3 results for tag: wild mushrooms

St Andrews Day Cooking: For the Patron Saint of Fishermen

It's always frustratingly difficult to choose a dish to cook on St Andrews Day. Essentially you could choose anything iconically Scottish. But having that huge repertoire at our disposal can sometimes make it feel even tougher. Much easier to have a straight forward 'go to' dish like the haggis for Burns' night on 25th January. Lucky for us and hopefully for you that dilemma can be extinguished with a fish dish that pays homage to St Andrew, the patron saint of Fishermen. Chris Naylor, one of our guest chefs and of 'Bespoke Catering' fame, cooked this incredibly tasty Gigha Halibut fish dish in a recent culinary class for our guests. Give it a try ...

The answer to ‘what’s next after you’ve dined in, eaten in & shopped local?’

Hannah Ewan knows more than a thing or two about food and lets face it she has to. As well as Deputy Editor of The List's Edinburgh & Glasgow Eating & Drinking Guide, she is included as one of the 80-strong team of locally based incognito reviewers who amass more that 900 impartial summaries of the dining scene in Scotland's two lagest cities. We were delighted that Hannah and her colleague Jay Thundercliffe (The List's Glasgow Editor) chose to join us on a recent tour of fabulous foodie Fife. And so to the question: What is next after you have dined out, eaten in and shopped local?  Read Hannah's thoughts by clicking here

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 ...