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The Museum of Flavour: The Skinny Food Writing Competition
How real are our ingredients? Which rules govern the food we eat? And what does a strawberry actually taste like? Read more »| 12 Apr 2021 -
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Crystal Bowls: The Future of Scottish Food & Drink
12 months into the pandemic, it's time to start looking forward at what the future may hold in store for Scotland’s food and drink scene Read more »| 12 Mar 2021 -
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How Asian food Instagram joyously resists racism
Lockdown and restaurants closing has devastated and isolated diaspora communities. We explore how food Instagram accounts have been keeping communities connected, celebrating heritage and fighting racism Read more »| 11 Feb 2021 -
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Dining Zoom: Eating and drinking in lockdown
Sandwiches on fishing rods, dinnertime livestreams and enormous coffee tastings - here's what we've been up to in lockdown, and what's missing Read more »| 09 Feb 2021 -
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Challenge yourself to be more sustainable
Fancy being a bit greener and healthier in 2021? Here are a few small, money-saving steps you can make that you could take to reduce your carbon footprint Read more »| 21 Jan 2021 -
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Enter The Skinny Food & Drink Writing Competition
Emerging food writers, The Skinny is calling – here are details of our new Food and Drink Writing Competition Read more »| 11 Jan 2021
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Christmas Dinner: Edinburgh + Glasgow Shopping Guide
Our guide to a few of the independent food and drink businesses in Edinburgh and Glasgow who can help put your Christmas dinner plans into action Read more »| 10 Dec 2020 -
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The Skinny's Guide to Christmas Dinner
Some advice for those of you facing cooking Christmas dinner in the flat – whether you're confident in the kitchen or not, we can help Read more »| 10 Dec 2020 -
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Waste Not: Julie Lin & Rachna Dheer talk food waste
Ahead of COP26 next year, Glasgow Science Centre turn their attention to food waste in a new series of online videos – we talk to Rachna Dheer and Julie Lin about their role in Scraps Read more »| 30 Nov 2020 -
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Home Comforts: Manifesto Coffee Q+A
The team behind Perthshire coffee roasters Manifesto talk ethical coffee, the impact of the pandemic... and roasting at the kitchen table Read more »| 16 Nov 2020 -
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Home Comforts: Afternoon Tea by Rose Q+A
We catch up with Rose Gregory to chat about her Instagram-entrancing lockdown hit, Afternoon Tea by Rose Read more »| 11 Nov 2020 -
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Pink Peacock: Glasgow's queer, Yiddish anarchist cafe
The duo behind Glasgow's queer, Yiddish pay-what-you-can cafe Pink Peacock on community power, mutual aid, and bringing delicious Jewish food to the people of the Southside Read more »| 13 Oct 2020 -
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Kafe Kweer (fka Greenwood): Edinburgh's queer sober cafe
We talk to the people behind Greenwood to discuss setting up a new venture in the pandemic, crowdfunding, and the need for sober queer spaces Read more »| 08 Oct 2020 -
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Newbarns Brewery: Introducing Edinburgh's newest brewery
Newbarns is Edinburgh's newest brewery – we pop in for a chat with brewer Gordon McKenzie to talk interior design, concrete, and keeping beer accessible Read more »| 06 Oct 2020 -
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How lockdown created a new generation of gardeners
A new generation of gardeners has emerged from lockdown. We speak to some of them about how the hobby has become a coping mechanism for job loss, mental health and economic uncertainty Read more »| 30 Sep 2020