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 ...
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 ...
Edinburgh is a city so saturated with food and drink experiences that we can sometimes fail to notice the delights that fall right under our noses. For me, Iglu was such a place. Igu Bar & Restaurant is a cute, cosy nook hidden away on Jamaica Street on the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Making your own stock is a pretty well advertised way of reducing waste and reusing a roast chicken or meat joint to get another meal out of it but I have a few extra tricks to stretch your ingredients even further and get every last bit of nutrition out of ...
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
