‘I know that even langoustine were looked down on as late as the 50s. The French white fish fleet came up to fish the Minch in the 50s and went back home as their nets were clogged up by [...]
Cooking is love made visible There are several theories as to how Andrew, a fisherman from Copernicum, came to be associated with Scotland. And like many things that are good about Scotland, [...]
It’s autumn, and the fruit trees and bushes are beginning to settle down for a long sleepy winter. Some apples and pears still hang heavy, brambles adorn the hedgerows and gardens alike, and the [...]
Pie – (noun) ‘A baked dish of fruit, or meat and vegetables, typically with a top and base of pastry’. There has been a large amount of debate around pies recently that I for one, have no desire [...]
The water may be getting icy as the darkness of autumn lengthens, but for much of Scotland’s seafood this is coming into the optimum season. As the oily fish of spring and summer begin to become [...]
I’m eternally grateful to live in a country which has autumns. Bringing with it a rhapsody of colours as the season progresses, nature at its finest in a final flourish before hibernation, I [...]
Autumn is a season filled with romance and nostalgia. There’s nothing quite like a walk through a city park painted in oranges, reds, and auburns, or along a country path dripping with brambles [...]
As an adult, how often do we truly get to experience something new, for the first time? So many new experiences are simply a variation on the old. As I contemplate this fact I realise that my [...]
The cuisine of the people of Scotland has long been a self-deprecating joke about deep fried food, a loathing of anything green and all washed down with any liquid on the yellow to brown [...]
Travel and holiday has always meant food for me. Whether paella cooked over orange wood in Valencia, oysters from Étang de Thau, or squats lobsters from Applecross, its always been about first [...]
