I understand that three minutes doesn’t sound like a particularly noteworthy time to wait, but rarely do I feel more conscious of the passage of time than when watching the sands of time slip through an hourglass. On a recent visit, to Pekoe Tea, in Tollcross, I sampled sencha green ...
This year’s Edinburgh festival, and in particular the Edinburgh International Book Festival, has been a very busy time, so it proved rather propitious timing that we were to spend a weekend in Perthshire, in the middle of the month, to celebrate our friend Mary’s birthday.
Happy Valentine's Day! As those of you who have come across my cake-centric thoughts on the BakeNation blog will know, I am a keen admirer of baked goods, and on this romance-themed day, I would even go so far as to say that I love them. This fanaticism surrounding eating ...
In December, I wrote a little post about food as fuel. I promised a second story, which would cover my next batch of re-fuelling stops, as we continue training for a 100km walk between London and Brighton that will take place in May. Well, the moment has arrived for the ...
Total Food Geeks came together because of a united love of geeking out about food. Over the past few weeks I've come across some things which I've thought were the epitome of this group mentality, so I thought I'd share them with you all... 1. The first is a book - ...
I've just started training for a 100k walk, which takes place in May 2012. Over the past few moths, I've been pretty regular with my three mile round-trip walk to work, each day, but the prospect of dealing with this mammoth distance, which will involve somewhere in the region of ...
At the bottom of Dundas Street there lies a room so full of magic and cheer that the eyes of adults and children alike are filled with delight from the moment they enter. The room is at once spacious, ...
One of the core aims of Total Food Geeks is to support and encourage those involved in the Scottish food industries... Be it a butcher, a baker, a writer, a chef, a producer... we will be there to ...
