August 2013 - A Scots Larder

In Autumn, Fish, Fish and Seafood, Ingredients, Quick Dishes, Recipes, Seafood, Soups, Spring, Summer

Posted 31st August 2013

Seafood Broth

Quite simply the finest fish soup I’ve tasted this side of Marseilles – Felicity Cloake, Guardian Cook, January 2014 To me holiday always means two things. Sea and food. Travelling [...]

By Graeme Taylor

In Autumn, Beef, Ingredients, Meat, Poultry and Game, Recipes, Slow Cooked, Stews, Winter

Posted 25th August 2013

Slow braise ox cheek with whole garam masalas

As I’ve said many times before I don’t believe it is possible to define Scottish food by a style or a flavour. It’s the produce that this land provides that defines the Scottish [...]

By Graeme Taylor

In Autumn, Beer, Fish and Seafood, Ingredients, Quick Dishes, Recipes, Seafood, Spring, Summer

Posted 20th August 2013

Cockles and mussels in ale

Shellfish. In particular mussels. There’s fewer foods which divide opinion as much or are looked upon with such trepidation by so many. Whether it be the belief they require so much [...]

By Graeme Taylor

In Game, Havering, Ingredients, Meat, Poultry and Game, Quick Dishes, Recipes, Summer, Whisky

Posted 9th August 2013

A land of fire and smoke – Barbecued Laphroaig cured venison steak

Returning to Glasgow from a week on the stunning coast of Wester Ross travelling down the A9 I allowed myself a wistful stop off in Aviemore. It was more of a bathroom necessity to begin with, [...]