Mutton, asparagus, salsa verde – yum! Sometimes, it can be good to mix things up a little, especially when it comes to cooking. Pairing a just-in-season ingredient with one…
Marvellous malt whisky mixology. I’m not sure if it’s because more and more people appear to be reading Scrumptious Scran (apologies for any immodesty), but I seem to the…
London calling – Enjoying a right culinary knees-up in the Big Smoke
By jenga! Beautiful Borough bread. “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life” so said Samuel Johnson. This is doubly true when it comes to…
Happy Birthday Scrumptious Scran, or what I have learned in my first year of food blogging
Happy foodie birthday. Unbelievably, well for me at least, tomorrow will mark the first birthday of Scrumptious Scran. It is a cliché I know, but it simultaneously seems like…
Edinburgh Restaurant Review: Castle Terrace – truly a stellar dining experience
Stupendous spring barley risotto with chicken. One of the great things about living in Edinburgh is that, for a relatively small city, it boasts a fantastic range of eateries,…
Feature article: Gastrofest – an intriguing recipe for mixing food and science
Seeds, science, food? I’ve always thought that cooking is as much about science as it about art. Of course, there is an art to being a great cook or…
Birmingham Restaurant Review: A yummy Brummie bistro – The Pickled Piglet
Delicous belly pork with saffron and honey. I’m a bit geographically off piste in terms of my latest restaurant review. It’s not of an eatery in Edinburgh, nor even…
Recipe: Bravo Belgium! – Carbonade flamande, or Belgian-style beef and beer casserole
Flaming tasty – Carbonade flamanade ready to eat. It’s nearly the middle of March, so as a “foodie” I suppose I really should be clambering to the likes of…
Recipe: Peas please me, and ham it up too! – Split pea and ham hock soup
Pea and ham soup – a real winter warmer. In my last review on Scrumptious Scran – for the excellent The Apiary bistro – I mentioned how, at the…