Tom Kitchin’s Scottish strawberry tarts Tom Kitchin June 21, 2015 Farming Producers, Food, Producers, Recipes To make the pastry Sift the flour and icing sugar together in a food processor. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Mix in the egg and pulse gently until the dough...
Orkney beef shortage expected due to wet weather Stephen Emerson June 18, 2015 Farming Producers, Food, Industrial Producers, Producers ORKNEY beef, famed as among best in the world, will “run out” this summer following one of the island’s wettest springs on record. The meat, praised by the likes of Tom Kitchen and Jamie...
A tour of North-East Scotland’s exciting food trail Catriona Thomson June 15, 2015 Farming Producers, Producers Visiting the north-east corner of Scotland, with its endless rolling hillsides leaves you in no doubt you are in the farming heartland of Scotland. Synonymous with the region is Aberdeen Angus beef, and the...
Farm to plate dinners to be held in Edinburgh Stephen Emerson June 3, 2015 Farming Producers, Food, Industrial Producers, Producers A new movement which aims to highlight where our food comes from will host the first of its farm-to-table events in Edinburgh this month. Enroot is made up of chefs, artists and activists and aims to...
Six great Scottish cheeses to try John Sinclair May 12, 2015 Farming Producers, Food, General, Producers Dunlop Cheddar Dunlop Cheddar is a fantastic hard cheese made from cows' milk by Ann Dorwood of Dunlop Dairy, at West Clerkland Farm near Stewarton. The cheese is a mild cheddar with a really buttery taste...
Could you handle the ‘king of steaks’? Sean Murphy May 11, 2015 Farming Producers, Food, Producers On their quest to source and serve the best steak in the world, award-winning Glasgow steakhouse The Butchershop Bar & Grill in Glasgow has launched a new premium range of colossal Scottish steaks for...
The best ways to buy and cook Asparagus Sean Murphy May 6, 2015 Farming Producers, Food, Producers With the changing of the seasons and the arrival of Spring, this is a great time of year to source some wonderfully fresh produce. Interestingly, one of the best vegetables, which you may not know is now grown...
We hae meat aims to revolutionise the humble Scotch pie Sean Murphy April 28, 2015 Farming Producers, Food, Producers A family butcher business based in Ayrshire has made a bid to revolutionise the humble scotch pie as its new innovative Single Portion Pie range is rolled out in all 62 Asda stores across Scotland. We hae...
5 great Scottish coffee roasters for you to try Matthew Dunne-Miles March 30, 2015 Drink, Farming Producers, Food, General, Industrial Producers, Producers It's a fair argument that the UK as a whole has never before been this switched on to good quality coffee. Gone are the days of 70-style cafes dishing out a tablespoon of brown chalk into piping hot...
Knowing your produce: 7 ways to get involved across Scotland Matthew Dunne-Miles March 13, 2015 Drink, Farming Producers, Food, Industrial Producers, Producers It's all well and good being a certified city slicker, with your cushy office job and your contactless payments in craft beer bars - but man can't live on suburban drudgery alone. If you're a food fanatic...
