Freshers and Food

The Food4life campaign starts again this month to promote healthy eating and food safety messages to young adults.
The project which is run by the City of Edinburgh Council and supported by both Scotmid and NHS Lothian, aims to raise awareness of food safety issues in young adults in Edinburgh, as well as linking food safety [...]

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 [...]

Happy Hour – with coffee!

An Edinburgh man has been shortlisted in a nation-wide competition to find the world’s best coffee barista – and is inviting locals to help raise cash for charity by sampling his coffee creations.
Liam Reid, who works at Costa Coffee in Edinburgh’s Fort Kinnaird, has reached the regional finals of Costa’s Barista of the Year contest, [...]

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 [...]

Recipe of the week

This week it is not exactly summertime weather. Sitting here in central Edinburgh on a rather dreich Wednesday morning, it seems that it is time to make a scone or a pancake, rather than eat summery foods like superfood salads.
So here is a really easy recipe for cheese scones….which is really just what we feel [...]

Cafe Citron at ESPC

ESPC and their new roommate, Cafe Citron, are working together to offer visitors to the ESPC showroom or anyone visiting the city centre a new choice.
ESPC, with its prime George Street address, and Cafe Citron, who already run two highly successful coffee shops in Edinburgh, are looking to bring a local [...]

Recipe of the Week – Boiled Ham

Yes really. Just plain old boiled ham.
Buy one of the half moon shaped pieces of ham in any supermarket. Typically it will cost about £4 at the moment although occasionally Sainsburys offer them at the bargain basement price of 3 for £10.
Place in large pot. Cover with cold water.
Chop two onions into eighths. Peel and [...]

Coffee of the week

Coffee has become a very important part of our daily lives. The coffee industry in the UK has become a significant money-spinner – £730 million was spent on drinking coffee in the UK last year.
According to an industry source, coffee is the most popular worldwide drink, and although the USA drinks about one third of [...]

Recipe of the week

Grilled Chicken with Mustard
Enough for 4
Takes about 40 minutes
Get the BBQ out. Make sure it is clean.
Put 4 teaspoons of mustard seeds in a frying pan and toast them till they crackle. Put them in a large bowl. Add 8oz of green beans either fresh or frozen, similar amount of thinly sliced green [...]

The Balmoral – Great Gourmet Escape

The Balmoral – part of the Rocco Forte Collection – is making the most of this rich abundance of superb gastronomic delights on their world-famous doorstep by offering their guests the opportunity to forage for funghi, pick their own berries, dive for delicious scallops or catch the freshest fish in their very own Great Gourmet [...]

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