How do you make your stovies? Are you a corned beef kinda gal or sausage? Starting this Friday 14 March, the Broomhead Bothy comes to the Broomhead flats in Dunfermline and, in the community flat on the ground floor, will provide weekly cookery and art workshops as well the opportunity to pop in and share stories. Tales of green shield stamps and long gone picture houses are already being shared
Avocado Sweet is delighted to welcome food writer Hazel Cameron to the team. We will be featuring regular posts from Hazel’s blog The Grumbling Tummy which she describes as covering food ‘from fine dining to fish fingers and everything in-between’. It can also be reached anytime by clicking on the contributor box on the right. Having roved around the country, Hazel settled back in Fife seven ago where she now
In November 2013, The BRuery, a new microbrewery and bar opened in the centre of Dunfermline, Fife. Owner David Austin, along with brewer, Douglas Ross developed de Brus beer, the town’s own blond ale, named after King Robert the Bruce. The BRuery has provide a home for the microbrewery and a bar serving the beer on draft. This is David’s second venture in Dunfermline – he already owns Reuben’s Cafe and
There’s something of the Paris bistro about Guy’s in Glasgow’s merchant city. The decor, with its white wood panelling, wall hung china plates and modern art may be eclectic but it’s a welcome change from the many interior-designed eateries in the city. It’s also an interesting lesson in how important the shape of the location is to a restaurant’s atmosphere; the ‘busy neighbourhood bistro’ feel is largely down to the
Without whisky Prince Albert of Monaco and Alex Bruce, a descendant of Robert the Bruce would never have met. It was Adelphi whisky, bottled in Charlestown, Fife that brought the two together; the Monagasque royal buys whisky from Alex who manages the company. Scotland’s national drink could be the unsung hero of international relations. When Alex heard that the Prince,who loves Scotland, was doing a private tour with Princess Charlene,
Mmmm – tasty little idea this: delicious handmade cookie mixes in a jar that not only make baking easy but also provide a nifty present solution. There is a fabulous range of mixes including white chocolate and cranberry, milk chocolate, spotty dotty, Swiss nougat, chocolate and ginger, oat and sultana and oat, cherry and dark chocolate. Jars start at £8.50 and are available from a range of delis and outlets throughout Scotland including Reubens in Dunfermline.
100% Madagascan chocolate was described by one Hello Chocolate customer as ‘like chewing paracetamol’. But Gill Lyth, founder of the Dunfermline chocolate company, doesn’t sell the most bitter of all chocolates – she just uses it for her tasting events. She explains: ‘During our chocolate experience events we taste chocolate from around the world, from countries like Tanzania & Ecuador and, despite its bitterness, some customers actually like the 100%
David Austin’s self-confessed low boredom threshold has been good for Dunfermline in Fife. Having opened Reuben’s, a cafe/deli which quickly became popular in the town, he soon added a wine store. The venue, named after his son, then started hosting wine tastings and live music events. After that came the de Brus beer, the town’s own blond ale developed by David and named after King Robert the Bruce. The beer
Things have moved fast at The Walled Garden, Kincardine in Fife. Within months of Avocado Sweet first featuring the garden, owners Keith Laing and Anne Crawford have built a 70 seater cafe and decamped from the tiny potting shed cafe opposite. The first event to be held since the new cafe opened in mid-July is a summer fete on Sunday 21 July. To raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Research there
Looking very Hansel & Gretel, this gingerbread village is based on local buildings in Crail in the East Neuk of Fife and has been confected by Leven company Sucre Coeur for the Crail Food Festival. It can be seen in the window of Crail Gallery. The Festival is on this weekend, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June, and includes participants such as The Fife Diet, with their smoothie bike (pictured below), and St