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In Clover: A Caffeine-Based Revolution
It’s the complex piece of machinery that US coffee connoisseurs fete as the greatest thing since sliced brioche with a pot of organic bilberry jam. Sin... Read more »| 30 Sep 2008 -
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Bake To The Future
Cake and guilt traditionally go hand-in-hand, but two pioneering Edinburgh cafes are making a move towards sweet treats that’ll keep your conscience smelling of roses. Read more »| 29 Aug 2008 -
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Pints and Progress
Dave Hynes and Louise Loftus look at two inner city boroughs clinging on to their drinking culture in the face of 'regeneration', and ask how harmoniously gloss sits with grit. Read more »| 30 Jul 2008 -
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Fyne Dining at Connect
This year’s Hydro Connect Festival may have musically swapped leftfield for lad rock (last year Bjork, and MIA playing the main stage - this year Paolo... Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
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Food For Free: The Glasgow Diary
In the concluding episode of our Freegan diaries, Louise Loftus tries the rabbit trick on every fruit and vegetable shop in the West End, and the haul is impressive Read more »| 08 Jun 2008 -
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Food For Free: The Edinburgh Diary
The plan is to find a bin full of loaves of bread... George Penny finds a large can of hairspray as he tries to live like a Freegan for a few weekend Read more »| 08 Jun 2008
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Food For Free: Foraging For 'Bush Tucker'
As an errant Devonian, now residing in the (comparatively) big city, I get the occasional Thoreau-esque pang for open spaces and fresh air. This is compounde... Read more »| 05 Jun 2008 -
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Food For Free: Interview with the Freegan
Louise Loftus talks to a a full-time Freegan to find out exactly why it's appealing Read more »| 04 Jun 2008 -
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That's The Spirit
Francis De La Boe invented gin and was sure it would cure one third of all diseases. If it doesn't, George Penny reckons cheese wine probably will, sort of Read more »| 04 Jun 2008 -
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A Rock 'n' Roll Cookbook
Elvis regally living out his last minutes on the toilet, cheeseburger in hand. Mama Cass' final dreams of California rudely disrupted by a ham sandwich lodge... Read more »| 30 May 2008 -
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Have Fork, Will Travel
EatScotland, the culinary arm of VisitScotland, is currently trumpeting its range of ‘Taste Trails’, designed to give your trip to Scotland a dis... Read more »| 21 May 2008 -
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SeeWoo Supermarket
Given its location on the insalubrious Saracen Street (the gastronomic highlight of which appears at first glance to be a Subway sandwich shop), you may well... Read more »| 24 Apr 2008 -
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Sweets For Your Sweet
There's a sense of illicit pleasure here which is hard not to indulge... Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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New Year, New Favourites
Pre-empting the places that will be tempting your tastebuds in 2007 Read more »| 07 Dec 2007 -
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There goes the beer
Alternatively, if you are looking for a way out of buying your new lady champagne with dinner, persuade her to try Kasteel Cru Read more »| 10 Jul 2007