- Warning issued about dangerous gas
- Neighbour rescues woman from fire
- Fund for 'climate justice' launched
- Former RAF Machrihanish sold for £1
- Scorching day for marathon runners
- Five held over £600,000 drugs haul
- Anti-independence campaign 'soon'
- Saltire Games ban 'ridiculous'
- Scottish drink-drive plans welcomed
Food & Drink
Food: Cottage industry
Meet the Edinburgh chefs keen to invite you into their fairy-tale abode for a magical feast
Recipe: Trout with almonds and grapes
There’s nothing like a good trout for lunch to inspire. Mine was eaten a week ago, on a glorious day in rural Bavaria, on a terrace high up a hillside overlooking the Chiemsee surrounded by snowy mountains.
Wine: Naked Wines is bringing wine lovers and growers together
The internet is changing the way we work, think and play. In the wine world, there is a revolution taking place, breaking down traditional barriers in this age-old industry and offering consumers a sense of empowerment and involvement.
Restaurant review: Mimi’s Bakehouse, 63 Shore, Edinburgh
What was the matter with Mimi’s? Well, nothing really, apart from the regular queues to get in. I’d given up trying to get a table whenever I was craving one of their sausage sarnies or raspberry and coconut slices. No longer. Thanks to public demand, they’ve supersized and spread into the adjoining building.
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.
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
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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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.
2 commentsWine: 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.
Recipes: Asparagus risotto with smoked haddock | Baked asparagus and Parmesan custards | Asparagus, toasted pinenuts and Parma ham salad with lime and mustard dressing
I DID try not to write about asparagus this year, but it is a subject impossible to ignore. Asparagus is one of our great seasonal culinary treats, but only when our own, British, asparagus is ready to eat.
Recipes: Parmesan baked eggs on garlic spinach purée with a cheese pastry base|Frittata with soft leeks, walnuts and gots cheese|Roasted shallots and red peppers with scrambled eggs and garlic cous cous
Has anyone else noticed the rising numbers of eggs on menus, up and down the land? All sorts of dishes, both first and main course, seem to include a poached egg on top. But I’ll forgive restaurants because eggs are extraordinary.
Wine: Known for Armagnac, Gascony is now home to great value whites
IT MIGHT seem bizarre, but one of the main reasons so many Vin de Pays wines are emerging from Gascony in South West France is due to us – the Scots.
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Monday 28 May 2012
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