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Another ‘non-pie’, meat and potato pasties are, alongside the bridies that follow, the ideal on-the-go food. Whether heading to the game, or taken to work for lunch, this is a perfectly packaged [...]

This always reminds me of Saturday nights when my Gran watched myself and my sister, bought from the butcher and served in the silver foil tray. I find myself recreating so many dishes from my [...]

Bridies used to instill fear in my heart as a child. Seemingly oniony gristle filled nondescript offerings are my recollection. However a good bridie is a thing of beauty, rich, well seasoned [...]

 I often feel that gooseberries are the poor relations of the summer berries. Hidden behind thorns, thick skinned, hairy with a brown tail, and with a tartness that can make the sides of [...]

I’m very excited by this initiative from Visit Scotland to showcase the recipes which come from a multitude of childhoods. What better way to celebrate the Year of Food and Drink than a [...]

Or truffles if you prefer….. If pancakes were the childhood staple sweet treat there was one that stood head and shoulders above all others. With an ingredient list that hardly inspired yet [...]

I was never a fan of meat as a child. I’d avoid it at all costs, and while this never extended to the ubiquitous Monday mince and tatties I far preferred the childhood comforts of macaroni [...]

  The ‘Auld Alliance’ with France in 1295 that would last over 250 years brought much more than just armed assistance to Scotland. The food and wine flavours of that country would last [...]

‘I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers’, so wrote Lucy Maud Montgomery in Anne of Green Gables and whether you dream of New England in the fall or reminisce of conkers in the [...]

When the cold weather bites and your heart starts to feel a little heavy at long dark nights through the interminable winter months, there’s one thing that wraps you up like a childhood [...]