6 results for tag: Scottish
Celebrating Food, Family and Farming during Scotland Food & Drink Fortnight
Fergus and Alison Younger run a small 300 acre family farm with the help of their three young children, Fergus’ mum and friends. They are located 10 minutes by car from Stirling and 20 minutes from the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park in central Scotland. On the farm they are proud to care sustainably for their animals and the environment so they can grow the very best in fresh, local produce.
Old Leckie Farm get our vote today for the Tasting Scotland Gourmet Journeys & Events #ScotFoodFort20 ‘Local Legend’ crown because during lock-down:
They made sure customers could continue to ‘Eat Old Leckie’. (Slow grown ...
Be inspired with Scotland Food & Drink Fortnight Cook-along with our Local Legend; Scotland’s National Chef
It’s an exciting time in Scotland. Scotland Food and Drink Fortnight; the annual September celebration has begun and today I’m raising my glass and announcing another very deserving ‘Local Legend’; the theme of this year’s celebration. I’ll also be providing you with the details of how you can get cooking with this ‘Local Legend’ from the comfort of your own kitchen, as he prepares a special #ScotFoodFort20 menu for you to cook-along with him via his Facebook page tomorrow, 9th September.
Every year the first two weeks of September are given over to celebrating all that is wonderful, local, delicious and inspirational involving ...
Scotland’s Gin: The Perfect Golf Tonic
As the British Open Golf tournament tees off this week in St Andrews, Scotland we give thought to an altogether different G&T. Find out how you can get involved without even lifting a club.
Sitting in the Jigger Inn looking directly onto the 17th hole of golf’s famous Old Course is only one of two places in the world where you can buy the Scottish made Jigger Ale. Whilst the maker, the Belhaven Brewery, established in 1719 most definitely isn’t one of the new wave of artisan beer makers they are happy enough to create a smaller batch of beer for this famous Inn which is part of the 5 star Old Course Hotel.
After 2 decades of wine being ...
The King of Smoked Fish
This year we have decided to give some recommendations on where to get some of the bare essentials for making an ultra special Scottish foodie Christmas. Today we look at the quintessential king of smoked fish, Salmon. Although Scottish Smoked Salmon is still considered somewhat a luxury food item, steady supply has maintained the prices at relatively the same levels they were years ago, making it an affordable food item that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, dinner or as a snack. Salmon can be of course be farmed or wild. The latter is rarer and more expensive. Both are delicious and any preference will be a matter of your own personal taste.G...
Nature’s Summer thro’ Autumn – A spring in our step!
Describing all manner of interesting facts like eh.....which mushrooms are poisonous!As a long time forager, starting with wild rasps and blackberries when aged 5 in some hedgerows at the back of my grandparent’s house in Aberdeenshire, I was then introduced to Perthshire’s wild mushroom wilderness by an Italian colleague when working at the 5 star Gleneagles Hotel. My favourite time of the year for foraging is right about now; with berries still to be got and wild mushroom season upon us. My fascination for nature’s true larder continues to grow and it is perfect timing that in co-operation with Reforesting Scotland a guide has been ...
