The Larder

Eddie’s Seafood Market has been trading since 1986 and true to its name, has the feel of a miniature market. Supplier to many of Edinburgh’s restaurants, it overflows with sealife: Scotland’s waters provide most of the fish and there’s a particularly…

Johanna Woodhead and her husband Philip gave up high-pressure executive jobs to follow their dream of opening up an artisan deli and café. They work hard to stock interesting cheeses and meats and Johanna has been recognised in the Great Taste Awards…

Bedecked with creels, fishing nets, mini-lighthouses and other seafaring paraphernalia, Fish in Crieff prides itself on being able to source 'anything from the sea' given two days' notice. Alongside a wide range of fresh fish and shellfish bought direct…

Directly outside Shields Road subway station, this is the place to find a wide selection of the highest quality fresh fish and shellfish; alongside pickled or smoked fish and wild smoked venison, rabbit, duck and pigeon. You may have unknowingly sampled…

Follow the fishy aroma up a narrow alley and you'll come across this old-style fishmonger installed in a railway arch, freshly hosed and glisteningly clean. Outside are boxes of whelks, oysters and rope-grown mussels; move inside next to the well-used…

Fisher and Donaldson is no ordinary bakery. Billing itself as a patisserie, boulangerie, confiserie and chocolaterie, the place is one of seven shops in Dundee and Fife, and they undoubtedly produce the best cakes and sticky buns in the city. This…

A real community hub, Peter McQuade's bar-restaurant hosts a steady stream of regulars serving a mix of modern pub staples such as fish and chips, popular Sunday roasts and hearty but not heavy finer dining.

Opened in 2012, this restaurant specialises in seafood and steaks using quality ingredients. The space is well lit, decorated in off-white with comfortable blue chairs, natural wood floors and tables. In the bar area coffee and tea and cakes are served.

This inspiring kitchen garden has come about because of the energy and vision of the founders and the generous rent-free land donated by the trustees of Hospitalfield House. A large variety of vegetables and fruits are grown outside and in polytunnels…

The Inn at Lathones to the south of St Andrews is around four hundred years old, though beside the stone-clad fireplaces and exposed roof beams on display. you'll find gig posters (the former stables now hosts live music) and sporting memorabilia…

Alicks Fraser specialises in wedding and celebration cakes suitable for dietary intolerances and allergies - he can whip up gluten free, wheat free, egg free, dairy free, vegetarian and vegan cakes (but isn't averse to your usual egg-flour-sugar cake).

Set in rather inauspicious surroundings on Crail harbour, the Reilly family's Lobster Store is a familiar and reliable local stop for fresh crustaceans in the East Neuk. They supply dressed crab, boiled crab and lobster at the counter, all caught by the…

A small farm shop has been open here for a few years but a smart new outlet and café opened closer to the car park at the picturesque Lunan Bay in June 2012. The pork you can buy here is reared free-range on Lunan Farm, along with the eggs from their…

No more does your evening meal have to be beholden to the afterthought of an express supermarket's 'round the world' section: Lupe Pintos has been a one stop shop for the spice lover for over 20 years. Mexican, Caribbean, American, Asian and generally…

Arduino Fusaro set up his first parlour in Ayrshire in 1955. The show is now considerably more elaborate, with an ice-cream and bottle shop in Cupar, and two outlets in St Andrews. The range of wines and whiskies is all the more impressive when you…

A manufacturer of marmalades, preserves and curds, and the last commercial marmalade producer in the Dundee area, Mackays uses a traditional slow boiling method in huge copper pans. Raspberries, strawberries and blackcurrants grown in Angus, Perthshire…

This well-stocked farm shop near Arbroath sells big sacks of various farm-grown potatoes and other seasonal veg such as carrots, cauliflowers and sprouts. There are imported vegetables as well, plus dry goods and chutneys, and home-made jams, honey and…

Since establishing his own operation on his aunt and uncle's Auchtertool farm in 2005, Steve Mitchell has seen strong and steady expansion. His most recent opening stocks his popular water buffalo, beef and 'Juicy' Jacob lamb, and keeps it in the family…

The mercurial Lewis family were ticking all the boxes long before the boxes themselves became fashionable, offering a boutique hotel hideaway in an 18th-century rural farmhouse and steadings, farming their own land and cultivating a proper kitchen…

All types of meat

The Peat Inn simply exudes an air of calmness and competence. Decorated in muted shades of brown and cream, the dining area divides into several small spaces ensuring an intimate and uncluttered feel. Offering lunch, tasting, à la carte and daily menus…

Originally leased to Oddbins, Quel Vin's owners (in Kelvinbridge, geddit?) saved it from closure when Oddbins folded, asking the staff to stay on and continue to run the shop for them. Now they have the freedom to stock what they believe in, as well as…

Part canteen, part fine-dining restaurant, chef-owner John Shields’ operation is housed in the impressive extension to an A-listed Art Deco former rubber factory, with Saturday-evening dining and brunches most catching the imagination.