by Emily Glass Recent figures from J Sainsbury Plc show that the British are choosing nights in rather than going out in town to have a good night. Whilst the country is still feeling the effects of the economic downturn British people are combating these tough times by curbing spending that seems unnecessary – [...]
By Màiri Thomson The Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School has become the first independent school in Scotland to receive a Gold Food for Life Catering Mark from the Soil Association. This award requires the school to make use of local and seasonal produce as well as showing it and sets an example of good food culture [...]
EXCLUSIVE By Calum Liddle A young Scottish pioneer has opened the country’s first commercial snail farm, in his parent’s back garden. Malcolm Stewart, a 17-year-old from Leith, is successfully breeding and nurturing common garden snails as escargot for some of Edinburgh’s finest restaurants, and the orders are filling fast. Malcolm said: “The snails come [...]
by Christian McBride The Zulu Lounge, a small South African cafe based in Morningside Edinburgh, has defied economic stress on small business and has enjoyed substantial growth in the past year. Run by siblings Chris and Kim Wedge the South African brother and sister have relied on their unique approach to to cafe culture and [...]
by Ross Haig With consumer confidence seemingly on the rise again after a difficult year on the high street, demand for luxury food items has rocketed. Aisles once filled with discount and value brands are seeing the return of their expensive counterparts, following on from figures released earlier this month which showed that a 2.8% [...]
by Luke Rajczuk It is getting more and more popular for the Scottish country side to produce and buy local foods. Peebles is a great example of how people take initiative producing and using foods only from the area of 50 miles radius from where they live. Local food is on everyone’s agenda, from Transition [...]
By Vikki Graves If you believe everything you read, our eating habits have gone into a steep decline. This time last year, your average Brit was walking home from the farmers’ market chomping an a fluffy organic roll stuffed with freshly roasted pig and apple sauce. But then this nasty credit crunch business came along [...]
Like a scene from a Scandinavian Christmas, Edinburgh’s Princes Street gardens set a somewhat romantic backdrop to the famous historic sky-line. Winter Wonderland has two markets that offer a feast of traditional German, Scandinavian and Scottish specialties. The German market, consists of 25 wooden huts. Their character and warmth are enough to forget about the bone [...]
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