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Elgin traffic jams as new KFC opens

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:06 GMT

HUNDREDS of chicken fans caused traffic chaos as they tried to cross the road to get to a new KFC outlet in Elgin.

Restaurant review: The Adamson, St Andrews

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:41:54 GMT

IF BEING full is the mark of a good restaurant, the Adamson must be fan-bloody-tastic. Seriously, it would be difficult for an establishment to be more popular if Ma Belle herself turned up for work in a bikini and began pouring free pints for freshers in the first week of term.

Wine: Paul Hobbs wines

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:34:53 GMT

WHAT is such a joy about talking to Californian winemaker Paul Hobbs is his ability to discuss non-geeky aspects of wine science. In a single chat, he can tell you why Mendoza has bigger hailstones than other regions and what makes pinot noir paler than other wines when its grapes have similar pigmentation.

Tom Kitchin: Rum Baba recipe

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:12:26 GMT

I FELL in love with rum when I first visited the Caribbean. It was the moment when I realised how specialist rum can be and, indeed, how many varieties you can find. Most of the world’s production occurs in the Caribbean or in Latin America.

Restaurant review: Henderson’s Bistro, Thistle Street

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:56:51 GMT

My impending midlife crisis is mapped out. It will involve a quad bike, toy boy, dachshund, tattoo and a total meltdown. Probably in that order.

Restaurant review: Cafe Andaluz, George Street

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:52:54 GMT

George Street’s Café Andaluz seemed the perfect venue to catch up with a friend who’d just returned from surfing on the Costa Daurada. In an attempt to forestall her post-holiday Spanish blues we popped in for the early evening menu, offering three tapas for £14.95.

Recipes: Beef and broccoli stir fry | Summer tortilla

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:49:38 GMT

THE Scottish Government’s greener campaign has provided these seasonal recipes to get you in the mood for summer.

Stephen Jardine: Challenge of the great outdoors

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:52:14 GMT

You have to admire the bravado of the organisers of National Picnic Week.

BrewDog unveil first beer-based spirit WattDickie

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:54:03 GMT

FIRST it gave us super-strength beers like “Sink the Bismark”, “Tactical Nuclear Penguin” and “The End of History”, complete with bottles wrapped in dead squirrels.

Chivas Brothers unveils refurbished distillery

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:15:21 GMT

Chivas Brothers chief executive Christian Porta has signalled his commitment to building another distillery on Speyside despite recent falls in the Scotch industry’s exports.

Spirit of change: 50 years in Scottish whisky trade

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:32:53 GMT

Dennis Malcolm is Master Distiller at Glen Grant Distillery in Rothes and has worked in the whisky trade for over 50 years. Here he looks back on his career and reveals how new technology has had a profound effect on even the most traditional of industries.

Pop-up restaurant: Henderson’s spices things up with mystery venues

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:17:53 GMT

LAST night, around 7.30pm, a group of strangers dressed in similar garish Hawaiian shirts sat down to eat in a beautiful house in which none had ever set foot before.

Competition: Win a bottle of The Glenrothes whisky

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:28:28 GMT

The Scotsman have teamed up with the award winning Speyside Single Malt Whisky The Glenrothes to offer one lucky reader the chance to take home a bottle of The Glenrothes Select Reserve - a perfect gift for Father’s Day.

Ice-cream dynasties fighting for the Sunday sundae

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:56:51 GMT

YOLANDA and Josh Luca were in John Lewis recently. Josh is from the fourth generation of the Musselburgh ice-cream dynasty and can merchandise a counter of sugar mice and tidy a table with the best of them.

Restaurant review: Italian Kitchen, Edinburgh

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:52:51 GMT

IT’S a Wednesday night and we’re looking for somewhere achingly Italian, so thick with the aroma of Tuscany, Umbria and Puglia it will make up for missing out on a slice of la dolce vita for the third year in a row.

Wine: ‘Because folk were entertaining at home, they compensated by spending more on wine’

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:49:12 GMT

WHEN the recession began, sales of quality wines in some supermarkets actually increased.

Restaurant review: Olive Branch, Edinburgh

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:17:05 GMT

You know when you’re bemoaning the lack of cherry blossom and, suddenly, it’s everywhere, like an eruption of raspberry Creamola Foam when you’ve added too much water. Or, when your sock drawer is brimming over like a trawler’s net, because they’ve all been through the wash and you don’t need to wear them any more.

Stephen Jardine: Sharing a Coke simply smart

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:46:03 GMT

LIKE all great ideas, it is incredibly simple. In a concept pioneered last year in Australia, this month Coke has relabelled cans and bottles with 150 of the most popular names in the UK.

Who can resist a Guinness?

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:01:42 GMT

Not Tom Cruise, nor the Queen, nor any of the thousands of visitors who travel to Ireland every year to sup a perfect pint of the country’s biggest export.

Recipes: Pep up your pasta with classic combinations

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:59:57 GMT

Pasta is the ideal all-in-one dish and eminently suitable for summer as well as for comfort eating during the colder months. Summer pasta recipes include a variety of vegetables, whereas robust winter ones tend more towards cheese, meat and pork sausage sauces.