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Guide to the different breeds of beef

Guide to different breeds of Scottish beef

17 Sep 2010

With many farmers choosing larger and faster-growing continental breeds such as Charolais and Limousin in the post-war era, Scotland’s native breeds were on the decline. Rob Fletcher looks at four Scottish breeds whose meat is back in fashion.

Auntie Midgie's Guide To: Scottish Cuisine

Auntie Midgie's Guide To: Scottish Cuisine

10 Sep 2009

What’s best? Things like Scotch beef, Scotch lamb and Scottish salmon are real local delicacies and guaranteed to be of superior taste, protected as they are by strict quality guidelines. And many seaside towns offer locally caught fish that is second…

Cuts of meat

Cuts of meat: where your beef comes from

1 May 2009

Scotch Beef has a great reputation, but there’s little point in swooning over the prime cuts and ignoring the rest. Here butcher Jonathan Honeyman teams up with chef John Webber for a guided tour of a side of beef.

In praise of grass

The grass is greener: why Scottish animals have the advantage over foreign livestock

1 May 2009

Cows eat grass, as every school child knows. Except that it’s not always the case these days. In many parts of Scotland (thanks to all our rain) grass is what grows best and gives the animals that graze it a natural advantage.

Popular places

Henderson's Vegetarian Restaurant
94 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1DR
This subterranean gathering spot has been the beating heart of Edinburgh’s vegetarian scene for half a decade, and justly celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012 – no mean feat considering how our appetites and attitudes towards food have changed over…
Peckham's
61–65 Glassford Street, Glasgow, G1 1UB
Peckham’s was once the go-to Merchant City deli, packed with pâtés, Scottish fruit cordials, olive oils and as fine a selection of wines as you could find in Glasgow. But it has suffered in recent years – and many competitors have stepped into the…
The Balgrove Larder
Strathtyrum House Estate, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SF
A major new farm shop and café on the fringes of St Andrews that’s planned to open in September 2010, the focus of Balgove Larder will be produce from the estate, principally Luing cattle (also known as Highland shorthorn cross), though also including…
Berits & Brown
6 Wilson Street, Glasgow, G1 1SS
In the heart of the merchant City, which is particularly good looking at night these days, Berits and Brown offers a small taste of a New York style neighbourhood diner. It is a big draw for wine buffs – any bottle on sale in the off license can be…
Stuart's of Buckhaven
37 High Street, Leven, Fife, KY9 1AF
Originally a bakery, this sixth-generation family butchers and bakers with shops across Fife began sourcing meat in the 1960s to guarantee the quality of their speciality pies. Current boss Alan Stuart founded the now highly prestigious World Scotch Pie…
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