Highland

Mara is the fine dining destination restaurant at Links House – why not stay over and indulge yourself? Links House is stunning: from the panoramic views over the countryside to the elegant rooms and carefully selected furnishings and beautiful designs. Mara too is stunning in every way – a calm serene dining experience where every morsel is of the finest Read more...

Multi award-winning with 4 AA Rosettes 2022. The first Skye restaurant ever to be awarded this. Sensitively restored in 2018, Edinbane Lodge is Calum & Eilidh Montgomery’s creation, gaining a fine reputation with folk travelling from far and wide to dine here. Edinbane is casual fine dining in a historic hunting lodge setting. Chef Patron, Calum Montgomery, has been nominated Read more...

Found in the wild across Scotland, it thrives in drier areas where trees enjoy bright sunshine and open space. The foliage consists of needles and its fruit a blue and aromatic berry. The young shoots were also used for seasoning. Juniper is now among our most rare trees, due mainly to a fungus but also perhaps related to climate change. Read more...

This are not available for eating due to scarcity. If you would like to keep hens, they could be perfect for you. This ancient landrace breed existed over 700 years ago.  It has a large, low heavy body. There is no set colour for the Scots Dumpy, although black with glossy green, or cuckoo feathering is the most common. The Read more...

This is not available for eating due to scarcity but you may wish consider breeding them yourself! The Scots Grey is an old breed of domestic chicken originating in Scotland in the sixteenth century.  The chicken has barred feathering of metallic black on a steel grey background. It is an excellent forager and was suited to free ranging in farmyards, Read more...

Unavailable. These are alarmingly threatened by extinction and are not for consumption for the forseeable future. The mountain hare is genuinely native to the UK, unlike the more common Brown Hare or even the rabbit, both of which are introduced species. In recent times, it has received some protection as in Scotland there is a defined close season, 1stMarch to 31st Read more...

Kathy Biss NDD is internationally renowned for her cheese and cheesemaking courses. Many of Scotland’s current cheesemakers learnt their craft from Kathy and she is regularly invited to share her skills with potential and experienced cheesemakers across North America and Europe. Together with Wendy Barrie, Kathy co-presents the Cheese Champion Course at Scottish Food Studio & in the Highlands. We can Read more...

Rothiemurchus is a wonderful family run Highland Estate set at the heart of the stunning Cairngorms National Park. Passionate about delicious food, Rothiemurchus not only produces its very own succulent Highland Beef, Velvety Forest Venison and fresh Rainbow Trout all home reared on the estate, it has a plethora of other delicacies and tempting treats in their fine Farm Shop. Read more...

Named as one of the top places to stay in the world. Nestled on the shores of Loch-Na-Dal on Skye’s Sleat peninsula the fabulous Kinloch Lodge has been named on Condé Nast Gold List as one of the world’s best hotels 2022. Kinloch is a historic destination country house hotel on Skye and home to the Clan Chief Macdonald. Claire Read more...

Isle of Skye Sea Salt is 100% harvested from Loch Snizort and evaporates using only the power of the sun’s rays, creating a delicious, unique and eco friendly product. With evidence of local salt production traced back centuries, this superb salt is also on Slow Food’s Ark of Taste. Salann na Mara (Salt of the Sea) from Skye. It has Read more...