary Evening
For the middle weekend of Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight, MJ and I, along with friends Hannah, Alison, and Tracey (not to mention Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight’s very own Hannah Ewan) popped along to multi-purpose arts venue, Summerhall, for an evening of…well, I really wasn’t too sure what to…
Henderson’s 50/50 Festival
American Hungry (The illusion of restaurant choice)
This week, I asked Hamish Macfarlane, to be our guest writer. Born and educated in Scotland, Hamish lives in Madison, Tennessee, where he teaches English and writes. I visited Hamish and Rebecca in the summer and we went to their favourite restaurant. Las Cebollas was a family-friendly, cheerful and colourful Mexican that…