Gin is all the rage and rightly so (If you don’t like Gin try it without the tonic as it can overpower it) Recently …
Cocktail Recipe: Thomas Dakin Gin Negroni
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Recipe: Vegan Chocolate and Avocado Cake
Vegan Chocolate and Avocado Cake This brownie like cake will go well with coffee, hot chocolate and for school fairs etc. It is converted from …
Cocktail Recipe: Smoking Gun by The Adamson, St Andrews
To celebrate their wins this year as Scotland’s 2015 ‘CIS Restaurant of the Year’, ‘Best Restaurant Experience’ at the Scottish Thistle Awards Fife & Tayside …
Recipe: Korean Fried Chicken with Ketchup
To celebrate the launch of Homeserve new online magazine Ketchup, we were asked to make a recipe using Ketchup! We love spicy food in …
Recipe: Lemon Pound Cake with Plums
Comforting home-made cake Being completely useless I forgot about a punnet worth of plums which we had in our fruit bowl – hidden under decorations …
Finalists in The Food Awards England announced
The finalists for the annual Food Awards England 2015 have been announced with a black tie celebration being held at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly. With …
Recipe: Worms in Soil
This is a fun dessert to serve your gruesome ones, sorry children, any time of the year but especially halloween. Easy to make and you …
Recipe: Rose, honey and matcha madeleines
From the Lorraine region of France comes the Madeleine, a delicate small sponge cake with a dainty shell shape. Lighter than a sponge cake, this …
Recipe: Tandoori Spiced Mackerel
A quick marinade using spices from my Scotia Spice pack and left to infuse for half an hour whilst I dyed my hair. Easy! This …
2016 Scotch Pie World Champion Search Starts
The search has started for the 2016 World Scotch Pie Champion with bakers and butchers invited to enter their best sausage rolls, scotch pies, bridies …
Recipe: Baked Vanilla Cheesecake with Strawberries
This is a simple baked cheesecake recipe topped with sliced strawberries and strawberry sauce. Use the leftover creme fraiche to cover any over cooked points …
Let’s Eat Glasgow! – This weekend
With the help of Real Food, Real Folk’s very own Guy Cowan on the demonstration stage at 12:00pm on Sunday, Actor Alex Norton will be …
Recipe: Welsh lamb with minty yoghurt dip and quinoa
It’s National Burger Day on 27th August and to coincide with this we were asked by Welsh lamb to create a recipe which uses this Protected …
Recipe: Herby Quinoa
Tastes of Summer with Sumac flavoured Quinoa We haven’t had the best of summers in Scotland so cheer up with some colour and some sweet …
Vote now for the Italian Awards
Vote for your favourite Italian It’s the last week for voting for the English Italian Awards and voting has just launched for the Scottish Italian …
Recipe: Sugar Free Apple Sorbet
Due to Mr Foodie picking up Granny Smith apples and then having them lie about the kitchen being ignored, I felt it was time to …
Recipe: Leek and Pea Risotto
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Recipe: Canelés De Bordeaux – French Rum and Vanilla Cakes
We recently received the book “Teatime in Paris” by Jill Colonna and what a great wee book. Its filled with delicious French treats and takes …
Recipe: Smoked Trout Flatbread
I used the kiln roast smoked trout from RR Spink which We had received as a sample. This would make a great lunch or quick …
Recipe: French Martini
Recipe: Asparagus Cream Pasta
After a visit to The Asparagus Hut, we had to buy some asparagus and what to do? We decided to crack open the neglected pasta …
Recipe: Arbroath Smokie Brunch
The Arbroath smokie business has flourished since it was awarded PGI (protected geographical indication) status in 2004. Which means only smokies produced in a ten …
Recipe: Vegetarian Haggis Greek Pie
Haggis is a much ignored piece of Scottish produce, wheeled out once a year with watery, overcooked neeps and tatties. I’ve never been a big …
Tempura Oysters with sweet chilli sauce
This is a quick way of using oysters and also a way of eating them that isn’t too slimy! Serve immediately with sweet chilli sauce. …