Over the last four months, I’ve experimented with the SousVide Supreme Demi, a compact sous vide for home use. We’ve used it to cook fish, vegetables, and fruit, to prepare potatoes to make very tasty gnocchi, to infuse vodka and make pumpkin custards. With Christmas just around the corner, my experiments…
There is something deeply satisfying about preserving summer fruits, squirreling them away to add colour and lift the spirits in the dark days of winter. When soft fruits and berries are still in season it’s comforting to spend an afternoon stocking the shelves, cupboards and freezer with what’s available from…
Love Indian Food? Love trying something new? We suggest heading off to Mithas’ Street Food Festival. It will take place between the 1st and 17th July. If you’ve not been to Mithas in Leith yet, this is a great introduction. It’s my kind of eating, lots of different dishes to…
I am already won over when I walk in to the restaurant out of the freezing air into a gloriously warm space. I later find that the temperature is set to Australian temperature, co-owner Georgie Binder’s native country. Blackfriars Bar and Restaurant is located just off the Royal Mile in…
Oat cakes are C’s favourite biscuit. He eats them with everything: hummus, cheese, tapenade – if it clings, spreads or stacks, it can go on an oatcake. (I’m the same with crisp bread.) Luckily, oatcakes good for you. They are also very versatile. I like them with cheese, but there’s…
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…
Imagine one glorious September day. The sun was shining, there was a bit of warmth in the air. A perfect day for foraging. We gather at Vogrie Country Park, near Dalkeith to discover the fruits of autumn.
I went to Edinburgh Larder Bistro for my birthday last year. That was my first time, but not the last. Edinburgh Larder is one of my favourite restaurants at the moment, so I was rather pleased to be asked to go there to review it. As usual, I had a…
A Room in Leith has moved! As of May 20th, 2013, its new premises are just across the road from their previous location so they still have a great canal-side outdoors seating area and nice views from inside the restaurant. A great new addition is the conservatory, which seats up…
Many years ago, I worked for a software company on Melville Street. In winter, Teuchter was our local. At the time, there was a tapas restaurant in the cellar. Years have passed and Teuchters is quite a different pub from the one I used to go to with raucous colleagues.…
