Food and Drink
The Skinny food and drink guide. We bring you restaurant reviews offering an alternative take on food writing, from the visual food column to the annual Food and Drink Survey. Monthly food and drink news keeps you up to date with the latest in food.
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A Far From Fallow Year
We speak to the Fallowfield hangout that's bringing its student-heavy clientele more than just cheap shots and stacked burgers Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
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A Brave New World: The best new food venues in Glasgow and Edinburgh
For those of you feeling inspired by all this food talk, we ask a few of your favourite newcomers for their tips on getting a venue off the ground Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
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Phagomania: Take It Away
When we asked our resident Phagomaniac to come up with a way of combining the winners in the Best Shop and On-The-Go categories, we didn’t think he’d take it literally… Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
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Save the Date: Edinburgh and Glasgow's top date places
Here are your favourite food venues for a date in Edinburgh or Glasgow – we’ve worked out which romantic scenario they suit best to help you on your way Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
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Top of the Hops: Your favourite Scottish beers
We run the rule over your favourite Scottish breweries from this year’s Food and Drink survey Read more »| 07 Jan 2015 -
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The Not-so-Far East: The best world food in Scotland
Your winners in this year’s International Food category hail from across Asia – grab your culinary passports as we take a closer look at each Read more »| 07 Jan 2015
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Mulling It Over
Mulled wine is so last Christmas. How about adding wassail, sloe gin, and brandy flips to your repertoire? Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
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Best winter hotspots across Glasgow and Edinburgh
With winter well and truly nigh, our Glasgow and Edinburgh Venue editors round up the best places to eat, drink and be merry – with picks spanning outdoor markets, cosy indoor havens and the best spots for wintry walks Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
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The Skinny Guide to Christmas Dinner
Need tips to make your Christmas meal into some serious gourmet shit? Our Food and Drink ed has culled the best culinary advice and chipped in some of his own to make your Christmas Day go as smoothly as possible Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
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Berry and Rye, Liverpool
Berry and Rye was once a well-kept secret, a haven from the mainstream, but now the cache has gone is it still as good? Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
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A Foodie Christmas Gift Guide
Under our Christmas tree this year are a pot-stirring robot, a giant pencil sharpener, a cheese slicer in the shape of a camera and a magic toaster. And that's not even the worst of it... Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
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Phagomania: Edible Christmas Drinks
Christmas is here, and with it come the twin pleasures of food and drink. Why not smash the two together, with our guide to edible alcohol. Read more »| 08 Dec 2014 -
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The Alternative Foodie Gift Guide: Part Deux
What'll it be this year: sous vide tools or a beer subscription? Post-apocalypse survival guide or a slice of French vineyard? Our Food and Drink editor delves once more into the difficult world of Christmas presents for the foodie in your life... Read more »| 05 Dec 2014 -
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Scotland Food News – December 2014
This month, we salute fine cheese, prepare for an onslaught of power ballads, and blast through the whole of the Christmas season in a couple of paragraphs Read more »| 01 Dec 2014 -
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Mixing it up: The Whisky Sessions set for Manchester
The Whisky Sessions brings more than 20 bands and dozens of whisky producers together at Manchester's Victoria Warehouse – we look ahead to the two day event. Read more »| 17 Nov 2014