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…
How do you mash your potatoes? In the Edinburgh Foody household we’re divided. Mr EF favours the traditional flat soled masher, I use a potato ricer. This week to try and resolve our differences, we have tried a new masher to the market which was created in Australia by Dreamfarm. Named Smood (A…
Chop Chop in Leith has now closed. You can still eat at Chop Chop Haymarket Edinburgh Foody’s last visit to Chop Chop was in 2010, when they first opened their second outlet in Leith. Four years on, the restaurant still appears fresh and well kept. The glass roof allowed the…
Rapeseed oil is a great alternative to other cooking oils. It has a gentle nutty flavour and a lovely rich yellow colour. We use it in our recipes as well as other oils and like it for mayo, cakes and dressings. But there’s more to rapeseed oil than the plain version.…
Restaurants and bars are increasingly finding a niche to have a unique offering. Recently I visited The Flying Dog, a bar and restaurant in Leith. Their speciality is hotdogs and their very special appeal is that they welcome dogs. Dog owners are always looking for places that welcome dogs. I have a…
Emozioni is a range of high-quality Italian foods prepared and packaged with fashion flair. Aimed at foodies and luxury consumers, the products are not cheap but aims to pack a lot of flavour and texture into every spoonful. The packaging makes the products look like high-class cosmetics: it’s an unexpected but…
Locanda de Gusti’s proprietor and chef, Rosario Sartore, has a passion for Italian food. He wants to introduce Edinburgh diners to real Italian food, specifically, the flavours of Naples. Southern Italian cuisine is about great ingredients, treated simply and cooked quickly. Last week, I was invited to Rosario’s new venue I got to sample…
The old National Portrait Gallery café was a firm favourite when Caroline and I worked in the East End (this was before the gallery refit), but changed jobs mean that we are rarely around that part of town at lunchtime. We enjoyed the old café’s home-cooked feel and good selection…
Rose Street is a busy, buzzy place full of shoppers during the day and revelers in the evening. It offers pubs and bars, and a wide variety of restaurants. I went there last week to check out the new menu at Element.
You’ll know Pizza Express, they’re a well-established pizza chain that focuses on Italian-style pizza: thin bases and interesting toppings; pizzas that don’t swim in cheese. The company has quite a following and even have a range of pizzas and dough balls that sell through supermarkets. For Spring 2014, Pizza Express has a new menu…
