Happy New Year to you all. It’s time to consider your entries for the Scottish Bread Championship – you knead to complete your entry forms by Monday 12th February. The Scottish Bread

When we flitted from Edinburgh and renovated our wee seaside retreat for full time living, our architect had a specific brief to follow: an antique butter churn, a Victorian knife

As the seasons unfold, different delicacies take to the fore: artisan cheese after summer grazing; new season’s crab; North Ronaldsay sheep come new year and strawberries in June. For now,

Written in 1955 by Pete Seager with a little help from a traditional Cossack folk song and an Irish melody, this famous song was listed in the 2010 Top 20

September marks a turn of the seasons and bountiful harvests: feasts for the table and surplus for preserving to savour over the winter months. Our forefathers knew how to make