Fruit and veg

Innovative approaches on traditional farms in the Scottish Borders

The new ideas lighting up the local food scene in south-east Scotland

10 May 2011

The old woods and hedges of Peelham Farm shelter fields that have been brought back to life. After decades of exploitation under an earlier owner’s intensive arable regime, Denise and Chris Walton, and their business partner Amanda Cayley have invested…

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

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

10 May 2010

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…

A potted history of grow-your-own: why Scots are once again happy to supply their own veg

1 May 2009

Growing your own fruit and veg is remodelling its image from retirement hobby to environmental neccessity. Here Jo Whittingham explains how gardening is a cornerstone of our culinary heritage.

Salad days: former chef Robin Gray has reaped the benefits of going back to basics on Arran

1 May 2009

Claire Ritchie visits an Arran smallholding where a former chef makes a living from living the good life.

Caught in a jam: getting the most out of Scotland's fruit

1 May 2009

Jo Ewart Mackenzie takes a look at the art of storing and preserving our glorious gluts of fruit.

Keeping it REAL: a food initiative teaching school pupils the value of sustainable farming

1 May 2009

Jo Ewart Mackenzie profiles an agenda-setting school project in which the pupils learn about the world of work while planting, growing and selling their own organic produce.

Sour crabs and Scotch dumplings: lookin' for apples

1 May 2009

Once every household had a repertoire of recipes to make the most of an annual glut. Now they are a year-round supermarket staple, yet rarely sourced from Britain, never mind Scotland. Catharina Day hunts for apples.

Graeme Pallister, chef at Perth's 63 Tay Street, on Perthshire berries

Chef's Choice

1 May 2009

Nowhere else in the world encourages eclectic cookery more than Perthshire, and it’s no more evident than during our berry fruit season. For decades now our local farms have reigned supreme producing the finest strawberries, rasps and blueberries.