Get started in the kitchen with Easy Peasy! Real Cooking For Kids
Written by Mary Contini and Pru Irvine, Easy Peasy! Real Cooking For Kids will help children to be confident in the kitchen. ...
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Just say no to lunching al-desko
A new survey of British lunching habits show that a third of us eat the same thing every day. ...
Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight 2018 celebrates seafood
Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight 2018 ends this weekend but it’s going out with a bang thanks to not one but two seafood festivals. Starting in Glasgow, The Clyde Fishermen’s Trust is organising a Festival of the Sea in the Briggait on...
Back to school with classes at these Scottish gin distilleries
Calling all Scottish gin fans! This weekend, we were going to suggest that you might care to visit the Gin Fayre taking place in Ayr on Friday and Saturday. However, last time we looked, all three sessions had sold out. Checking back for...
Kyloe Restaurant and Hardiesmill Farm aim for the ‘best Scottish steak experience’
Edinburgh’s Kyloe Restaurant aims to provide the ‘best Scottish steak experience’ and the beef they use from Hardiesmill in the Borders plays a major role in that ambition. Named after an old Scots word for cattle, Kyloe has been one of...
Something for the weekend? A tasty trio of food and drink events
Fancy browsing some food and drink events this weekend? Tuck into this delicious threesome. First up, the Dundee Flower and Food Festival starts tomorrow (Friday 31 August) and runs until Sunday. One of Scotland’s longest running food and...
Celebrate our natural larder with the Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight
The Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight starts on Saturday 1st September and the 5pm Dining blog has all the details. Running until Sunday 16th September, the annual event is designed to celebrate Scotland’s larder. Coinciding neatly with...
Food Tourism Scotland Action Plan to bring in extra £1 billion by 2030
Scotland’s food and drink sector is booming. The new Food Tourism Scotland Action Plan aims to boost it further. A quick scan of the news headlines makes it easy to retreat behind the mantra that things are bad and will only get worse. Of...
Seafood Scotland reel us in with Arbikie cocktails
Last week, the 5pm Dining Blog was invited out for dinner by Seafood Scotland. Founded in 1999, the organisation was set up by the industry for the industry to support the Scottish seafood sector. What caught our eye about the event was...
BOWfest and The Great British Food Festival duke it out
Two of Scotland’s grandest aristos are about to battle it out as their country estates host BOWfest and The Great British Food Festival on the same weekend. Duelling may have fallen from favour but hosting food festivals appears to be the...
Have you tried these new restaurants on 5pm Dining?
Looking for new restaurants in Glasgow? Hungry for 5pm Dining offers? Forks ready for Locanta Mediterranean and The Staging Post. Locanta Mediterranean is a new place on Pitt Street in Glasgow city centre. More accurately, it is the...
Guess what new restaurants have been added to 5pm Dining...
Innis & Gunn Beer Kitchen in Dundee. Hello weekend, my old friend! If you're looking to add novelty to your weekend, 5pm Dining has two new restaurants. We like to keep things fresh around these parts so new restaurants are always...
Food news round-up: The Lookout, cocktails and Markle sparkles with zucchini
The Lookout promises incredible views to Fife. Looking for the latest food news? On today's menu, we have some serious news with a few sides of lunacy. Tuck in. First up is today's plat du jour: the team behind Edinburgh's Gardener's...
Press play for sustainable food in Scotland
Want to eat well? Eating sustainable food is half the battle. Want to eat well and ethically? Zev Robinson's films look at some of the issues surrounding sustainable food in Scotland. Last Sunday, the 5pm Food blog was invited to the...
Silly season special: Irn Bru worth its weight in gold...
The Pavilion Theatre's stash of original recipe Irn Bru is currently under 24 hour guard. Pic: Pavilion Facebook. Looking for silly season food news? How about The Pavilion Theatre striking it rich with a lost stockpile of original recipe...
New restaurants on 5pm: tuck in at Cocktails and Steaks plus the Grand Café
New restaurants on 5pm Dining: Cocktails and Steaks in Uddingston. There are always new restaurants joining 5pm Dining. Now you can book Edinburgh's Grand Café and Uddingston's Cocktails and Steaks via 5pm. A premium steakhouse,...