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…
You may have enjoyed Palek Paneer or Saag Paneer at an Indian Restaurant. Indeed I tasted a really delicious paneer at Mithas in Edinburgh recently. You might not have thought of making the paneer (cheese) yourself. But it is such an easy recipe. It works almost like magic! I’ve discovered that the milk…
Recently, I received a press release from the Four Seasons hotels enticing me to take a culinary break at a far flung location. And whilst I could dream of jetting to the Seychelles just to go and catch a fish which would then be prepared by the head chef for…
If you love cooking, have you ever tried to find a cookbook that will instil even just a little bit of your passion in someone else? Not an easy task. I’ve tried and have had limited success, but now I’ve found one Virgin to Veteran: How to Get Cooking with…
How and what we cook has changed over the years. Particularly, the rise of jars and ready-meals means that you don’t have to know how to cook to have a cooked meal. Personally, I think being able to cook a meal from scratch is an important life skill. But then I would:…
Almost next door to Wedgwood Restaurant, Edinburgh there’s two new faces on the block, lovely women Beth Edberg and Fiona McEwan who run Cranachan & Crowdie. Uniquely Scottish Products This shop is certainly unique in Edinburgh and could be in all of Scotland. All the products on sale are made…
Some of my very best food memories involve the subject of this post: Heritage Portfolio. I have been wowed by a champagne dinner at Lennoxlove House; astonished and bowled over by a Hallowe’en themed Mansfield Traquair and cosseted in the intimate dining room at the Museum of Scotland before going…
You might consider going all the way to Kerala to discover how to cook vegetarian food a trifle excessive, but I cannot think of a more enjoyable way to do so! We spent a week at The Pimenta on our foodie holiday. As a meat eater, it could have been…
I’ve become rather obsessed with India over the last few years, not least when I discovered Atul Kochhar on the Great British Menu and started cooking dishes from his two great cookery books. He gave me an insight to a subtle balance of spices and flavours with very easy to…
The Hairy Bikers went to Norway on their ‘bakeation’ this year, and Jamie Oliver went to Sweden last year. Scandinavian cuisine is having a moment (as Steffi Dellner pointed out in Prospect Magazine). I had noticed too and I was thinking about what makes Scandinavia hip at the moment. My…
