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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News
Dundee venues round-up: September 2021
Coffee shops, restaurants, and paninotecas are just some of the newest and coolest businesses to have emerged in Dundee in the last few months Read more »| 06 Sep 2021 -
Reviews
Silk Road Deli, Glasgow
The Shawlands sandwich spot brings together maximalist flavour combos from across Asia and Africa Read more »| 26 Aug 2021 -
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Edinburgh venues round-up: August 2021
As the festival buzz descends upon Scotland's capital, we round up the best food spots, art galleries, and wine shops to have opened over the past few weeks Read more »| 03 Aug 2021 -
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King of Feasts @ Polwarth Tavern, Edinburgh
The new residency from King of Feasts brings outlandish levels of flavour to a neighbourhood pub in Polwarth Read more »| 29 Jul 2021 -
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Glasgow venues round-up: July 2021
New bakeries, revamped bars and community hubs all feature in our round-up of new Glasgow venues Read more »| 07 Jul 2021 -
Features
Tackling craft beer's sexual harassment problem
Activists working in hospitality, craft brewing and union organising give their thoughts on beer’s sexual harassment problem, and how to tackle it Read more »| 28 Jun 2021
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Features
Cooking Through The Storm: Home cooking & lockdown
During lockdown, food has offered comfort, therapy and connection, while simultaneously revealing stark inequalities in our society Read more »| 14 Jun 2021 -
Features
Can-Do Attitude: Home Brewing in Scotland
Can homebrewing give people from underrepresented groups a way to get involved with beer on their terms? We ask around the Scottish beer scene to find out Read more »| 17 May 2021 -
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Bread and Butter: The subtle art of grocery lists
In the winning article from our Food and Drink Writing Competition, we delve into the personal histories, sociopolitical insights and absurdist comedy that comes with the humble shopping list Read more »| 12 Apr 2021 -
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Burnt Toast: The Skinny Food Writing Competition
Reflections on the role of toast in one writer's life, from our Food Writing Competition Read more »| 12 Apr 2021 -
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My Life in Crisps: The Skinny Food Writing Competition
From medical emergencies to Friday nights by the sofa, one writer on the recurring role crisps have played in her life Read more »| 12 Apr 2021 -
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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 -
Intersections
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