Now that the more traditional British summer weather seems to have started in earnest, it’s only natural that a man’s thoughts should turn to the barbecue. After all, few things say ‘Scottish July’ quite as definitively as the smell of wet...
Yesterday marked the closing date for Domino Pizza’s competition to find a new pizza. Part of their sponsorship deal with Britain’s Got Talent, the delivery service asked the public to suggest topping combinations which would be sold from...
I was tickled by news from the haggis producers Macsween who say that some 20 per cent of the company’s haggis are now sold in London. Altogether, more haggis is now sold in England than in Scotland. ...
According to market analysts Allegra Strategies, hotel dining is dead. A report on the Big Hospitality site has Allegra’s MD Jeffrey Young saying that too many hotel dining rooms are ‘sterile’ and that many hotels have ‘dropped their...
Allotments and how to get one seem to be a hot topic at the moment. At a recent dinner, one wannabe allotmenteer reckoned that there was a three year waiting list before you could start tending the loam on an Edinburgh council patch....
At the risk of turning this blog into a billboard for Hendrick’s Gin, I would happily urge you all to skip to Edinburgh’s Bristo Square over the next couple of days and take a squint at the brand’s Horseless Carriage of Curiosities. I’ve...
When Delia Smith spelled out how to boil an egg in one of her recipe books, she copped a fair amount of flak from people accusing her of being patronising. If this story in The Telegraph is anything to go by then Delia didn’t go far...
Even for restaurants that genuinely want to be family friendly, catering for children is often a secondary consideration. At the newly opened Yard in Leith, the kids come first. Opened on the former site of The Courtyard on Bonnington...
Budget airline Ryanair has just opened a new direct route between Edinburgh and Haugesund, a city on the south west coast of Norway. The Haugesund region promotes itself as the home of the Viking Kings but these days the area is more keen...
A battle of words has broken out between the Indian restaurateurs of Birmingham and Glasgow with both laying claim to the origins of certain styles of curry. In Birmingham, there are moves afoot to have balti curries trademarked so that...
Now that everyone (apart from me…) is jetting offer to sunnier climes for a week or two, the attention of the foodie community appears to be swinging towards the much mulled-over topic of airline meals. This interesting piece on the...
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...
I had to use that headline, it’s too good to not. Anyway, today I’m mostly loving this post from the Guardian’s excellent Word of Mouth food blog. A friend of mine kept African land snails as pets, and then went away to...
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...
