Cheese

Behind the scenes at St Andrews Farmhouse Cheese

Fife’s pioneering cheesemaker shares her art with visitors to the farm

Rarely has one cheese gone so far. Not only has the Stewart family managed to spin a delightful café business out of their award-winning Anster cheese, but the building on their family farm Falside also houses a viewing gallery where customers can watch…

Best of 2011: Scottish food producers

The brewers, smokehouses, bakers and cheesemakers on the rise

2011 wasn’t a fun year for small business but food and drink in Scotland continued to make advances with impressive new products, new producers, new markets, growing food festivals, and an increased awareness of the value and importance of local food…

Antony Worrall Thompson says sorry for shoplifting

TV Gossip

Antony Worrall Thompson has apologised following his arrest for shoplifting. The 'Ready Steady Cook' star - who was given a formal caution by police for stealing cheese and wine on five separate occasions in 16 days from a Tesco store in Henley…

Hayley Atwell's cheesy Christmas

Celebrity Gossip

Hayley Atwell plans to get "p****d before 12" on Christmas Day (25.12.11) after taking culinary tips from Ray Winstone. The 29-year-old actress - who appears alongside the 'King Arthur' actor in forthcoming crime movie 'The Sweeney' - plans to try…

How the woman behind Stichill Jerseys maintains high food standards

Brenda Leddy on cows, cheese and clotted cream

It takes quite a woman to take one Jersey cow and make it into an award-winning transatlantic enterprise, but then Kelso’s Brenda Leddy, of Stichill Jerseys, is not just any woman. A recent runner-up in BBC Radio 4’s Food and Farming Awards, those…

A guide to the best cheese shops in Edinburgh

The finest purveyors of Strathdon Blue, Dunlop Cheddar and many more Scottish cheeses

In the popular parlour game of ‘if you had to give something up for life, what would it be?’ (Strictly Come Dancing or X Factor, partner or friends, stilettos or trainers), many have foundered over the choice between cheese or orgasms. You think it’s an…

Milk and its place in Scottish culinary culture

Milk – and what it can be turned into – are integral not only to the Scottish diet, but also to our culinary heritage, writes Carine Seitz.

A brief history of Ayrshire's Dunlop cheese

Scotland’s equivalent of Cheddar is enjoying a revival thanks to a number of artisan makers. Jackie Hunter looks at the story of Ayrshire’s Dunlop.

Guilty Pleasures: Assembly festival club night aims to please

Two and a half hours of guilt-free pop, every night of the festival

A spanking brand new Assembly venture for this year with DJs, dancers and special guests floating in for two and a half hours of guilty fun each night. Straight-up pop is promised for those not wholly ashamed of their Hall & Oates and Toto…

How Anster cheese become one of the Fife’s headline food acts

One of Scotland's artisan cheeses

‘Right from the start, cheese seemed an obvious option. There was nobody else in Fife making cheese from their own milk on the farm; there seemed to be public demand for, and interest in, locally produced food; and last, but not least, we love…

Chefs' choices: Key chefs pay tribute to the food of Fife

Praise for Anster cheese, Falkland beef and locally-grown fruit and veg

Geoffrey Smeddle on Anster Cheese Fife is hugely fortunate to have its own landmark cheese production farm, the St Andrews Farmhouse Cheese Company, home of Anster cheese. Ever since first tasting this traditional, unpasteurised cheese, we have always…

Fi Buchanan, of the Heart Bchanan deli, on Isle of Mull cheese

Chef's Choice

The very first day we opened, brimming with pride, expectation, and a couple of glasses of Prosecco, we had virtually nothing in the shop. We had metal shelves sparsely filled with olive oils and spices, a handful of wines we knew were fantastic, and a…