New Year, New You... a phrase so often spoken in January. But amidst a month of trying new things and making resolutions we have found comfort in falling back into well worn and perfectly developed old traditions. From what to do with your festive leftovers to traditional Burns night recipes we ...
For me, the true essence of living dangerously is to simply throw out the rules… and that’s how I’ve chosen to get myself into the danger zone for Total Food Geeks. New ingredients, new techniques, and no recipe to follow. As a baker, stepping into this unknown is rather terrifying. I’ve ...
From the optimism of the menu illustrations at Burger King to the obligatory compost heap of roquette and the Jenga-stacked chunky chips at the gastro-pub; from the malicious taunts of unfeasibly perfect recipe book photographs to the finest, Michelin starred, black truffle and bone marrow installation art; the obvious and common purpose of the ...
Well, holidays are well and truly over... I am back in Edinburgh in the sunshine and showers and immersed back in work. My fortnight in Rome, lecturing and spending time with family was great though. Taking advantage of my lunch break I thought I would share the story of my ...
I am always blown away when the minimum of ingredients can come together to make something pretty special. I mention the wonders of flour, yeast and water often enough so I thought I would take a break this month and focus on something else pretty magical; fruit and sugar. Fruit & ...
This month, the TFGE crew were treated to a private dining experience at the newly refurbished Harvey Nichols Forth Floor restaurant to try out the new tasting menu and have a gander at the ...
Back from a nice morning in the sun and just about to start planning my forthcoming series of lectures... Yes, I shall be working in one of the Universities in the city for the next fortnight! Before I did so, I thought I would honour my promise ...
Yesterday evening ten food lovers donned their glad rags and paid a visit to the newly refurbished Forth Floor Restaurant at Harvey Nichols, Edinburgh. It was a wonderful combination of old and new geeks, and a great chance to delve into the ...
Baking bread at home has become a new obsession for me. Well, I say new. In actual fact I made a new year resolution at the beginning of January 2011 to turn my back on the supermarket sliced loaf and get kneading. For a million and one reasons I didn't ...
MasterChef is unlike any situation I've ever known... The current series of MasterChef is barrelling ever closer to the final, with just a few weeks left until this year's winner is crowned and we just cannot get enough. With the excitement hotting up, we caught up with ...
