7 of the best Scottish food and drink Christmas gift ideas Rosalind Erskine November 9, 2018 Drink, Food, Gin, In the News With Christmas less than a week away, we take a look at some of the best Scottish food and drink gifts that are sure to delight loved ones this December. Chocolate stag chocolates Picture: The Chocolate...
How to make your very own sloe gin at home Scotsman Food and Drink Staff October 3, 2018 Drink, Gin Picking any wild autumn fruit is satisfying not only for the delicious results but also for the wholesome nature of the exercise. It can be solitary and contemplative or sociably competitive. With sloe...
6 things you (probably didn’t know) you can forage for in and around Scotland’s cities Rosalind Erskine May 8, 2018 Food, In the News Expert forager and co-founder and director of Buck and Birch, Rupert Waites says: "In a time when people seek to reconnect with their environment rather than just passively stroll through it, foraging is...
Gin producers face sloe sales this Christmas after harvest hit by fungus Scotsman Food and Drink Staff October 24, 2016 Drink, Gin The Gin Bothy, an artisan distillery in Angus, carries a sign outside reading “Sloes welcome – payment in gin”. The dearth of sloes is being blamed on an outbreak of a fungus which destroys the...
Outdoor Ranger discovers 10kg mushroom – and eats it Scott McAngus October 19, 2016 Food The exceptionally large mushroom had a short lifespan though as Fiona and 15 hungry colleagues in her office have already eaten it. Fiona said: “It was an exceptionally large specimen. We found it on...
Five of Scotland’s freshest seafood restaurants Scotsman Food and Drink Staff October 12, 2016 Food Scotland has over 12,000 km of coastline surrounded by beautiful cold, clear waters that are perfect for all manner of marine life. The country also has a successful fishing industry, with fish and...
Foraging with Fiona Bird: A Taste of the Seaside Fiona Bird July 20, 2016 Food Glasswort or marsh samphire Salicornia europaea grows on salt marshes, often around estuaries. It resembles a plant from Jurassic Park; a mini cactus but without the prickly spikes. It is packed with...
Foraging with Fiona Bird: Seaside scones Fiona Bird May 25, 2016 Food, Recipes Although Virgil regarded it with disdain, families spending time at the seaside could do worse than consider seaweed. Beyond kids’ fun at the beach, sea veg are useful in the kitchen too. There’s a...
Foraging with Fiona Bird: Scotland’s wild spring larder Fiona Bird May 10, 2016 Food Spring in Scotland can be an icy affair but I am always cheered by the bright crimson stems of young rhubarb even when its red contrasts the white of snow, as it did recently. Beyond the garden you’ll...
Foraging with Fiona Bird: Native and non-native wild garlic Fiona Bird April 15, 2016 Food Wild garlic or ramsons Allium ursinum always reminds me of the storyline in Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles, when there was concern that the butter had a funny twang. This was put down to the cows...
