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Food and Drink
Irn-Bru defies wet weather
Irn-Bru manufacturer AG Barr has defied the wet April weather with an increase in sales.
Interview: Oliver Shute, chef and food entrepreneur
Oliver Shute is putting Bambi and Thumper back on our dining tables, finds Janet Christie
Wine: ‘North-eastern Italy is open to experimentation’
A FREQUENT complaint, particularly about French and Italian wine producers, used to be their reluctance to learn from the New World. Equally, many have ascribed a similar conservatism to the top levels of the British wine trade.
Restaurant review: Café Royal Oyster Bar, West Register St., Edinburgh
IS THERE a more beautiful or atmospheric restaurant in Edinburgh – or Britain – than the Café Royal Oyster Bar? This, as I’ve just explained to my daughter as she took a break from grappling with the hidden meanings of Macbeth, is a rhetorical question: of course there isn’t.
Restaurant review: Le Bistro Beaumartin, Hope St., Glasgow
This new French eatery seems a bit out-of-place. With its homely, neighbourhood bistro feel, I imagine that it would suit a leafy corner (near Waitrose) in Glasgow’s west end, rather than a busy central street that’s buzzing with trafffic.
Features
Wine: Hold the sugar please, champagne is having a dry spell
O ne in four of us apparently likes our champagne completely dry with “nil dosage”. If you have ever bought a bottle labelled Extra Brut, Brut Nature, Brut Sauvage, Brut Zero or Sans Sucre – rather than the standard Brut – you will have experienced this zero dosage style: champagne in its most naked state.
Recipes: Wild Garlic and Nettle Sauce | Wild Garlic Oatmeal Crust
If you’re prepared to do a little foraging, now is the time to add a touch of the wilderness to your dishes
What’s cooking: The ‘Forgotten Fish’ of Scotland
Squat lobster: A small (2-3 inches long) spider like species of crustacean with a very high quality tail. Catches are very low as there is no traditional market for this species so it is often put back into the sea.
Recommended Restaurant: Hamilton’s, Stockbridge
STOCKBRIDGE is one of my favourite parts of the city so it’s a crime that this was my first visit to the much talked about Hamilton’s.
Recipes: Asparagus & soft poached free range egg | Loin of Highland lamb, Stornoway black pudding
This week we have two mouthwatering dishes from Ivor Clark, executive chef of the award-winning AA Rosette Renwicks restaurant at the Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Spa, Peebles, (www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/cardrona).
Restaurant reviews
Restaurant review: The Lui Restaurant, Invercauld Road, Ballater
HAVING spent a chilly day on the river without catching a glimpse of a fish, we decided to start with a couple of dishes in honour of absent friends.
Restaurant review: Osteria, High Street, North Berwick
OUR booking at this Italian eatery was for 12:30pm, but it looked empty inside. I peeped through a chink in the closed shutters – no movement.
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Restaurant review: One Square, the Sheraton Grand Hotel, Edinburgh
GONE are short menus and big bills; In come a dizzying array of options and surprisingly reasonable price tags
Restaurant review: Taste of Italy, Edinburgh
IAM sick of hearing about Taste of Italy’s spaghetti bolognese. My friend Claire is a big fan of this restaurant’s version of the dish, which she slurps up like Tramp (from Disney’s Lady and the Tramp).
Restaurant review: Road Hole RestaurantThe Old Course Hotel & Spa, St Andrews
THE FIRST thing I noticed about the menu was the prices ... I was amazed at how reasonable they were
Wine
Wine: New Zealand Riesling Challenge produces a bumper crop
B ecause the many variables make straight comparisons between wines so difficult, Neil Charles-Jones, of Mud House Wine Group, resolved to create something much closer to a level playing field.
1 commentWine: Chenin blanc grape bursts with the taste of summer
IMAGINE a white wine that smells of honey, pears and quince, with rich creamy palate texture, hints of truffles and rapier-like acidity.
Wine: Many new rosé drinkers were young and often demanded sweeter versions
DESPITE the end of those record March temperatures, hopes are high for a glorious summer. To encourage us, I asked top Scottish independent wine merchants to identify perfect summer rosés.
Recipes
Recipes: Asparagus & soft poached free range egg | Loin of Highland lamb, Stornoway black pudding
This week we have two mouthwatering dishes from Ivor Clark, executive chef of the award-winning AA Rosette Renwicks restaurant at the Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Spa, Peebles, (www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/cardrona).
Tom Kitchin: From Orkney scallops to Stornoway black pudding, there is so much to celebrate
I TRULY believe we have some of the best food and drink in the world here in Scotland and recent reports have shown the sector is booming.
Recipes: Rapeseed oil dishes offer a change of gear in your kitchen
I NEVER used to like rapeseed oil, finding it far too strong a flavour, and apt to dominate the other ingredients in whatever I was making.
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Recipes: Duck egg salad | Dark chocolate truffles
THIS week, award-winning chef patron Mark Greenaway, from Restaurant Mark Greenaway at No.12 Picardy Place in Edinburgh, who recently appeared on the Great British Menu 2012, shares two seasonal recipes for you to try at home.
Tom Kitchin: ‘There are some great gluten free recipes that are delicious whether you’re gluten free or not’
AT BOTH the Kitchin and its sister restaurant Castle Terrace, we’re welcoming an increasing number of guests with specific dietary requirements, from vegetarian to dairy-free and gluten-free.
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Weather for Edinburgh
Thursday 24 May 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 11 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: North east
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Temperature: 10 C to 20 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: North east
