Recipe of the Week 1st September 2010

BBQ Chicken
INGREDIENTS:
For the chicken
2 tables salt
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 chickens (each cut in 10 pieces, backbone removed)
2 tablespoons olive oil
For the BBQ sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 chopped onion
4 tablespoons ketchup
3/4 pint low-sodium chicken broth
1/4 pint apple cider vinegar
3 oz dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons treacle
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 [...]

What’s on This Week? – 30th August

On 6th September Blackwells Bookshop 53-62 South Bridge are holding a Book Quiz at 6pm.
James Robertson will be reading from and signing copies of his new book ‘And The Land Lay Still’ at Waterstones Edinburgh West End on 2 September at 6.30 p.m. More details here.
David Purdie and Hugh Dodd are talking about golf [...]

What’s on This Week? – 23rd August

The various Festivals in Edinburgh continue to attract many visitors. The photo on the left is of the Book Festival in Charlotte Square.
Today The Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce is organising The Brand of the Future event at the Edinburgh International Marketing Festival. The event starts at 10.30 a.m. at The Assembly Hall on The Mound. [...]

Cinema on Sunday

There is so much culture in Edinburgh at the moment but you will be forgiven for escaping to the cinema this Sunday if you go to see either of these wonderful films on offer.
First at The Filmhouse they are showing The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secretor de Sus Ojos)  (18) at 13.15 17.45 and [...]

What’s on This Week? – 16 August 2010

Alastair Darling is giving the Donald Dewar Lecture on 17th August which you are possibly too late to get  ticket for unless you are prepared to wait in the returns queue in the Charlotte Square garden.
Thrive for Business are holding an after works drinks event on 19th August at the Apex Waterloo Place.
At The [...]

New dementia centre

A new dementia service has opened in the grounds of the former Eastern General Hospital in Edinburgh.
The new Seagrove Centre, run by North Edinburgh Dementia Care, will provide vital services to those with dementia.
The new purpose-built centre has recently been successful in securing funding from the City of Edinburgh Council for the next five years.
Around [...]

Fatal road collision on M8

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 19-year-old female was killed in a road collision that happened on the M8 on Tuesday night.
The incident happened at around 11pm, around a mile west of the Hermiston Junction.
The victim had been walking on the eastbound carriageway of the motorway when she was struck by [...]

Recipe of The Week 11 August 2010

Time to indulge in a pudding we think!
The easiest of puddings to learn is the crumble. It is particularly easy if you have a food processor, but if not you just have to learn how to make the crumble mix by hand.
So either put 100g of self-raising flour with 50g of margarine and 50g of [...]

Realistic Pilates

Want to do something useful with your weekends? Try Pilates! From Saturday 25th 2010 September Ina Schöttling will be running Realistic Pilates classes for small groups (max 4 people per class) at Griffen Fitness. Realistic Pilates is a deconstructed method of Pilates, where good postural alignment and a flat tummy [...]

Calendar Girls

Following a sell-out, record breaking run in Edinburgh last year Calendar Girls has triumphed in the West End and possibly in the whole of the UK. Now it’s back in Edinburgh for two weeks only and it is already proving to be the hottest ticket in town.
For the Scottish leg of this latest UK tour [...]

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