Posts Tagged ‘dinner’
You could enjoy a Home Alone-style Christmas
A Scottish city centre hotel is offering guests the Home Alone-style experience by opening up its rooms and restaurant for exclusive use over Christmas 2019. Four-star Nira Caledonia in Edinburgh offers 28 stylish rooms, suites and jacuzzi suites over two New Town townhouses, as well as an onsite bar and restaurant, all available to book…
Read MoreFirst Gleneagles Great Adventure Race winners crowned
Gleneagles has crowned the winners of its inaugural endurance competition, The Great Adventure Race, in a trail that brought together grit, glory and glamour in equal measure. Participants dug deep and felt the burn across 55km of Perthshire countryside – encompassing a 4km canoe trail across Loch Earn, a 16km run over the snow caps…
Read MoreNew gin liqueur just in time for the summer arriving
Edinburgh Gin has launched its new Orange Blossom & Mandarin Gin Liqueur to capture the spirit of the summer. Sweet and citrusy, the new liqueur is inspired by the sun-drenched fruit groves of the Mediterranean and made with natural flavours of orange blossom and tangy mandarin. For an instant taste of sunshine, mix over ice…
Read MoreAll aboard to savour Moët & Chandon
Savour a celebratory evening on-board Fingal, Scotland’s first floating hotel, permanently berthed in the historic Port of Leith, with Moët & Chandon. Discover the Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Collection, paired with a specially created four-course dinner on Saturday 27 July. Set in the elegant ballroom in the former hold of Fingal, the exclusive evening…
Read MoreThe vending machine that dispenses fresh veg
Vending machines are no longer reserved solely for sweeties – the Stephen family of Lower Thorneybank Farm Shop in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. The humble vending machine – ever think you’d see one that supplied vegetables straight off the farm? Neither did we. Championing the field to fork concept, the Stephen family at Lower Thorneybank Farm Shop…
Read MoreSeven of the best from Brunello’s 2014 vintage
Wet weather and cool temperatures didn’t stop some Brunello wineries from producing excellent bottles, writes Peter Ranscombe. THINK Tuscany, think sunshine: whether it’s Tony Blair wandering around in shorts and a t-shirt on his summer holidays or field after field of fragrant purple lavender swaying in the breeze, it’s hard to picture Italy’s most-famous wine…
Read MoreFree prosecco for Edinburgh’s graduates at Dine
With Edinburgh’s graduation season soon upon us, multi-award winning brasserie Dine will be toasting the Class of 2019 by offering complimentary bubbles to every graduate. Throughout the city’s graduation season, which runs from 17th June until 10th July, Edinburgh’s college and university graduates will receive a complimentary glass of prosecco* from Dine when booking a…
Read MoreIn the running for a food tourism award
Rufflets Hotel have been selected as a finalist in the 2019 CIS Excellence Awards. Shortlisted specifically for the Food Tourism Award, sponsored by Seafood Scotland, the award aims to celebrate the value of the food tourism sector in line with the Food Tourism Scotland action plan. Launched in 2004 to recognise, reward and celebrate the…
Read MoreA murder mystery for Hamish Macbeth to solve
M C Beaton continues her Hamish Macbeth series with a mystery featuring Scotland’s clever but unmotivated policeman. James Harrison moves to a restored cabin with his beautiful private nurse, Gloria. When Hamish welcomes them to the county, the old man is rude to him. Gloria apologises on his behalf and Hamish asks her to dinner.…
Read MoreSpecial dinner will honour the life of Andrew Fairlie
The life of Scotland’s great chef, Andrew Fairlie, will be celebrated at a special dinner in his honour as part of Mhor Festival on Friday 24 May. Andrew Fairlie played a key role in the annual Friday Night Feast at Mhor Festival near Balquhidder, Perthshire, for several years. This year it will be held in…
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