Cookery

Four List readers share their New Year's resolutions

An insight into getting started in trapeze, cookery, ballet or capoeira

6 Jan 2012

'The feeling of achievement is amazing' Name Denise Deutsch Age 30 Profession Fabric buyer, Mandors Skill Trapeze and Aerial Arts I fell into the idea of aerial arts as a hobby after unexpectedly getting a ticket to see Leona Lewis perform in…

Gok Wan to front new cookery show

TV Gossip

22 Jun 2011

Gok Wan is to front his own cooking show. The 36-year-old fashion expert - usually associated with styling programmes such as 'How To Look Good Naked' and 'Gok's Fashion Fix' - will present a food programme featuring dishes inspired by his Chinese…

The Borders’ culinary heritage is well documented

The early Scottish cookbooks

10 May 2011

The Scottish Borders may not have been the only cradle of the Scot’s cuisine but they did play a role in establishing the canon of Scots cookery. Elizabeth Cleland’s New and Easy Method of Cookery of 1755 was one of the first cookery books published…

How the sheep and lamb from the Scottish Borders earned its reputation

Some of the finest meat available in Scotland

10 May 2011

Sheep have been grazing on Border hills since at least the 12th century, yielding wool, milk and meat – mostly eaten as braxy when the animal died by disease, old age or accident. While in the Highlands sheep were farmed for subsistence, in the Lowlands…

How to learn Indian cookery from the comfort of your own kitchen

Rachna Deer of Ladyfingers Cooking in Glasgow comes round your house to teach you

12 Jan 2011

Everyone’s got one. The book you’re going to write, the film you’re going to make, the restaurant you’re going to open. And round about the beginning of January, you might think about actually doing it – briefly, for a couple of weeks. Maybe you even…

Make your own Hallowe'en party essentials

How to make Hallowe’en Party Bunting, Meringue Ghosts, Chocolate Spider Cupcakes and Pumpkin Lantern

29 Oct 2010

Having a Hallowe'en party? Then heed some of these top tips from craft masters Made in the Shade

Iron Chef UK a real test of the pressure cooker

30 Apr 2010

Govan-filmed cookery show Iron Chef is currently one of the most bizarre shows on UK TV. Brian Donaldson finds respected Scottish chef Nick Nairn at the heart of the madness *2Amid a flurry of dry ice, a swirl of bright lights and stomach-twisting…

Courses, classes and activities

8 Jan 2009

Alternative Therapy Edinburgh Aromatherapy Far superior to a nasty blast of air freshener, learn the subtle art of aromatherapy, with beginner’s classes in essential oils and massage. An 8-week non-vocational course is available through the…