We’ve just heard that Roy Brett, king of the kitchen at South Queensferry’s Dakota Hotel, plans to open a new seafood restaurant in the Missoni Hotel in Edinburgh city centre. Called Ondine, it is scheduled to open in...
As you may have noticed, the Hendrick’s carriage link isn’t live yet. Instead, it transpires that there is a Facebook group that you can join here with a view to bagging a seat at the degu-station table. ...
Following on from last Thursday’s tale of Jacko’s funeral jellies, we’ve dug up some more info on the Edinburgh event that jelly masters Bompas and Parr are involved with this weekend. Essentially, it’s a marketing and PR exercise for...
Scotland’s employers can expect a dramatic fall off in productivity rates this afternoon as Andy Murray takes to the centre court in Wimbledon. If he beats the American Andy Roddick then he will, presumably, face Federer in the final...
I’m not sure whether we should laugh or cry over this headline in today’s Herald. ‘Binge-tanning Scots use chip fat to fry’ runs the legend. Doesn’t everyone use olive oil? Smells so much nicer. ...
As if Michael Jackson’s life wasn’t strange enough, the events surrounding his death have been even weirder. Or at least the rumours which have been reported have been. My favourite was the obviously false but still funny suggestion that...
The Times has a fun story about a new recipe book which is supposedly written by Precious Ramotswe, the founder of Botswana’s The No1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and the creation of Scotland’s Alexander McCall Smith. A charity project,...
Gordon Ramsay’s reputation has not just been battered of late. It’s been sliced, diced, minced, chewed over and spat out but, as you might expect, there is plenty of life in the old dog yet. The fifth series of The F Word is...
In Scotland, giving suggestions on where to eat outside is always done more in hope than expectation. Looking out of my window shortly after 9am, I can barely see the other side of the street for fog. There aren’t kids in the back gardens...
A new survey from the seafood industry promoters Seafish has arrived at the less than startling conclusion that people think of fish as a summery dish. While this news is on a par with the idea that bears often use the woods to relieve...
In what will probably be this blog’s last mention of Hormel’s famous meat product for some time, there is a cheeky report on the Spam Cook of the Year competition here in The Times. Interestingly, the winning dish of gruyere, Spam and...
There is a fun article in The Times entitled The 15 Golden Rules of Theatre Etiquette. I liked rule number 14 which states that theatre goers should try their hardest not to be tall and obscure the sight lines of other audience members. It...
Billed as the greatest show on earth, the 169th Royal Highland Show gets underway today at the Royal Highland Centre just outside Edinburgh. With around 160,000 visitors expected, it’s certainly one of the biggest public events in the...
The seventh annual Scottish Real Ale Festival starts pouring tomorrow at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh. The CAMRA event features some 130 beers, ciders and perries from around 30 breweries. The companies represented range from big boys...
Whether they are frazzling the bangers at their courtyard barbecues or having a knees-up at their Friday ceilidhs, there is seldom a dull day at Glasgow’s venerable Sloans. Since it opened as a coffee house way back in 1797, the premises...
If the idea of a nice cup of Rosie Lea stirs your passions more than a steaming mug of Java juice then you might be interested in the tea tasting events being held in Edinburgh’s new Eteaket cafe boutique. Run by the boutique’s owner and...
