I like gin. It’s a thing people know about me. Recently I was, for this very reason, given a bottle of Opihr gin by friends. They’d attended a gin tasting and decided to find one that was right for me. Using their knowledge of my palate and how it compares…
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…
I’ve been feasting on pomegranates this year. My local grocers has been selling monsters almost too big to fit in two hands at £1.49 each. What interested me more was the chance to buy 5 smaller ones for £1. The seeds add a lovely bite, almost a crunch and a…
I know, you’re already feeling a bit overwhelmed about all you need to achieve before Christmas. Most of these recipes can be done in stages and just think of the look on the faces of family and friends who try your handiwork! Here are our top 7 that you can…
My favourite foodie saying is “man tager vad man haver“. It’s a much quoted and miss-quoted saying attributed to Cajsa Warg, Sweden’s first celebrity chef, who published “Housekeeping Assistance for Young Women” in 1755. The quote translates as “use what you have”. It’s excellent advice in the kitchen. It reminds…
Hot from my post on sous vide cooking last week, I am looking at the slow cooker this week. It really seems to be having something of a revival. Caroline has just purchased one and there are many people out there who are passionate users of their cooker on a…
At Edinburgh Foody, we get a lot of interesting information and offers. The other week,one from Eat in Season, a campaign run by Greener Scotland. The campaign’s aim is to get people to cook with local, seasonal ingredients, and they have the support of Tony Singh, from the television programme Incredible…
I imagine my husband’s Great Grandfather, James Stewart, as quite a character. He ran a granite business in Aberdeen. He went off to the Paris International Exhibition in 1900 which was held just below the Eiffel tower and where they won a silver medal for a monument made of pink…
Whilst I love “properly made” coffee, there are occasions when instant will do nicely. I’ve been drinking the same brand of coffee for oodles of years. In fact, I would rather not have coffee at all than drink other brands of coffee. So, it has been a very pleasant surprise…
As you may know, I grew up in England. Each Sunday, along with many other families we always had a roast for lunch. The leftovers from the meat were transformed into one or two dishes later in the week. We always seemed to have the meats in rotation, chicken, pork…
