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Border bannocks - The Scottish flatbread

Border bannocks - The Scottish flatbread

The bannock wasn’t always just a tea-time treat

10 May 2011

From a flatbread that was an everyday staple, the traditional Border bannock changed its character over the years. The rich cakes that bear the name ‘bannock’ owe little to their ancestry but their round shape. When Burns talked of southern Scotland…

The best breadmakers (and sellers) in Edinburgh and Glasgow

The best breadmakers (and sellers) in Edinburgh and Glasgow

Au Gourmand, Patisserie Dujardin and McGhee's Family Bakers

7 Mar 2011

The appearance of more small artisan bakeries points to an increasing awareness of and demand for proper bread, both from the public and the operations serving them. Around the sandwich shops of the capital Au Gourmand, the Gorgie-based but…

Why Scottish oats and bread are a cut above

Why Scottish oats and bread are a cut above

The essential ingredient in porridge, crowdie, skirlie and haggis

10 May 2010

Oats thrive in a cold, damp climate and so it comes as no surprise that they have long been a staple food in Fife, and Scotland in general. Indeed oats, inseparably entwined with Scotland’s culinary heritage, were, and still are, held in high esteem.

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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…
Peter's Yard
27 Simpson Loan (Quartermile), Edinburgh, EH3 9GG
The location of this aspirational Swedish establishment couldn't be better. Tucked alongside Middle Meadow Walk in the expensive glass forest of the Quartermile development, Peter’s Yard is a bright, well-ordered space that exudes a soothing…
Kember & Jones Fine Food Emporium
134 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TD
Situated in the heart of foodie West End on Byres Road, Kember & Jones is an upmarket café-deli with a good line in kitchenware and books too, with an interior that manages that elusive blend of elegant and cosy. The menu mixes the contemporary with…
Falko (Konditormeister)
185 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh, EH10 4DG
A firm fixture on Edinburgh’s foodie scene Falko continues to deliver goods be it rye breads, pastries or some of the finest, traditional cakes outside of central Europe. Produced to strict standards, no raising agents are used in the cakes, only beaten…
Fisher & Donaldson Café Tearoom
Ceres Road, Cupar, Fife, KY15 5JT
Fife – and, indeed, one of Scotland’s – best-known craft bakers, Fisher & Donaldson have shops in St Andrews and Cupar, as well as a shop and café attached to their main production unit just to the south of Cupar’s town centre. The range is huge…
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