Chai Latte from Easy Peasy: Real Cooking for Kids
19 Apr '22
Chai is an Indian spicy, milky tea which makes a delicious, warming drink. The word chai is Hebrew and means ‘giving life’. It’s a great drink...
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‘Memo to myself for Spring’ by Liz Lochhead
19 Apr '22
This year is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Liz Lochhead’s debut collection, Memo for Spring. Last month we published a brand new...
A Cracking Start to Spring
15 Apr '22
Did we have a cracking start to Spring last week? Yes we did… at the launch of Alternatives to Valium in a brand new bookshop, and with a...
English Garden cocktail from Gin: The Ultimate Companion
22 Mar '22
Bask in the spring sunshine this weekend and celebrate Mother’s Day with a refreshing English Garden cocktail. Our recipe this week is taken...
‘Daffodils’ from Carve the Runes by George Mackay Brown
22 Feb '22
Daffodils Heads skewered with grief Three Marys at the cross (Christ was wire and wax festooned on a dead tree) Guardians of the rock, their emerald...
Something a little different for Shrove Tuesday
21 Feb '22
As Covid closed-in once again in the Autumn of 2021, Ghillie Basan found herself one of a number of people appointed by Scotland: Food and Drink as...
Taste test for Shrove Tuesday
21 Feb '22
Shrove Tuesday is fast approaching. Try a Birlinn recipe for your pancakes this year!
Sweeten your Valentine’s Day with Sticky Honey Pudding from The Chain Bridge Honey Bible
14 Feb '22
Valentine’s Day calls for an extra dollop of sweetness, and our Chain Bridge Honey Bible does just the trick. Whip up the Sticky Honey Pudding...
Message from the Skies: Mara Menzies responds to the climate emergency
26 Jan '22
We were thrilled to hear that our author Mara Menzies, whose recently published Blood and Gold has been met by much acclaim, was commissioned to...
Celebrate Burns Night with an extract from Tam o’Shanter
24 Jan '22
Funny, scurrilous, chilling and gloriously inventive, Tam o’ Shanter is widely regarded as Robert Burns’ masterpiece, and one of his...
Filo haggis with bacon and pea purée from The Macsween Haggis Bible
24 Jan '22
Go all out this Burns Night with these moreish filo haggis parcels from The Macsween Haggis Bible. This recipe uses the Macsween vegetarian haggis,...
Black Pudding with Marinated Burnt Tomatoes and Feta on Toast from A Taste of the Highlands
17 Jan '22
Take your brunch to the next level with this recipe from A Taste of the Highlands by award-winning food writer Ghillie Basan. Featuring a hundred...
