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Author Catriona Thomson

Catriona Thomson

Catriona Thomson

Catriona is based in the Scottish Borders and works as part of the audiovisual team at the Scotsman but she reviews restaurants for Scotland on Sunday and writes for Scotsman Food and Drink in her spare time.

Osso at Home
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Osso at Home Peebles, Restaurant Review

Catriona Thomson
February 28, 2021
Restaurant Review
Chopping, dicing, simmering, roasting, melting, mixing, grilling, beating, stirring, liquidising, emulsifying, reducing and chilling, are just a few of the skills employed by Ali McGrath from Osso in Peebles...
Iain R. Spink

Scotland’s Larder: Iain R. Spink’s Original Smokies from Arbroath

Catriona Thomson
February 25, 2021
Producers
Iain R. Spink has been called an unofficial ambassador for Arbroath Smokies, and he is never far away from his home port, where his family ran their fish processing factory for about 100 years. He gets a...
Jamie Brown of Jarvis Pickle Pies. Photo by Lisa Ferguson

Scotland’s Larder: Jamie Brown from Jarvis Pickle Pies

Catriona Thomson
February 22, 2021
Producers
One of the events during British Pie Week is the British Pie Awards, but this year, the organisers of the fiercely contested awards took the decision to postpone until later in the summer or early autumn due...
Rob Paton the Fat Batard Baker

Scotland’s Larder: Rob Paton from The Fat Batard Bakery, Peebles

Catriona Thomson
February 12, 2021
Producers
Rob Paton from The Fat Batard Bakery, Peebles has obviously got a wicked sense of humour when it came to naming his shop which he opened in January last year, "just in time for lockdown," he said. The...
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Underdog, Peebles, Restaurant Review

Catriona Thomson
February 5, 2021
Restaurant Review
As a result of the current pandemic we are all getting used to lining up and waiting our turn, so much so that I'm thinking of publishing a manual on the do’s and don't of q-etiquette. Here in the...
Andrew Skea from The Potato House

Scotland’s Larder: Andrew Skea from The Potato House

Catriona Thomson
February 3, 2021
Producers
Whether it is for baking, boiling, roasting, making chips or for mash, Andrew Skea knows a thing or two about the humble potato. Andrew’s grandfather was involved in growing seed potatoes on a mixed...
Selina Cairns from Errington chees. Picture by marcmillarphotography

Scotland’s Larder: Selina Cairns from Errington Cheese

Catriona Thomson
January 29, 2021
Producers
Selina Cairns was born in Dumfries but moved to Walston Braehead Farm, Lanark when she was two. Humphrey, her father, went into dairy sheep in the early 80's. She tells us that her father didn't have a...
Scotland’s Larder: Richard Keeling and Jessica Jericevich, from Three Hills Coffee Roastery in Selkirk

Scotland’s Larder: Richard Keeling and Jessica Jericevich, from Three Hills Coffee Roastery in Selkirk

Catriona Thomson
January 26, 2021
Producers
Three Hills Coffee Roastery is based in Selkirk in the Borders and is named after triple summits of the nearby Eildons. The owners, Richard Keeling and Jessica Jericevich, were struggling to come up with a...
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Heat@Home pizza from Wood Ovens Wonders, Leadburn, Restaurant Review

Catriona Thomson
January 22, 2021
Restaurant Review
In our house we are all beginning to feel the strain of another lockdown, and at times you can cut the emotional tension with a knife. Entirely gone is the plucky can do spirit, of make do and mend from...
Bryce Cunningham Mossgiel dairy

Scotland’s larder: Bryce Cunningham from Mossgiel dairy farm

Catriona Thomson
January 15, 2021
Producers
Bryce Cunningham from Mossgiel dairy farm in Ayrshire shares a connection with a certain ploughman poet. Robert Burns lived at the farm between 1784 -86 and along with his brother Gilbert, they worked...
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