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Dining at the Pass One Square Edinburgh
One evening not long before Christmas, four bloggers make their way to a very exclusive table. A table for four no more, no less. We made our way through the lounge, not quite as far as the dining room, through doors almost as if we were leaving the premises. Ahh,…
Toppings for Nairn’s oatcakes: easy snack or elegant paté? Both!
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…
Brilliant food for babies
This post is unashamedly for parents and grandparents. And of course for their offspring. It’s a new departure for us, but we’re always interested in food, whatever form it takes! My tester for this post is Tilly. She’s nearly 16 months old. Since she was about 5 months old, she’s…
Opihr gin gives classic cocktails a seasonal update
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…
Cockenzie House – Afternoon tea bliss
Mr EF is a scone connoisseur. When he’s out bagging a munro and comes down off the hills, a good scone is always on his agenda. So gradually, he’s mapped the best scones across Scotland. At Cockenzie House we came across a scone that goes straight into the Scone Top…
Pâtisserie by Murielle Valette
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…
Grenadine – make your own
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…
Nespresso: learning about coffee their way
We have seven cafetières, a filter mug, a ROK espresso press and a mocha pot. If we want coffee, we have several ways of making it. Because all of these methods result in a certain amount of mess, we recently also got a Nespresso machine, with a milk heater on…
Our top 7 Christmas recipes
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…
Quick and easy ice-cream cake – use what’s at hand
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…