Food and Drink
A fusion of Italian passion and Scottish attitude
A mixture Italian style with a strong dose of modern Glasgow attitude is coming with the opening of a new restaurant in the city. Roberta’s Glasgow will open on Thursday, September 9 and confidently take unfussy, authentic Italian cooking and bring it to life in new uber stylish city centre surroundings. Glasgow’s newest pizza spinning,…
Read MoreSupport Scottish food and drink during special event
The 12th Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight is now underway. Industry body Scotland Food and Drink, has launched the annual celebration of the sector, which takes place from Saturday 4 to Sunday 19 September and will celebrate the regional diversity Scottish food and drink has to offer. This year, Scotland Food & Drink wants to…
Read MoreA Vintage taste for a beer six years in the making
Innis & Gunn has unveiled Vintage, a limited-edition beer which has been six years in the making. This is the longest the award-winning brewer has matured any beer to date. Pioneers of beer maturation, Innis & Gunn originally laid Vintage down to mature back in 2015. The beer spent its first 100 days in first…
Read MoreJoin chef Paul Wedgwood on a wild foraging experience
Food foragers can experience Scotland’s natural larder with Wedgwood the Restaurant this week. Chef patron Paul Wedgwood is hosting a foraging tour followed by lunch with the wild ingredients at the restaurant. Taking place this Friday, August 27, passionate forager and a lover of the outdoors, Paul will lead a group forage searching out the…
Read MoreVegan tapas dishes menu married with malt whisky
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has teamed up with Mono, one of Glasgow’s most popular vegan cafes. They have created vegan tapas dishes influenced by the tasting notes of Society whisky. In this collaboration, Mono’s head chef Anne McWilliam will be working with the SMWS to share six plant-based dishes paired with various flavour profiles…
Read MoreRoberta’s Glasgow aiming for good food and style
Unfussy, authentic Italian cooking is being brought to life at Roberta’s Glasgow, in new uber stylish city centre surroundings. C&C Restaurant Group, which also has Cranside Kitchen, Rioja and Halloumi in its restaurant portfolio, plans to completely transform the former Iberica site on St Vincent Street and work is currently underway. Interior design elements in…
Read MoreThe Butcher’s Cut is a unique cut above the rest
There’s a first for Scotland as a food hall butcher and restaurant have teamed up for a unique choose-your-own-steak menu offering. It’s a fine-dining collaboration that hasn’t been seen before in Scotland, but legendary butcher MacDuff 1890 and award-winning restaurant The Gannet are adding a new and exclusive item onto their menus at the recently…
Read MoreStack & Still Opens Pancake Paradise in Edinburgh
Chief Sub-Editor Rosie Morton heads to Edinburgh’s latest brunch eatery and finds a pancake paradise… Matilda was my favourite film as a child. I was word-perfect, wore silk ribbons in my hair, and was convinced of the power of magic eyes and a perfect stack of pancakes. Even now, Rusted Root’s Send Me On My…
Read MoreFoodies Festival returns to the capital in a new home
Foodies Festival, the biggest gourmet food, drink and music festival series in the UK, returns to Edinburgh in a new venue next month. And they will be joined by MasterChef and Bake Off champions, as well as more than 50 music acts. Local celebrity baker Peter Sawkins, who won Great British Bake Off 2020, is…
Read MoreBONNIE & WILD FOOD HALL OPENS IN EDINBURGH
Chief Sub-Editor Rosie Morton heads to the new Bonnie & Wild Marketplace to scope out the tasty offerings… When I read the words ‘Food Hall’, my eyes are not exactly alight with excitement. An association with sloppy school dinners or greasy chains in shopping centres has sadly tarnished what could be an epicurean hotspot with…
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