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EVENTS
GLASGOW ■ BBC Good Food Show Scotland Fri 19 Oct–Sun 21 Oct, 10am. £15. SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 338 0338. Food stalls, demos and star culinary attractions including The Hairy Bikers, James Martin and The Great British Bake-Off judge Mary Berry. ■ Cheese Chewtorial Thu 18 Oct, 1 Nov & 15 Nov, 7pm. £10. Fifi and Ally, 51–52 Princes Square, 48 Buchanan Street, 07894 154682. Cheese- tasting classes.
■ Eating To Your Heart’s Content FREE Sat 20 Oct, 3–4.30pm. Inner Space Glasgow Meditation Centre, 277 High Street, 552 7446. A workshop on the importance of food to general wellbeing.
■ Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Sat 20 Oct & 3 Nov, 10am–2pm. Queen’s Park, 520 Langside Road, 287 2500. Local produce. ■ Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Sat 27 Oct & 10 Nov, 10am–2pm. Mansfield Park, 5 Hyndland Street. Over 40 stalls of local produce.
■ Lupe Pintos’ Chilli Cook Off 27 Oct, various venues. chilicookoff. co.uk. £10. See right. ■ Rum Tasting Fri 2 Nov, 7–9pm. £15. The Good Spirits Co, 23 Bath Street, 258 8427. Sample six different rums.
EDINBURGH ■ Edinburgh: Whisky and Distilling FREE Fri 19 Oct, 2pm.
Museum of Edinburgh, Huntly House, 142 Canongate, 529 3963. Learn about whisky production in Edinburgh before enjoying a tasting at this popular event. Booking essential.
■ Edinburgh Farmers’ Market Saturdays, 9am–2pm. Castle Terrace, 652 5940. Market that’s recently been shortlisted in the BBC Radio 4 Food & Farming Awards 2012. ■ Apple Festival FREE Sat 20 & Sun 21 Oct, 1–4pm. Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place, 248 2909. Taste apple varieties and find out how to grow your own.
■ Sofi’s Sunday Supper Club Sun 28 Oct, 8pm. £25 for three courses, including wine and coffee. Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street, 555 7019. This month’s theme is Scottish food. ■ Shacklewell Nights Hidden Dining Sun 28 Oct. Cabaret Voltaire, 36 Blair Street, wegottickets. com/event/186976. £30. Pop-up dining with Auchentoshan whisky and local food.
■ Mr Trotter and his Tantalisingly Tasty Tipples 30 Oct, Edinburgh
Lupe Pintos celebrates its 21st birthday by repeating last year’s entertaining chilli-crawl through the West End of Glasgow on Saturday 27 October, with an Edinburgh version taking place for the first time a week before on Saturday 20 October. Pubs and restaurants near the two Lupe Pintos shops are challenged to cook their finest chilli con carne and you’re challenged to tour the venues to judge your own winner. Sombreros and droopy moustaches optional.
New Town Cookery School, 7 Queen Street, entcs.co.uk. £30. Join Robert Ponsonby for an evening of porcine pleasure featuring tequila, salt cod, Innis & Gunn beers and upmarket pork scratchings. ■ Edinburgh Chocolate Festival Sat 3 Nov, 11am–10pm. £5 (under 12s free). The Scotsman Hotel, 20 North Bridge, 07990 868 821. Chocaholic demonstrations, workshops and tastings.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ Peebles Food Festival Sun 28 Oct, 9am–4.30pm. Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, Peebles, 01721 725777. Cooking demos, competitions and a farmers’ market.
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