As soon as I think of texture in food I always think of granola. I love the crunch of toasted oats and nuts contrasted with cold, smooth milk or yoghurt. I think its beautiful to photograph as well as tasty to eat. A couple of years ago however I would have ...
Much to my delight I finally made it to a master class at Edinburgh restaurant, Cafe St Honore. The food geeks are no strangers to the restaurant and chef director Neil Forbes has written a guest post for the ...
Traditionally, a galette des rois or king cake is eaten on the 6th January to celebrate Epiphany in France. As a child I spent every first week of January skiing in France and my mum always bought a galette des rois on the 6th from the local patisserie. Therefore, I have a ...
When I commented on making a New Year’s Day steak pie, I was asked if it was a Scottish tradition. I was astounded that this did not seem to be widely known and appreciated. However upon reading into the subject it seems that nobody can quite agree when the steak ...
Ready to commit grievous bodily harm if faced with another Christmas leftover dinner? Likewise. However I am equally pained at the thought of wasting any of the mountains of meat and vegetables we are still left with, despite eating our own weight in turkey sandwiches over the last few days. Christmas ...
So hands up who has found a ripe banana or a lumpy apple in the bottom of the fruit basket...? Don't throw them away! They can still make a great dessert... along with broken biscuits and a little leftover yoghurt! What to do... In a beaker blend the fruit, roughly chopped, along ...
So, you had curry or mexican chilli and there is still quite a bit leftover... the solution? Well, being Italian the answer is just one... lasagne! The ideal ingredient: lasagne sheets My experience is that once you have a box of dried lasagne sheets handy you can layer up pretty much anything in ...
We were delighted to talk to Chef Neil Forbes at our November Total Food Geeks meetup at Cafe St Honore and enjoyed finding out about his involvement in the Slow Food Movement and following considerate food practices. To celebrate Terra Madre Day, we asked Neil to tell us ...
Happy St Andrew's Day everyone! This is such a wonderful time of year for Edinburghians; the Christmas Lights were turned on yesterday, today we can be patriotic from the rooftops and for all of December we have Christmas Markets, festive frolics and then Hogmanay. Bliss. To celebrate the start of
Popcorn may be a bit of an obvious choice in response to this month's theme but I've actually had this recipe tucked away waiting for the right opportunity and what could be more useful during the party season - a classic party ...
