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Blackfriars  »

Blackfriars: self-titled 'best kept secret in Glasgow'

As we step inside Blackfriars, my boyfriend’s face scrunches. ‘It smells like…like…something’, he says, as we grab a table on the wooden tier that serves as the dining section of the pub. It is a pungent sting of disinfe...

Fri 17 May 2013 by Kate Martin | Read more »

Edinburgh Coffee Jam »

Edinburgh Coffee Jam, Freemans

If, as we parted company at a chill-ridden crossroads one blustery evening, I told you I were off for a spot of ‘cupping’, what would first spring to mind? Don’t answer that, for — unless you are particularly well-informed ...

Sun 21 Apr 2013 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

Blackfriars »

Kat Abdullah

Nestled comfortably on a Cowgate side street is the newly opened Blackfriars Restaurant and Bar, formerly the beloved Black Bo’s vegetarian restaurant. While the location has a history to live up to, Blackfriars’ menu and atmosphere provide...

Sun 21 Apr 2013 by Mary Kinsella | Read more »

Field »

Field

In these days of compromised luxury and tightened purse-strings — let us be honest here — it isn’t with the greatest enthusiasm that one reads “Michelin-standard cuisine”, “stripped back” and “b...

Sun 21 Apr 2013 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

The joy of food »

Full of enticing thoughts of imagined smells and possible tastes, the food world has an undeniable lure that can quickly turn one from a fan to a fanatic. Such an obsession can be easily fuelled by the plethora of recipes, images, and programmes fillin...

Thu 21 Mar 2013 by Mary Kinsella | Read more »

Zucca »

Zucca

“At last”, exclaimed this columnist in appreciative rapture, “an Italian restaurant that isn’t afraid to be Italian.” Of course, it helped his gratitude that he had recently dined at less reputable Italianate joints ...

Mon 18 Mar 2013 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

Easter Chocolate Cake »

Sam Stern's Easter Cake

Makes a deliciously soft, moist chocolate cake, while the icing is dark, rich and fudgy. Shopping tip: everything is available from the corner store. Chocolate Cake275g white self-raising flour1½ tsp baking powder 225g caster sugar200g ma...

Mon 18 Mar 2013 by Sam Stern | Read more »

One-pan Spanish Style Lamb »

Spanish Lamb Chop

This lamb dish is beautifully simple. Cooking everything in the same pan allows the flavours to mingle and makes for incredible eating, while the marinade is subtle but effective. 6-8 small neat lamb cutlets (in a rack or sold separately, trimmed) ...

Sun 03 Mar 2013 by Sam Stern | Read more »

Le Di Vin »

Di-Vin Wine Bar

MGMT’s 'Kids' twangles through the sound system. The Irish waiter delivers a robust Rioja — flushed and rufescent, like a giant ruby — in a French wine bar that used to be a Polish church, the catholic Oratory of St Anne. &l...

Sat 02 Mar 2013 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

From Stable to Shattered »

"Horses for main courses"

Let’s stop horsing around. In an age when everything can be bought at one location, an age when the thinking process surrounding consumerism has concentrated focus on the final product rather than its origin and packaging, is it any wonder that t...

Wed 20 Feb 2013 by Mary Kinsella | Read more »

Timberyard »

Timberyard

In criticism, perfection is a perilous word. In the case of Timberyard, it constitutes axiomatic truth. To posit this paradox is not to toy precariously with hyperbole, but to delineate precisely what the Radfords have achieved. Timberyard isn’t ...

Tue 19 Feb 2013 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

Banana Tea Loaf with Passionfruit Icing »

Banana Tea Loaf

Transform those left-over bananas into this tempting beauty. The icing is an absolute treat with its rush of fizzy citrus and passion-fruit flavours. Bananas and dates are packed with nutrients (potassium and slow release energy) and provide good suste...

Tue 19 Feb 2013 by Sam Stern | Read more »

Valentine's Moules Mariniere »

Cook's tips: mussels are cheap, nutritious oysters and cook in 4 minutes max while your soft-centred, crispy oven chips sizzle away in a hot oven, offering a healthier alternative to deep-frying. Serves 2 1 kg fresh mussels (rope grown) 2 large ...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Sam Stern | Read more »

Castello Coffee »

Castello Coffee

Edinburgh is at risk of caffeine-induced tachycardia. Not a week slips by that doesn’t witness the birth of some independent coffee joint, and indeed many have graced these very pages. But submerged in this confluence of coffeeshops, how is one t...

Wed 23 Jan 2013 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

The Hanging Bat »

In theory, The Hanging Bat has little to recommend itself. From the outside, the eye could easily slip past it, sitting as it does demurely on Lothian Road. It is, moreover, only three months old – and we all know what three-month-olds are like. ...

Wed 23 Jan 2013 by Tabitha Standish-Hayes | Read more »

Traditional Christmas Dinner for 6  »

Christmas Recipe

Chicken 1 good chicken (2 – 2.2 kg) giblets removed, room temperature Salt and black pepper 5-8 unsmoked streaky bacon rashers Soft butter/olive oil 1 lemon   Cranberry Sauce 225g cranberries (frozen ok) 6 tablespoons water 1 tablespo...

Wed 21 Nov 2012 by Sam Stern | Read more »

Time for Tea »

Like good pop music and collecting hardbacks, afternoon tea has become a dying art. Perhaps, one might argue, there simply isn’t room in the crowded modern lifestyle for the relaxed vagaries of high tea. After all, it is but a capriciously light-...

Wed 21 Nov 2012 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

The Blackbird  »

The Blackbird

The first rule of business is to ascertain your niche, your singularity of purpose. The Blackbird, accordingly, deserves an MBA. This third baby to the Big Red Teapot group – the minds behind old favourites Hamilton’s and Treacle – ha...

Mon 19 Nov 2012 by Ben Kendall | Read more »

Five spice crispy duck legs with sticky sauce »

It's gotten to that time of year when all you want is warmth, comfort and the company of friends. So put your dissertation or essays to the side for one night and enjoy this simple, sophisticated dinner. Duck legs pack a lot of flavour and crisp up bea...

Wed 07 Nov 2012 by Sam Stern | Read more »

Ale for Dummies »

Ale: the underappreciated cousin of all alcoholic beverages, outstripped by the sophistication of wine, the decadence of gin, and the ready availability of Buckfast. Most painful to this poor beer, though, is the advent of lager, widely acclaimed as &l...

Wed 07 Nov 2012 by Tabitha Standish-Hayes | Read more »

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