Tomorrow may be Valentine’s Day and the day sales of chocolate and champagne rise and yet for us singletons, I’ve renamed the day ‘Galentine’s Day’ and will be celebrating with my girlfriends in celebration of female friendships; and yes we’ll probably be consuming lots of chocolate and champagne too!
In the Christmas present post, I mentioned that I get chocolate by mail. Christopher and I like chocolate, specifically dark chocolate. On of our favourites is Sainsbury’s Ecuadorian 70% (aka the green one). To shake things up, I decided to subscribe to Cocoa Runners.
Our relatively new team of four at Edinburgh Foody love a team get together to talk all things food and drink. Team Tasting We were recently contacted by West Coast Foods, a lovely little butcher’s shop in Prestwick, Ayrshire, who have an online offering, to see if we would like…
Although this is my first post for Edinburgh Foody, I wanted to take a trip down memory lane and share a favourite family recipe. My parents moved to Edinburgh when I was about three years old, although I was actually born here! A few years later my Mum decided it…
I’ve had a summer of learning. My 10-week Science & Cooking course is coming to an end, the three-day forensic psychology course is but a memory. Learning is fun and I was wondering what to do next when I was invited to a one-day chocolate masterclass with Charlotte Flowers at…
Caroline was exclaiming that neither of the restaurants she wanted to book for Valentine’s Day had a table left. So what should she do instead? I got to thinking, perhaps on the night itself have a Valentine’s night in and eat at a favourite restaurant another day. So it will need…
Caroline and I are becoming regulars on the early train to Glasgow. Last weekend we were heading to Glasgow’s to meet some friends at the first Scottish Coffee Festival. Coffee culture in Scotland has grown to such a degree in the past 10 years that there are two festivals in…
In the midst of Fringe madness, the Scottish Chocolate Festival (23rd-24th & 30th-31st Aug) at the Scotsman Hotel made for a sweet alternative to the non-stop comedy and drama of the Royal Mile. The doors were barely open on the Festival’s first Saturday and the place was already bustling.
I’m sitting at a table with people I haven’t met before, waving what looks like a perfume test strip in front of my nose and exclaiming: ‘it smells a lot more like grass if you inhale it!’. This is what can happen when you’re trying whisky at the Signet Library.…
Edinburgh Foody was invited last week to the launch of the first Chocolatier Larder for Scotland. What wonderful news! Sophie went to Pitlochry to discover the new Fonab Castle Spa Hotel and the exciting first Scottish Chocolatier Guide. The chocolate industry is a very dynamic sector in Scotland. When Julie…
