Caroline and Amy get to grips with two new pasta products which are a tad unusual. I Sea Pasta Good things come from the sea. The latest sea treasure to enter my kitchen is I Sea Pasta, seaweed that looks mightily pasta-like. It’s full of fibre, low in calories, rich in…
I wasn’t sure what to expect from coconut jam but even so, what I received wasn’t what I imagined. Based on my experiences with coconut oil, I had pictured something white and perhaps lumpy or granular like a thick fruit jam. In reality, Buko Organic Jam was far more enticing.
I personally find the smells of Asian food irresistible, so when the opportunity came up recently to preview the Summer Cookery Courses at the Edinburgh New Town Cookery School, I was keen to pop along.
Don’t you just love surprises? Mine came in the shape of a white box, delivered by a courier late one afternoon. Inside was a cornucopia of fish from Skipper’s Choice. Meanwhile across town, Amy also received another box of fish brimming with a different selection of fish. If you watched…
This post is a response to a request from my lovely friend Cara, who’s having a baby. (Congratulations!) Cara asked for a blog detailing places that serve both alcoholic and a good selection of non-alcoholic drinks, “not just Coke and mineral water.”
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…
Elly Curshen (also known as Elly Pear) runs the Pear Cafe in Bristol. Five years ago, her weight had increased. She wasn’t the sort of person that tried one diet after another. Like many of us, she had watched Michael Mosley’s Horizon documentary Eat Fast and Live Longer. Michael discovered…
Last year, I reviewed The Social Bite Cookbook. One of the recipes that caught my eye was the goat’s cheese and spinach frittata. Frittata, with its melting texture and flexibility of flavour is is a dish I occasionally crave for. (I love anything that can stand up to lashings of hot sauce and…
I suddenly had a yearning to make a Bakewell Tart last week. Together with scones, I think that a moist, tasty Bakewell Tart is a good indicator that a café has a great baker on board. This led me to an enjoyable time searching through my cookbooks and reading some fascinating…
This year, we’ve a big focus on healthy eating on the Edinburgh Foody blog. When you’ve been diagnosed as diabetic, its not just about a desire to eat healthily it’s a necessity. Two years ago we relished Robin Ellis’ (the original Poldark) recipes in his book Healthy Eating. Now he’s…
