Posts Tagged ‘Food’
Game heroes: Nominations open for the 2024 Eat Game Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2024 Eat Game Awards – a celebration of those who promote game meat. The awards, which launched in 2017, have grown year-on-year, with more suppliers, chefs and influencers now on the scene. There are eight awards open for nomination and people are being asked to put forward those in…
Read MoreWhisky expert to auction off collection of rare spirits for new family charity
Whisky expert Charles Maclean is set to auction off a collection of rare spirits for his new family charity. The author has rallied the Scotch whisky industry to donate a collection of highly collectable drams for auction. All the funds raised will go towards the The Maclean Foundation which hopes to raise money for clean…
Read MoreThe Glen Grant launches oldest ever release set to sell for £110,000
The Glen Grant Single Malt Scotch Whisky has announced its oldest ever release – with the first decanter set to sell for £110,000 at auction. The Glen Grant Devotion is a 70-year-old single malt whisky, many years in the making, and the oldest release from the distillery in its 180 years. Inspired by the reign…
Read MoreVal McDermid confessed she wishes popular character drank whisky instead of gin
Scottish crime writer Val McDermid has confessed she wishes she’d made her popular character Karen Pirie drink whisky instead of gin. The whisky-loving writer behind the globally successful Karen Pirie book series revealed she regularly receives bottles of gin as a gift from well-meaning fans. But on The Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s Whisky Talks podcast…
Read MoreAnonymous buyer of world’s biggest whisky bottle revealed
The anonymous buyer of the largest bottle of whisky ever created, which sold for £1.1 million in Edinburgh, has been revealed. Whisky aficionado Viet Nguyen Dinh Tuan added the 5ft 11in tall bottle, known as The Intrepid, to his collection in Vietnam this week. The dram was conceived by Daniel Monk of Cask World and…
Read MoreHome cooking: Stuart Ralston on how he turned his worn recipe notebook into a cookbook
He is regarded as one of the most talented and innovative chefs in the UK today having recently been named in a top 100 list. And now chef Stuart Ralston is sharing some of his creative recipes in a new cookbook which he hopes will inspire people to give it a go at home. Stuart…
Read MoreScotland’s thriving rum scene
Peter Holland, co-host of The Scottish Rum Festival masterclasses, tells us about Scotland’s thriving rum scene ahead of this year’s festival. Ever since Dark Matter hit the news in 2015 for being the first Scottish Rum-producing distillery to open in the modern era, the Scottish Rum scene has been growing year on year. Fast…
Read MoreEdinburgh and Glasgow most expensive student cities
EDINBURGH has topped a league table as the UK’s most expensive city for students for the second year running, with Glasgow in second place. NatWest bank’s student living index, which was published this morning, showed that students in Scotland’s capital have a monthly term-time income of £1,453 – the lowest of all the cities ranked…
Read MoreTwo Scots brands shake things up with cocktail
A PAIR of Scottish companies have unveiled a ready-to-drink Margarita cocktail. Bute-based Braw Liquor Club has included Blackthorn Salt from Ayr as one of the ingredients in its West Coast Margarita. The tipple also contains tequila blanco from Mexico, agave nectar, and lime. Braw has released the cocktail in 200ml and 500ml bottles. Elizabeth Mackirdy…
Read MoreFringe review: Maki Me Laugh
This is one of the more eccentric ideas I’ve encountered at the Fringe (which is a high bar). The idea is that while diners eat at Yo! sushi restaurant opposite the Mound on Princes Street, stand-up comedian Maddy Lucy Dann does her set. There are microphones hidden around every table which measure the level of mirth…
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