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EVENTS
GLASGOW ■ Rum Tasting Fri 24 Aug, 7–9pm. £15. The Good Spirits Co, 23 Bath Street, 258 8427. Six quality rums to try. ■ Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Sat 25 Aug & 8 Sep, 10am–2pm. Mansfield Park, citymarketsglasgow. co.uk
■ Monday Curry Club at The Two Figs Mon 27 Aug & 10 Sep, 7–10pm. £12. The Two Figs, 5 and 9 Byres Road, 334 7277. Fortnightly club with a different regional variety each time.
■ Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Sat 1 & 15 Sep, 10am–2pm. Queen’s Park, citymarketsglasgow. co.uk
■ Cheese Chewtorial Thu 6 & 20 Sep, 7pm. £10. Fifi and Ally, 51–52 Princes Square, 48 Buchanan Street, 07894 154682. Regular informal cheese tastings classes with the Roving Fromagiere. ■ Glasgow Beer Week Fri 7–Fri 14 Sep, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, glasgowbeerweek. com Zythophiles unite at Glasgow’s second beer week which promises dinners, tastings, demonstrations and pub crawls.
■ A Half and a Hauf Fri 7 Sep, 9.30am–2.30pm. £50 (seniors & students £25; members £15). Institute of Engineering & Technology, The Teachers Building, St Enoch Square, scottishbrewing archive.co.uk Second conference from the Scottish Brewing Archive Association, exploring the links between brewing and
distilling in Scotland. EDINBURGH ■ Stockbridge Market Thursdays, 2.30– 7.30pm, Sundays, 10am–5pm, Saunders Street, Stockbridge, stockbridgemarket. com
■ Only Wolves and Lions Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug, 10pm. £15. Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. Combining cooking, performance and conversation, Leo Kay and Unai Lopez de Armentia bring storytelling and chat to a dinner with a difference. They provide ‘carbs and condiments’, but each participant must bring one raw ingredient to contribute to the group meal. Ages 16+
■ Edinburgh Markets – Grassmarket Fridays & Sundays until 16 Sep, 11am–7pm. Grassmarket, edinburghmarkets. co.uk ■ Edinburgh Farmers’ Market Saturdays, 9am–2pm. Castle Terrace, edinburghfarmers market.com
■ Edinburgh Markets – St Mary’s Saturdays, 11am–7pm in Aug, 10am–3pm from 1 Sep onwards. By St Mary’s Cathedral, top of Broughton Street, edinburghmarkets. co.uk
■ The Story of I J Mellis Cheesemonger Fri 7 Sep, 2pm. Museum of Edinburgh, Huntly House, 142 Canongate, 529 3963. Lyall Anderson of IJ Mellis Victoria Street talks about the history of the business and cheese in general with wine and cheese available after the lecture. Booking
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farmers’ markets in Montrose (1 Sep) and Forfar (8 Sep) and local menus in 14 selected restaurants. ■ Taste Ayrshire Food Festival Sat 1–Sun 9 Sep, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, Ayrshire, tasteayrshire.co.uk The first ever food festival celebrating the diversity of deliciousness sprouting from Ayrshire. The events programme includes dining experiences, practical workshops, and talks and demos of food production and preparation.
■ feastRen – East Renfrewshire Food & Drink Festival Sat 1–Sun 16 Sep, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, East Renfrewshire, 577 4970. As well as all the usual cookery dems, farmers markets, whisky tastings and the like – this festival also has a range of cultural events such as storytelling, poetry readings and live music. ■ Food for Free Sun 2 Sep, 1.30–3pm. £2.20. Beecraigs Country Park, Linlithgow, 01506 844516. Find out which plants are good to eat and which definitely aren’t. Try some nettle tea at the end. Booking essential.
■ ScotFest Sat 15 Sep, 10.30am–4.30pm. £5 (£2.50; under 12s free). High Street, Alloa, scotfest.co.uk A one-day celebration of homeland food and drink, craft, design and live music. ■ BoWFest Sat 15 & Sun 16 Sep, 11am-6pm. £5 (parking free). Inveraray Castle, Argyll, bowfest.co.uk See main image.
With Scottish Food Fortnight reaching right across the country, the grounds of Inveraray Castle host the family-friendly BoWFest (Best of the West Festival) featuring bands such as Skerryvore, samples from all 22 West Coast distilleries, adventure activites for kids plus a great array of local food organised by Food from Argyll.
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■ Whisky Luxe Fri 7 Sep, 7–10.30pm. £125 general entry; £150 entry plus a masterclass. Scotch Whisky Experience, 354 Castlehill, Royal Mile, 220 0441. A luxury event with samples of rare whiskies available and fine cuisine to match, with experts on hand.
■ Young MacDonald Foodie Fair Sat 15 Sep, noon– 4pm. By donation. Hemma, 75 Holyrood Road, 629 3327. A day of fun foodie activities including poetry workshops, cake judging contests and bread-making classes, all raising money for the Oxfam Young MacDonald project. OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight Sat 1–Sun 16 Sep. Various venues, Scotland-wide, scottishfoodand drinkfortnight.co.uk Alba celebrates its most
delicious assets, with festivals and special one-off events taking place all around the country. Ongoing throughout the month is an environmentally- conscious local food initiative called Blasda – see blasda.org.uk for more details. Selected highlights are listed below; see the Food & Drink Fortnight website for further details.
■ Dundee Flower and Food Festival Fri 31 Aug–Sun 2 Sep, times vary. Day tickets £10 (£9); weekend tickets £20 (£18); under 16s free. Camperdown Country Park, Coupar Angus Road, Dundee, 01382 434940, dundeeflower andfoodfestival. com Tastings, chef demonstrations, live music and competitions including the World Jampionships. Guest appearances from Mary Berry, the Fabulous Baker Brothers, gardener Alys Fowler and music from the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. ■ Free Loch Lomond
Food and Drink Festival Sat 1 & Sun 2 Sep, times vary. Loch Lomond Shores, Ben Lomond Way, Balloch, 01389 751031. The seventh food and drink festival on the bonny banks with demonstrations and tastings. Activities include a special Kid Zone.
■ Huntly Hairst Festival of Food & Farming Sat 1 & Sun 2 Sep, various venues, huntlyhairst.co.uk One of Scotland’s most imaginative annual food festivals features a bumper farmers’ market, the World Stovies Champs, pigeon plucking, a tin hut supper and a Book Fringe in conjunction with Aberdeenshire’s New Word Festival. ■ A Taste of Angus Week Sat 1–Sat 8 Sep, various venues, angusahead.com An inaugural food festival for the region centred around enhanced