Scottish Food News – November 2015
Our monthly food events round-up includes beer festivals, burger pop-ups and an event looking at Glasgow's relationship with food.
This month’s food round-up begins in a big field in Fife, with the autumn edition of the Cambolicious beer festival taking place in the outbuildings of the Cambo Estate in the East Neuk.
Beers from a host of local breweries, live music and a host of other activities beckon, although given the fading light at this time of year it’s probably just as well that the axe-throwing of the festival’s summer edition is taking a break. 7 Nov, Cambo Estate nr Kingsbarns, £10, tickets via Eventbrite
Right, that’s the outdoors dealt with; let’s move inside. We’ll start with the return of the El Perro Negro burger pop-up to Brewdog in Glasgow. Prepare yourself for a day of delicious sandwiches and no-holds-barred grease-on-chin action – get there early, and wear a dark t-shirt. 8 Nov while stocks last, 1397 Argyle St, @brewdogglasgow
Head to the southside the following day and you’ll find an event from Soul Food Sisters, part of the CCA’s ongoing Cooking Pot programme highlighting Glasgow’s multi-faceted relationship with food.
Soul Food Sisters are a collective of female cooks from across the globe, who have teamed up to recreate recipes submitted by members of the local community – their Cooking Pot event at Bakery47 will see them present the finest recipes Garnethill’s amateur chefs have to offer. 9 Nov, 6:30pm, 47 Victoria Rd, free (ticketed), book via cca-glasgow.com
Over in Edinburgh, Summerhall’s FestivALE returns with a huge selection of beer under one arm, and a this’ll-never-get-old title under the other.
Puns aside, the FestivALE – it’s a festival of ale, geddit? – is in no danger of outstaying its welcome, with the exciting addition of the ‘CoLab Bar’ to the line-up. The CoLab features an eight beer line-up born of collaborations between some of Scotland’s top craft breweries and on-site Summerhall brewer Andrew “Barney” Barnett.
There will also be bespoke food stalls matched to the beers on offer, as well as an “experimental bottle bar” stocked with some more unusual beers, a dedicated rum bar, and contributions from Alloa brewery Williams Bros and Summerhall’s own Pickering’s Gin. 6-7 Nov, various times, 1 Summerhall Pl, £8, summerhall.co.uk