Popular Glasgow veg box service launches crowdfunding campaign Rosalind Erskine July 8, 2019 Food, In the News The organic grocery store and cafe offers a popular weekly fruit and veg box delivery, and hopes the successful Crowdfunding campaign will help expand their customer base thanks to a larger premises in...
Keeping the Plot: A journal of growing and cooking Scottish produce – May 2019 Joe Hind May 30, 2019 Food, Producers May, in Scotland, is crunch time for growers. The opportunities for good yields are closing like an old-style window sliding shut. Before it reaches the bottom, we must plant out whatever we hope to eat in...
Sainsbury’s to be first UK supermarket to sell meat-alternatives in its meat, fish and poultry aisles Sean Murphy January 28, 2019 In the News, Producers The trial will be rolled out across 20 of its stores nationwide with the firm saying the move follows the success of its new plant-based range which launched earlier this month. The change will be the first...
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...
Everything you need to know about Scottish Fan Fest before it launches in Edinburgh next month Rosalind Erskine January 17, 2018 Drink, Drink, Food, In the News If two days of Scottish food, drink, entertainment and produce sounds like your ideal way to spend a chilly February weekend then check out Edinburgh's latest foodie festival, Fan Fest. Held in the Signet...
Joe Hind’s Scottish food year: Autumn descends but Scotland’s food year is still going strong Joe Hind October 14, 2017 Producers Things are not as they seem. It’s October and autumn has descended like a soft cloud over Scotland. The arrival of noticeably cooler, shorter days and darker evenings gives the impression that we’re...
Cottiers set to launch new restaurant next month Rosalind Erskine August 29, 2017 Drink, Food, In the News The popular bar and events venue in Glasgow's west end has been teasing locals for a while with their signs for Leiper's Attic. But with no information other than a cryptic 'coming soon', residents and...
Joe Hind’s Scottish food year: Why don’t Scots eat more like the Italians? Joe Hind August 21, 2017 Producers July & August Due to the holidays I am combining my posts for July and August into one. And what months they are! For food lovers in Scotland, this time of year represents “peak...
The best food and drink producers to check out at the Royal Highland Show Scotsman Food and Drink Staff June 22, 2017 Producers The Show, which returns for a four-day celebration of all things agriculture at Ingliston in the capital this weekend, runs from today (Thursday 22nd) to Sunday the 25th June and offers visitors a huge array...
5 fun recipes to mark the official start of strawberry season Scotsman Food and Drink Staff June 5, 2017 Producers, Recipes The cool, dry winter, coupled with recent warm weather, which saw temperatures rise to 26C in one of the hottest days of the year, has created the perfect growing conditions for this year's crop of...
