2 results for month: 06/2013

Cheese from a plant? Now that’s clever.

Tomatoes grow underground, cheese comes from plants and fish fingers are made of chicken.Well, that is according to a large number of the 27,500 children who were recently surveyed by the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF).There were certainly a few gasps of horror here at Tasting Scotland’s HQ and we decided we needed to do something to tie in with 2013 being the Year of Natural Scotland and to help the BNF re-engage children with the origins of their food and the nutritional aspects of eating up their greens, or oranges or reds, for that matter.The survey also reported that 21% of primary children and 18% of secondary school children had never ...

Asparagus as fresh as a daisy

There is always something magical about taking a group of people who appreciate the finer things in life on one of our food and drink day tours, but when you are visiting one of the most highly regarded asparagus farms in the country and visiting what we now know to be the Scotland’s Restaurant of the Year, the bar is raised to an altogether different level.As with all our food and drink based experiences we want you to gain a real flavour of Scotland’s top class products and the people who produce with both passion and pride.  There was no better place to start last Saturday’s gourmet journey than with Sandy and Heather Pattullo who have been ...