[][1]Stravaigin 2: circling its wagons for next week’s cowboy feast If you think that The Outlaw Josey Wales was the best film ever made, or that Blazing Saddles was the highpoint in celluloid comedy, then mosey on down to Stravaigin...
No pics for this post as I don’t want to put you off your lunch but you might want to look at the Food for Louis YouTube channel in which Londoner Louis Cole eats lots animals which most of wouldn’t wish to consider as food. It...
[][1]Crabshakk has a little baby brother: Table 11 Since opening in 2009, the Crabshakk in Glasgow’s Finnieston has been going great guns with fantastic reviews from the national press and, more importantly, lots of bums on...
[][1]Kanpai’s chefs impressed the Scotsman’s critic Back in February, Edinburgh’s Kanpai Sushi restaurant won the Newcomer of the Year title at the Scottish Restaurant Awards.We blogged about it here. At the weekend, The...
[][1]Glasgow’s Viva Brazil is on trend according to Olive mag According to Olive magazine, Glasgow’s Viva Brazil helps demonstrate one of the eating trends which will rock the culinary world in 2012. The May edition of the...
We’re not exactly quick off the blocks with this one but Nardini’s of Largs has branched out and, in the last month or so, opened Nardini’s on Byres Road in Glasgow. Ice cream, cakes, coffees and sarnies are on the...
[][1]Mattia Camorani: head chef at Cucina at Hotel Missoni The recent Easter weekend means that the brief British asparagus season is at hand. The kitchen team at Cucina at Hotel Missoni in Edinburgh have been quick off the blocks to...
[][1]Gordon Ramsay: not always in the news for the best reasons but probably done more than anyone else to promote British food abroad There is a thought-provoking piece in today’s Telegraph about the growing trend for Chinese people...
[][1]Mark Greenaway is on the telly tonight Finished your last Easter Egg? Can’t bear the thought of another eggciting family activity? Yup, me too. After a very long lunch yesterday, the blog is feeling a little… tired...
[][1]It’s an Easter squirrel, obviously. So, Easter weekend. A time for renewal and sure sign that spring is here; even if the weather does keep on forgetting and slipping back into January mode. While most of us will be putting our...
[][1]Are you lonesome tonight? Over the last couple of days, it seems as though most of the country has been eager to see if Tian Tian and Yang Guang, the pandas at Edinburgh Zoo, would make the most of their brief mating season, get jiggy...
[][1]Rosehip on Rose Street David Ramsden’s burgeoning Dogs empire took a step back a few months ago when Sea Dogs on Edinburgh’s Rose Street shut down. However, much like nature, restaurateurs abhor a vacuum and it...
[][1]Giles Coren: fishing for the truth about Our Food Just a quick nib to draw your attention to Our Food, a new, four part, BBC2 documentary series looking at regional food production in the UK. Among others, The Times’ restaurant...
[][1]Edinburgh chefs prepare for Taste with a picnic on The Meadows The Taste of Edinburgh food festival will be touching down in The Meadows over the weekend 6-8 July. Now in its sixth year, some sixteen restaurants will be taking part...
[][1]Fight for your right to party at Foodies OK, get your diaries out. The weather may have turned but festival season is fast approaching and it’s time to pencil in visits to the Foodies festivals. The Scottish Foodies takes place...
[][1]Carina Contini – first female chef in Slow Food Alliance Congrats are due to Carina Contini who runs Centotre and the Scottish Cafe and Restaurant in Edinburgh with her husband Victor. Carina has just become the first ever...
