If you live in a city like myself, it’s too easy not to escape once in a while. But when you do, it can be just like being on holiday. Recently, Mr EF and I drove into Fife to St Monans, just an hour and a quarter’s drive from Edinburgh. …
Martin Wishart and Paul Tamburrini are launching The Honours, a brasserie in the heart of Edinburgh. Together, they are hoping to make an exciting space with excellent food. Where Wishart’s is formal fine dining, this new venture will be informal, relaxed and child friendly and the quality of food and…
Clare Rennie took some time out of her very busy pre Taste of Edinburgh festival preparations to tell us about Berry Scrumptious, a small company based on the family fruit farm in Aberdeenshire run by husband and wife team Claire & Ross Rennie. The farm is situated on the north…
Salads are no longer ordinary, nor do they have to come from some anonymous far flung location. Those salads in plastic pillow packs were likely to have been washed in chemicals to keep them fresh. So, we were very excited to hear of saladworx, Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards…
For the first three years of Taste of Edinburgh I went to it with my good friends Hamish and Rebecca. In March this year, they moved to Tennessee and I rashly vowed not to go to Taste Edinburgh without them. Luckily, Edinburgh isn’t the only city that has a Taste…
We love visiting the Edinburgh College of Art degree shows each year. This time, as I walked round, a distinctly foodie edge to the displays emerged. Andrew Summers uses typography to enhance a 3-dish menu for his imaginary restaurant, Typo Bistro. He uses fonts, body copy and composition to build…
One of my most inspired birthday presents for my husband was membership of the Scotch Malt Whisky society. Over the years we’ve enjoyed sampling malts from all over Scotland but knew very little about how it is made. When I saw the competition being run by The Glenrothes for four…
Sushi. It’s all about the fish and the fish has to be fresh. This close to the coast, sourcing good fish and serving it up should be easy. So why isn’t Edinburgh awash in excellent sushi eateries? I think it has something to do with the fish eating public. Edinburgh…
Since this post was written, the location for tea has changed to the Peacock Room in the newly named Waldorf Astoria. You might have guessed by now that Caroline and I really love a good tea and of course particularly enjoy the in-depth research it requires to find just the…
First Coast is at the top of Dalry Road, Edinburgh opposite The Good Seed and La Partenope. I’ve been going there for years, for dinner and lunch, celebrations or just when I don’t want to cook. Over the years, I have grown increasingly fond of the place. The food is…
