Pigs: cuter when not in a test tube We were tickled by two very different but linked stories that appeared in the papers over the weekend. The Sunday Times has a story about scientists successfully growing pork meat from pig cells in a...
Once more the thoughts of the 5pm blog turn to curry, the spicy centrepiece of the UK’s culinary crown jewels. First up, this is a cracking piece on the BBC site about the history of curry in the UK. Who would have guessed that...
Tom Lewis of Monachyle Mhor It seems perferctly normal now but perhaps one of the most surprising phenomenon of the last ten years has been the rise of the food festival. A decade ago, the idea that the public would want to spend a day...
BrewDog MD James Watt and friend Those cheeky chaps at the Scottish craft brewers BrewDog have done it again. Not content with annoying the health lobby with their 18% ABV Tokyo beer, they have just released a 32% ABV brew under the name...
Tequila comes in all shapes and sizes Tequila. Mexican firewater best endured with a line of salt and washed away with a bite of lime, right? A macho drink that’s knocked back in shots and the roughest, toughest cowboy is the one who...
The world famous pie trophy The Moray based Murdoch Brothers have been crowned the eleventh World Scotch Pie Champions at a glittering awards ceremony held at Carnegie College in Dunfermline this afternoon. The Forres butchers add the...
Rose Murray Brown gets to grips with a chunky red The Homecoming event reaches it climax this weekend with St Andrew’s Day celebrations taking place all over the country. Many of the shindigs get underway from tomorrow. One of the...
They could have been contenders I know that you have all been on tenterhooks waiting for this date but, at last, the day has dawned when the winner of the 2010 World Scotch Pie Championships is announced. Will Boghall Butchers retain their...
Jack believes in plain speaking A couple of weeks back, we posted about Illegal Jack’s, a new South West Grill which was taking shape on Edinburgh’s Lothian Road. It is now up and running. Unusually for a restaurant,...
Yatai's new Bauhaus Hotel home Over the last few years, Yatai has been quietly making a name for itself as not just the most authentic Japanese restaurant in Aberdeen but in Scotland as a whole. Last year, it won the Best Oriental category...
According to this article in the New York Times, there is a growing trend for mixologists to concoct drinks which are supposed to have health benefits. It sounds a great excuse for having a snifter on a normally dry Monday. ...
Reports of National Curry Week taking place last month have been greatly exaggerated; chiefly by this blog. In fact, National Curry Week takes place this week and there is even a curry-related poem to celebrate the occasion. Mmmmm...
Mmmvelopes: taste like bacon and hold letters The 5pm blog has never been slow in bringing our readers the very latest news of culinary innovation, particularly if that news happened to be bacon-related. We have already informed you of...
Open just over a week and already a 5pm member, the Lucky 7 canteen on Glasgow’s Bath Street promises good food and no fuss. They could easily add good value into the slogan without upsetting the trading standards people. At...
Patrick Bardoulet of the Horseshoe Inn There will be ten days of feasting on the menu as the Borders Banquet gets underway tomorrow. Billed as ‘Home cooking for Homecoming’ the event coincides with the nationwide celebrations...
Loving this thread on The Word’s website about bands and their food equivalent. Obviously, a lot of them are just straight down the line abuse. It doesn’t take the finest comic mind in the world to equate The Stereophonics with...
