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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FeaturesAround the World in 20 Drinks: Belgium
This month, we travel to Belgium to visit brewing monks, wild yeast, and pink elephants. Read more »| 29 May 2012 -
NewsFood News – June 2012
Food News this month features hundreds of beers, charity cake competitions, and all three major Scottish cities. Sorry, Dundee. Read more »| 29 May 2012 -
Features
Whisky Stramash-Up
We catch up with one of the brains behind this month's Whisky Stramash to talk sneering, dramatic direction, and organising five different events at once Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
NewsFood News – May 2012
May's Food News celebrates the circle of life, invokes economic game theory, and looks a little confused Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
Phagomania
Phagomania – Easter 2012
This month in the world of exciting food, we look at bodacious bento boxes. Possibly the most visual of all the manners of food presentation, the i... Read more »| 05 Apr 2012 -
FeaturesEdinburgh International Science Festival: On a Plate – the food
Where the taste of food is only the beginning of your sensory culinary expedition Read more »| 03 Apr 2012
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News
Food News – April 2012
This month's Food News contains trace amounts of art, along with enough beer to float the Titanic Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Features
Around the World in 20 Drinks: South Korea
Our man in Korea gives us the lowdown on mind-altering spirits, complex customs, and liberal interpretations of the word 'food' Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
Features
The Skinny Guide to Food Telly
With much of the food world rocking itself into a pre-spring lull, we pore over the best food-based telly in search of inspiration, tips for media domination, and some clues as to the enduring popularity of Mr Heston Blumenthal Read more »| 02 Mar 2012 -
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Food News – March 2012
Loyalty, dangerous dough, and free beer are all on the menu in this month's round-up Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
Features
Around the World in 20 Drinks: Norway
In the first of a new series, we begin our drinking journey around the world with Vikings, whisky salesmen, and drinks that look like wee-wee Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
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Burgher Burger: Top of the Pop-Ups
This month sees the launch of Burgher Burger, a series of pop-up burger nights from some of Edinburgh's top restaurateurs. We caught up with the brains behind the operation to talk chefs, refusal to compromise, and climate trouble Read more »| 30 Jan 2012 -
Survey
Date Night
The Skinny does not provide a dating service. Usually. But seeing as this is a food 'special', we decided to make an exception, and send two of our readers off on a blind date. Hilarity (for us at least) ensued Read more »| 09 Jan 2012 -
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Artisan Roast: Master Baristas
Artisan Roast have done the double, voted best coffee shop in Edinburgh and Glasgow in our Readers' survey. We ventured into their world of precision, quirkiness and exquisite facial hair to find out what makes them tick. Read more »| 06 Jan 2012 -
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The Skinny Food and Drink Reader Survey 2012
It seems strangely fitting to be writing this introduction in a hotel room in London, as Scotland is about to be blown away into the Arctic Sea by the most i... Read more »| 02 Jan 2012