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■ Champagne Dinner ■ Drill Hall Food

edinburghfarmersmark et.com ■ Stockbridge Market FREE Sundays, 10am–5pm. Saunders Street, Stockbridge, stockbridgemarket .com

with Perrier Jouet Wed 7 Mar, 7pm. £90 (group discounts available). Oloroso, 33 Castle Street, 226 7614. Five-course dinner with dishes prepared by Tony Singh.

Out of the Blue’s new monthly food market coincides with the Drill Hall Cafe’s bruncheon with live music. Stalls include Manna Houseand the Magic Teapot.

EVENTS

GLASGOW ■ Queen's Park Farmers' Market FREE Sat 3 & 17 Mar, 10am–2pm. Queen's Park, 520 Langside Road, citymarkets glasgow.co.uk

■ Soul Supper Club Tuesdays, 7pm. Prices vary. The Art School, The Beresford Building, 468 Sauchiehall Street. With tunes from the likes of Marvin Gaye and Al Green and scran from the good ol' south, including pulled pork, cornbread and creole gumbo.

■ Mansfield Park Farmers' Market FREE Sat 10 & 24 Mar, 10am–2pm. Mansfield Park, 5 Hyndland Street, citymarketsglasgow.co .uk

■ Yelp's Underground Empire FREE Sat 10 Mar, 6pm.

Chambre 69, Stock Exchange House, 69 Nelson Mandela Place, yelp.co.uk/events/glas gow. Yelp presents a night of free stuff from its listed businesses in Glasgow including food, drink, shop goodies and more surprises. RSVP essential.

■ Woodland Herbs 10th Birthday Party FREE Sun 25 Mar, 1–4pm. Woodland Herbs, 100 Woodlands Road, 564 3184. The herbal dispensary/shop/clinic celebrates with pot pourri and lip balm making classes, party games, and food galore. Call the shop to confirm attendance.

EDINBURGH ■ Edinburgh Farmers' Market FREE Saturdays, 9am–2pm. Castle Terrace,

For more food and drink visit list.co.uk/food-and-drink

Market FREE Sat 10 Mar, 11am–3pm. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7100. A new market for Out of the Blue, now monthly but still offering a wide range of local produce.

(£20). Institut Français d'Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Maurice Mallet leads a tasting and talk in French on cognac the pineau aperitif wines. OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ Graham Warmby's

■ Mother's Day Wines of Italy

Sunday Jazz Lunch Sun 18 Mar, noon–3pm. £30. Hotel du Vin, 11 Bristo Place, 247 4900. Treat mum to a three-course lunch with live jazz.

■ Bake Club FREE Tue 20 Mar, 7pm. Sofi's, 65 Henderson Street, 555 7019. Share the love, and the cake, at this skill-swapping session.

■ Tasting: Cognac and

pineau Fri 23 Mar, 6pm. £22

Fri 2 Mar, 7pm. £55. Lake of Menteith Hotel & Waterfront Restaurant, Port of Menteith, 01877 385258. Winemaker Warmby presents a selection of Italian vintages with a three- course dinner. Booking essential.

■ Wines of New Zealand

Fri 23 Mar, 7pm. £55. Lake of Menteith Hotel & Waterfront Restaurant, Port of Menteith, 01877 385258.

character to our environment. All the staff know me at Real Foods and we have a genuine friendly chat when I go shopping. That’s something you can’t buy. It creates community – a real village in the city.’ ■ Real Foods hold regular, fun and informative events, see the website for updates, realfoods.co.uk REAL FOODS Natural Healthy Ethical Shopping

Real Foods opened its doors over 40 years ago and was one of the original and best wholefood stores in the UK. Today it is Scotland’s biggest independent wholefood retailer and stocks thousands of locally-produced, seasonal, Fairtrade, organic, vegetarian and wheat-free, dairy-free, gluten-free products, specialist ingredients and organic wines as well as organic health, beauty and baby products in its bustling Edinburgh shops. • Free recipes, health advice and online shop at realfoods.co.uk

• Free UK delivery on orders over £15. • Find us on Facebook and Twitter. • Daily special offers at our central Edinburgh shops. • Student, Senior citizen and Early Bird discounts.

CO-PROMOTION WITH REAL FOODS, EDINBURGH

NATURAL HEALTHY ETHICAL SHOPPING Irene Brown is well known in Edinburgh for her lively poetry readings but she is also one of Real Foods’ earliest customers.

Over 35 years ago Irene and some friends got together and ordered a variety of products in bulk from Real Foods, essentially starting their own small food co-operative. ‘Back in the 70s, we didn’t have much money but I wanted to feed my small children well. So a few women clubbed together and bought

food in bulk from Real Foods – dried fruit and nuts, oats, flour, pasta, cereals, rice and the like. It worked out so much cheaper and you got such good quality for your money. I live by that principle today. I would rather have one excellent quality cup of ethical coffee than more of a horrible, cheap coffee.

‘I’m still a regular customer at Real Foods and they have some amazing offers with up to 50% off. Of course I use my 5% senior discount too. That’s not something you get everywhere! ‘I think it’s really important to support our local, independent shops – they add vital

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