Pickering’s Gin and Edinburgh Festival Fringe toast 70 years with exclusive bottling Sean Murphy July 20, 2017 Drink, Gin, In the News Following the first ever World Fringe Day celebrations this July, Pickering’s has marked the date their original nine botanical gin recipe was written down at Mount Mary, Bombay. The fragment of paper,...
There’s a Tequila Festival coming to Glasgow, here is where and when Sean Murphy July 19, 2017 Drink, In the News The team behind the Tequila Festival have confirmed that the event will take place at the Barrowland Ballroom in October. As part of a national tour, the festival will travel to 16 major cities around...
Stephen Jardine: It’s downhill all the way after breakfast Sean Murphy July 8, 2017 Food What would be your Death Row meal? It would be tempting to opt for a giant T-bone steak to drag out the proceedings. Or a huge pile of chips and cheese on the basis that health and nutrition is likely to...
Neil Forbes recipe: Iced crowdie and raspberry parfait Sean Murphy July 5, 2017 Food, Recipes Iced crowdie and raspberry parfait 1 Begin by making a coulis. Boil 140g of sugar, 150ml water and 175g of raspberries together until syrupy then blitz and pass through a sieve. Put to one side. 2 Next...
Successful café relaunch is latest milestone for Gorgie City Farm revival Sean Murphy July 5, 2017 Producers Having launched a major crowdfunding drive in April last year, and securing the £100,000 it required to stay open, the farm now firmly has its eyes set on the future. Recently expanding its operation,...
Ahead of International Chocolate Day, we chat to Scottish chocolatier Jamie Hutcheon of Cocoa Ooze Sean Murphy July 5, 2017 Producers This Friday sees the return of International Chocolate Day. Luckily, in Scotland, we are now blessed with more than a few expert chocolate producers who are ready and willing to help people across the...
Everything you need to know about the Three Sister’s Old Town street festival Sean Murphy July 3, 2017 Food What is it? A free celebration of street food and drink in Edinburgh's Old Town. Though a larger festival is held over the spring and summer bank holidays, a scaled down version will be on offer for the...
Pink chicken food poisoning campaign launched ahead of barbecue season Sean Murphy June 30, 2017 Food, In the News Food Standards Scotland is pushing to ensure people are aware of the risks of cooking raw chicken this summer. In particular, it wants to raise awareness of campylobacter - a bug found on raw chicken and...
Here is everything you need to know about Glasgow’s West End Beer festival Sean Murphy June 28, 2017 Craft Beer, Drink We've teamed up with the Festival to offer our readers the chance to purchase some early bird tickets with our 20 per cent off code. To get the discounted ticket price all you have to do is enter the...
Outlander actor Sam Heughan reveals some of his favourite whiskies Sean Murphy June 26, 2017 Drink, Whisky Ahead of the UK launch of the hit TV show Outlander, a time-travel drama based on the massively popular series of novels by Diana Gabaldon, we asked its leading star Sam Heughan to pick out some of his...
