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 ...
What is it that makes the perfect restaurant, for you? Is a roaring fire a must-have during winter, as you feast on slow-cooked venison and glug a full-bodied red? Are there some other set of elements ...
What speaks more of the Great British Summer than the Garden Party at the Palace of Holyroodhouse? Cucumber sandwiches on the lawn, refreshing glasses of elderflower cordial, a nice wedge of fruitcake, with ladies in hats and gentlemen in morning coats; there is something quintessentially and splendidly British about the ...
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 ...
Each time that the World's Best 50 Restaurants are announced, certain critics get on their high horses and decry that the "the best food isn't found at Heston Blumenthal's" and good honest British food is best. How ironic that ...
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 & ...
When I heard that this month’s theme was ‘experiments’ I immediately thought about what I could write about that was the opposite of this, as I tend to do; but, alas, Blythe got there first (just wait for ...
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 ...
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 ...
