A scrum of Baxterbears eye up the buns at the Caley It’s all kicking off on the afternoon tea front with two heavyweights of the cake stand scene squaring off to one another. In the red corner, the Exchange Bar at the Sheraton in...
If you enjoyed the <a href="https://blog.5pm.co.uk/ dance Magic, dance My other particular favourite is the Darth-Vader-cradling-baby baby shower cake. ...
Fab article in the Independent about Mexican food. It looks at what we mean by authenticity and explains that Mexican food came to be part of our repertoire thorough a very different route than that travelled by, say, Chinese or Indian...
A few weeks back, we posted a blog about useless kitchen gadgets. In the light of this article in The Independent, it turns out that we were hopelessly naive. Pizza trays, egg toppers and pickled onion pinchers all begin to look absolutely...
New eating out options are sprouting up in Edinburgh faster than mime acts on the Royal Mile. On Commercial Street, Budapest reckons that it’s the first Hungarian restaurant in Scotland. Their prototype menu features starters such as spicy...
[][1]TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI AP Joseph Mitengo of the Ntcheu District in Malawi sells the mice in Lilongwe. Is it wrong that I think these look completely edible? They certainly beat the fishmouths of previous posts. I’m imagining...
Yes, after our blog post (and tweet, and newsletter) there was a flurry of bookings and Gandolfi Fish is now full this evening. Apologies if you were really hoping to see Ron Mackenna put through his paces as he hosted the proceedings, but...
Tom Kitchin, top dog at the Leith restaurant which carries his name, launched his first recipe book last night. It’s called From Nature To Plate which sums up the young chef’s philosophy pretty succinctly. For Kitchin, it’s all about the...
Rather than endure the crispy mice on a stick, how about something that actually looks like the best thing ever. Pie on a stick, or pie lollipops if you will. Topcultured has the full run-down. ...
Edinburgh is ear-deep in jugglers for the next three weeks and it’s all rather fun. As always, there are plenty of shows with a food-related theme. The Fringe has listed a couple here. The most scary sounds Crocosmia, a show from the Little...
McDonald’s is a very easy target to have a pop at but there is still something ironic about the idea that the fast food giant may be the only branded foot outlet allowed to trade in the 2012 Olympic venues. Why not just go the whole hog...
Apparently, you learn something new every day. If you have ever spent much time in front of daytime TV then you might suspect that that is not always true. However, I did learn something from a recent press release from the makers of Quaker...
This just in: Gandolfi Fish is now fully booked this evening! Commiserations if you were hoping to go along, but there are loads of other Gourmet Glasgow events so I’m sure there’s something else that will take your fancy! As...
This is a fun story in The Times about an English restaurant opening in Bologna. Vito Cataffo was born in Italy but moved to England as a baby. After a lifetime in the catering trade in Britain, he has decided to introduce the inhabitants...
There are a lot of new places springing up or on the verge of opening. Earlier this week, we mentioned Platillos, a just opened joint on Edinburgh’s Hanover Street which is serving Mexican street food. At the moment they are running a...
And surprisingly it was me. Following on from yesterday’s blog about the media challenge at Martin Wishart’s Cook School, I’m very happy to report that your correspondent was awarded first prize in the cook off. Six different journos from...
