Making Whoopie
By . Published 06 January 2011
Desperately searching for a cake to replace the cupcake (it's so over by the way), The Skinny tries its hand at baking
Food > Features
How to cook: Christmas Dinner
By . Published 13 December 2010Worried about cooking your Christmas roast? Never fear, The Skinny has assembled an amateur guide to help you create a dazzling feast with a minimum of stress
The Skinny Cocktail Column: December
Published 08 December 2010Jamie MacDonald of Stockbridge's exclusive cocktail snug The Raconteur has created Santa Nicol's Gin-ger Eggnog cocktail specially for those who've been naughty this year. Not only will the warming combination...
The Skinny Cocktail Column: November
Published 10 November 2010Edinburgh's Diminished Reserve has been created by Paul O’Donoghue, the General Manager at Bond 9, 84 Commercial st, Leith. Bond No9 lounge bar stands on the site of a former...
Cookery lessons
By . Published 02 November 2010The Skinny's resident food nerd takes a trip through to Glasgow's Thistle Hotel for a one-on-one masterclass from their Executive Chef...
The Drake
By . Published 01 November 2010Taking its cues from both stylish bistros and old school country pub chic, The Drake is conveniently situated at the edge of the West End, far enough away from the...
The Skinny Cocktail Column: October
By . Published 05 October 2010Distilled in a 200 year old Scottish copper pot still, Edinburgh Gin is a small batch, big juniper gin with a particular twist... softer, Scottish, less pungent juniper, as well...
Dookin' Fer Apples
By . Published 04 October 2010It's autumn, and that means harvest. The combine harvesters are going full kilter, the lambs are all eaten, and there are hundreds of rosy cheeked women in floaty white blouses...
The Pelican Cafe
By . Published 01 October 2010New arrival in town The Pelican – over the road from Kelvingrove Museum – is the baby of Jason Harvie, a wine merchant by trade who wanted to create somewhere...
At-home student cocktails on the cheap
By . Published 28 September 2010If you're strapped for cash but still want to have a messy night, there's clearly only one option: do it yourself
Passorn Thai Restaurant
By . Published 18 September 2010You may not find a friendlier welcome in an Edinburgh restaurant than the one at new Thai kid on the block Passorn. Your coat is whipped off and your...
Pie In The Sky v Great Food On The Ground
By . Published 13 September 2010Can Jen Davies and co stomach take a series of challenges - dining in the sky and a gourmet crawl (crawl being the operative word) around Glasgow?
The Skinny Cocktail Column: September
By . Published 03 September 2010SW4some Bon Vivant’s Stuart McCluskey took the time to invent this complex yet delicious twist on a julep. Inspired by SW4’s location in Clapham, London, Stuart used the idea of...
Tela Vuota @ Zizzi
By . Published 26 August 2010Sometimes, while eating dinner, one might listen to music. Whole families are known to eat meals in front of the telly. Few get the opportunity to dine at the same...
The Skinny Cocktail Column: August
By . Published 03 August 2010The Sou’wester James Sutherland from 56 North created this ginny, watermelonny variation on a mojito especially for us, and it sure was tasty. He let us see how it was...
Eat The Festival
By . Published 01 August 2010In town for the Festivals? Don’t want to blow valuable ticket cash on overpriced Royal Mile tourist grub or resort to dodgy burger vans? Let the friendly Skinny locals give...
Bo'Vine Meat and Wines
By . Published 26 July 2010The fierce debate as to whether the name for Glasgow’s new specialist steakhouse was hilarious or naff had certainly made us hungry. Thankfully, Bo’Vine’s menu consists entirely of no-nonsense items...
The Pioneer
By . Published 22 July 2010The Pioneer certainly lives up to its name, bravely pitching itself in the comparative no-man’s land between buzzing Charing Cross and the bar-heavy part of Argyle St. Its inauspicious entrance...
The Skinny Cocktail Column: July
By . Published 17 July 2010Classic Dry Martini For July our cocktail comes from the Traverse Theatre Bar, where manager Steven Simpson made us a variation on the classic martini, pounding black olives in with...
MacSorley's
By . Published 09 July 2010I’d always considered MacSorleys to be just a classic Glasgow pub, with drinks, loud music and maybe a greasy pie if you were lucky. One look at their Scottish...
