Yesterday was my birthday. I’m 31 and loving it *snaps fingers*. So in lieu of a real blog post today, and because I still have a lot of champagne drinking and present opening to get on with, here’s 31 foodie facts about me. When I was a wee Weegie, when cooking with pastry, I surreptitiously ate […]
Chicken Satay Stir-fry
Mid-week cooking is a faff isn’t it? I say that and I don’t even have kids / a dog / co-habiter (tick as apply) to feed. They say living on your own is easier. You’ve got less washing up to do, less stuff lying around and you can get away without hoovering for DAYS because no […]
10 items for a grown up kitchen
Now that I have my new digs (stay tuned for the official Weegie kitchen tour) I’ve been reminiscing about the flats I’ve lived in over the years. We’re talking 12 years of Weegie living from my late teens to early thirties. This includes a 2 bed squalor flat where I lived with 3 girls & we had a […]
Win 2 tickets for the Foodies Festival in Edinburgh!
Fancy winning 2 tickets for THE Scottish foodie event of the summer? Keep reading! The Foodies Festival The Foodies Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary and returning to Edinburgh’s Inverleith Park on the 7th – 9th August 2015. For or those not familiar with the event, its a 3 day showcase of Scotland’s finest culinary […]
The Lobster Shack
Andy Murray is pelting a tennis ball in his whites and I have a hankering for Pimms, this surely means its SUMMER! I swear I feel like Buddy the Elf when he discovers “Santa” is coming to Gimbels. So what better way to celebrate the start of the British Scottish summer (we both know these are […]
Guest Blog: Around the World with COSMO
All you eat buffets, they’re prone to a bad rep aren’t they? Now don’t get me wrong, I’m by no means a buffet snob, in fact I love a buffet. I’m always the first one up there to load my plate high. Yet when we move the humble buffet from a party to a restaurant, […]
The Comforting Cuddle of a Creme Brulee
If mashed potato (and sometimes polenta – see here) is the comfort food of the savoury world then surely, surely, the oh-so-chic crème brulee is the comfort food of the pudding world? There are a lot of competitors out there itching to make the #1 grade: Apple Crumble, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Steamed Pudding and lets not […]
Fish Fingers Tea Time Special
As an 80s child there are food quintessential to my childhood regardless of how good it tastes. Findus Crispy Pancakes, McCain Micro Chips and tinned Campbells Meatballs (in onion gravy of course) is what I was raised on. Interspersed by the frequent appearance of Mince & Totties and Lentil Soup. After all it was the 80s. Convenience food […]
Top Weegie Foodie Dates
February might be the official month of love but Spring is the unofficial season of love. In Summer it gets too hot for all that business and all you really want is an ice lolly and a pair of flattering cut-off denim shorts. Whereas Autumn is all about eating apple crumble & custard to be bothered […]
Sweet Potato & Goats Cheese Ravioli
I hesitated for some time whether to upload this recipe because quite frankly, its a bit of a faff. Now before you click that little cross at the top right hand corner of the screen, hang back a minute. The faff is merely the time it takes to make as opposed to its complexity. Now […]