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Scotland’s Gin: The Perfect Golf Tonic
As the British Open Golf tournament tees off this week in St Andrews, Scotland we give thought to an altogether different G&T. Find out how you can get involved without even lifting a club.
Sitting in the Jigger Inn looking directly onto the 17th hole of golf’s famous Old Course is only one of two places in the world where you can buy the Scottish made Jigger Ale. Whilst the maker, the Belhaven Brewery, established in 1719 most definitely isn’t one of the new wave of artisan beer makers they are happy enough to create a smaller batch of beer for this famous Inn which is part of the 5 star Old Course Hotel.
After 2 decades of wine being ...
Year of Food and Drink Scotland 2015 – July’s Jewels
Sweet, finely perfumed, moderately tart, red, yellow, amber-coloured or white, the Scottish raspberry shines like the jewel it is. From a pop-up roadside stall to a Michelin star restaurant, we look at why these edible diamonds are truly in the words of Michelin ‘worthy of a detour’.
Despite their probable East Asia origins, the East of Scotland and in particular the regions of Fife, Angus and Perthshire have years of experience in growing premium soft fruits. It is no surprise that in this the ‘Year of Food and Drink’ in Scotland the focus of celebration in July is ‘Summer Fruits and Berries’. And it will also come as no surprise to ...
Lifting the lid on Scotland’s Food and Drink
Last Friday the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, the world centre for the study of Scotland and the Scots, opened its summer exhibition and it looks to be a cracker for Scotland's food and drink enthusiasts.
The 'Lifting the Lid: 400 years of Food and Drink in Scotland', exhibition uses a variety of material including a rich collection of manuscripts, books, household accounts, tradesmen’s bills and recipe books, as well as feature both amateur and government films to tell the story of Scotland’s food and drink.
As part of the Year of Food and Drink, this gives you a chance to delve deep through the centuries and explore Scotland...
An altogether different Scottish Easter treat
Whilst most people will be deciding which chocolate egg to consume this Easter we decided to take a more seasonal approach to Spring dining. And the result, a rather unusual and delicious savoury/sweet shortbread. Thinking you’d probably rather stick to a chocolate egg? I promise you that you will be amazed at how good this shortbread is. Perfectly paired with a cup of tea or as a sweet biscuit with cheese it was inspired by one of our food heroes, Carlo Petrini.
We recently had a visit in Scotland from Carlo, the founder of Slow Food which encouraged us once again to look at ways of using products which have made it onto the Slow Food’s ‘Ark ...
Haggis – Is this how you know it?
We're delighted to announce that some of our producer favourites scooped up a highly coveted 2014 Excellence Award at this year's Scotland Food & Drink Awards. But who won Scottish Product of the Year?Well, for those of you who have already joined us you'll know that our food and drink tours and tasting events offer the chance for you to enjoy a complete multi-sensory experience like no other. And there is no doubt the same can be said for this year’s double prize winners Macsweens.This Edinburgh based producer has been making handcrafted haggis and black puddings to traditional family recipes for the last 60 years and was the first to bring a ...
World Whisky Day
At the time of writing there is exactly 12 hours and 8 minutes until World Whisky Day....not that we are counting of course.Now in it's third year this annual celebration of all things Uisque Beatha; that's to say 'Water of Life' or 'Lively Water' based; if you want the translation from Gaelic, are quite literally toasted.Of course us Scots are known for being leaders in invention so it is no surprise that the idea for a World Whisky Day came from Aberdeen University Graduate, Blair Bowman, a Scot from Edinburgh.Tomorrow the day will be celebrated in no less than 176 cities across a staggering 37 countries as 228 events (give or take the one's ...
