Warm up with a Hot Toddy from The Pocket Guide to Whisky
18 Oct '21
The Pocket Guide to Whisky explores every kind of whisky, from the well-known Scottish giants of Glenlivet, to the exotic Japanese Hibiki, featuring...
Tea Time Treat
Oatmeal Porridge and Tomatin Tipsy Prunes from A Taste of the Highlands
11 Oct '21
Featuring a hundred recipes gleaned along the way, ranging from the traditional to the contemporary, as well as the stories of the people met by...
‘No Thyme To Die’: say cheers to James Bond with Gin: The Ultimate Companion
04 Oct '21
We all know that James Bond is partial to a vodka martini, shaken, not stirred. But why stick to vodka? Shake things up a bit… Celebrate the...
Mushroom Soup from Sue Lawrence’s Scottish Soup Bible
27 Sep '21
Head into the woodlands to forage some autumnal funghi, or pick up a pack of dried mushrooms at the local supermarket and try out Sue...
World Gratitude Day: ‘If Once You Have Slept on an Island’ by Rachel Lyman Field
20 Sep '21
Tuesday 21st September is World Gratitude Day, and over the past 18 months, it is our healthcare professionals to whom we owe the greatest debt of...
Deep Apple Pie with Butterscotch and Oaty Crumble from Sue Lawrence’s Scottish Baking
20 Sep '21
Ring in the first official week of autumn this week with a celebratory recipe filled to bursting with warm apples and crumbly pastry. This delicious...
Venison and Ale Puff Pastry Pie from The Claire MacDonald Game Cookbook
13 Sep '21
There is no better way to embrace the coming of autumn than with a hearty casserole, and why not try a twist on the original with a Venison and Ale...
Hazelnut and Brown Sugar Meringues from The Scottish Wild Food Bible
06 Sep '21
The Scottish Wild Food Bible by Claire Macdonald includes a wide selection of recipes using a huge variety of produce that can be found growing wild...
Poem of the Week: Norman MacCaig, ‘Notations of ten summer minutes’
31 Aug '21
Norman MacCaig’s poetry about Assynt, collected in Polygon’s Between Mountain and Sea, are spare, simple evocations of time and place....
Broad Bean and Blackberry Salad from the Scottish Vegan Cookbook
30 Aug '21
With August coming to a close, our recipe of the week makes the most of late summer’s produce. The Broad Bean and Blackberry Salad is taken...
Poem of the Week: ‘When Carla Moved Out’ by Michael Pedersen
24 Aug '21
Michael Pedersen’s second poetry collection, Oyster (2017), is a salty scoop of delight that slips down in one mouthful. Bite down, though: its...
Oaty Bramble Squares from Scottish Baking by Sue Lawrence
23 Aug '21
Though the weather might be telling us otherwise, it is almost the end of August and prime bramble season. Our recipe of the week is the Oaty Bramble...
