Couple, Jock Sharp and Fiona Frazer, who run a small holding near Crossgates selling fresh eggs and homemade bread, hosted their first pop up restaurant on Saturday 16 May. The Flamkuchen was the brilliant idea of Liane Cumming who has worked at Woodlea Stables since 2014. From Fife originally, Liane had spent two years living in Germany where she discovered a love of flammkuchen, the German version of pizza, which
The summer night markets at Balgove Larder, St Andrews start again tonight, Wednesday 13 May. Live music and local food and drink producers will be there including Eden Mill Brewery, Watsons Chocolates and Spice of Fife. From 5pm until 9pm.
After receiving 1200 submissions, the inaugural Fife Film Expo on 9 May featured over 50 shorts and five feature film screenings. The event, which took place at the Lochgelly Centre, also included Q&As with filmmakers, animation and film workshops and networking opportunities. Winner of the Best Feature award was Sarah’s Room, a psychedelic horror/thriller directed by Edinburgh filmmaker Grant McPhee. The film is Scotland’s first feature to be released in 4K and was
Minstrel in the Gallery was the eighth LP by Jethro Tull and the last to feature the longtime line up of Dunfermline-born Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Evans, Barrie Barlow and Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond. To celebrate the classic rock album’s 40th anniversary it has now been remastered and expanded. The new version features b-sides, live recordings, studio outtakes, session material and footage of the band performing in Paris in 1975. The presentation case
Soon to be an appetising new fixture on the Dunfermline cafe and social scene, the Fire Station Creative cafe will open its doors in June. The cafe will form part of the newly created, terracotta tiled gallery space with an alfresco eating area for when it’s sunny and a cosy stove for chillier days. Designer Sarah Young has sourced local suppliers and craftsman to create an industrial-chic open plan design
Crab is the featured shellfish this week in our second recipe by Elaine Hardie from the Fyfe Smokery, Dunfermline. When buying crab, you have the choice – live and whole, or cooked and prepared for you. British brown crab is affordable and delicious and this recipe shows exactly how easy it is to prepare this versatile shellfish. The meat is sweet and delicate, and lends itself to many different recipes. It
At over eight acres Gordon Castle’s walled garden in Fochabers, near Elgin, is one of the largest and oldest walled gardens in Scotland. Owners Angus Gordon Lennox and his wife Zara have commissioned award-winning garden designer, Arne Maynard to recapture the former beauty of the garden and create a major visitor attraction in the north east of Scotland. The plans, pictured above, certainly show an elegant and handsome garden for
The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, Scotland’s largest consumer exhibition for self-builders and home renovators is back at the SECC, Glasgow on May 16 – 17 2015. Avocado Sweet has 3 pairs of tickets to be won. The show, sponsored by Anglian Home Improvements, will help visitors bring their project to life whether they are building from scratch, undertaking a major extension, converting or renovating their home or just keen
Welcome to our new series of seafood and fish recipes on Avocado Sweet by Elaine Hardie from Fyfe Smokery, Dunfermline. Here Elaine tells us about Arctic Char – worth considering as an alternative to salmon or trout. Arctic Char The Arctic Char is a fish native to Britain, and is now farmed as a result of ongoing developments in aquaculture since the 1970s. Now that it is being farmed could
Paul Rudge, Reuben’s Wine Store recommends some reds for this summer’s barbecues. Struth, the barbeque season is nearly upon us so it`s time to get the Barbie out of the shed, give it a good clean, get the shorts on, dig out your loudest Hawaiian shirt and you’re ready to go. Whether it is steak, venison sausages or Chilli burgers, those big smoky flavours call for big juicy wines. Many