EVENTS
GLASGOW ■ Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Sat 23 Feb, 10am–2pm.
Mansfield Park, 5 Hyndland Street, 287
2500 Over 40 stalls of local manufactuers’ produce.
£3. Grassroots Organic, 20 Woodlands Road, 353
3278 An introduction to using common household herbs, and advice on simple herbal remedies. With free herbal tea samples and cakes.
■ The Diamond Ball Sat 23 Feb, 7pm. £50
including three-course meal and drinks. The
■ The Erskine Sportsman’s Dinner 2013 Fri 8 Mar, 7pm–1am. £55. Hilton
Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Glasgow, 1 William
Lane, 07872 384944 Dinner and entertainment in aid of Yorkhill Children’s Foundation.
■ Chef Wars ‘The Professionals’ at Cookie Mon 25 Feb, 6.30–
Street, 814 4567 Evening of sport hosted by Des McLean.
■ Taste of Science with James Martin Thu 14 Mar, 6.30– 11.30pm. £65 (includes
Over the last three years, an exchange of ‘Budding Chefs’ between Brittany and Scotland has seen students visiting producers, learning from local chefs and participating in dining events. On Friday 15 March young French chefs under the guidance of Fred Berkmiller and Mark Greenaway will create a pop-up restaurant at The Hub, serving a four-course meal using food gathered from Perthshire and Fife. Bookings on 0131 225 5366. ifecosse.org.uk
10.30pm. £20. Cookie, 72 champagne reception,
Nithsdale Road, 423 1411 presentation by James
Monthly cook-off featuring local talent.
Martin and four-course meal). Glasgow Science
EDINBURGH ■ Wine Tasting: Loire and Cheeses Fri 22 Feb, 6–8pm. £22 (£20). Institut
Centre, 50 Pacific francais d’Ecosse, 13
Loire Valley accompanied by French cheeses. ■ Veneto theme night Wed 27 Feb, 7.45pm, £52.
SUPPORTED BY
al-dente-restaurant. pedal-porty.org.uk/food/
co.uk A special six-course menu with matched wines celebrating Venice’s Carnevale.
■ Barneys Beer Presents: Brewery Lates Thu 28 Feb, 7pm. £5–£20. Summerhall,
portobello-organic- market A wide range of tasty offerings with a conscience from local artisan producers, plus crafts and other goods.
■ Wine and Dine Burgundy Special
1 Summerhall, 0845 Mon 11 Mar, 7pm. £130.
874 3001 An after-hours tour of the Summerhall Brewery (originally founded circa 1704), now home to Barneys Beer. Includes tasting and talk by head brewer Andrew (Barney) Barnett.
■ Beer and Food Matching Dinner Thu 28 Feb, 7.30pm. £25. Ryan’s Cellar Bar, 2–4
Restaurant Martin
Wishart, The Shore, 553 3557, martin-wishart.
co.uk Top Burgundian producers Domaine Bernard Moreau and Domaine Arlaud showcased in a four- course menu with matching wines.
■ Hanover Healthfoods Healthy Lifestyle Event Sat 16 Mar, 9.30am–5pm.
Hope Street, 226 6669 £10. The Merchants’ Hall,
Four beers matched to three courses with insights into the pairings from visiting beer sommeliers. ■ Portobello Market Sat 2 Mar, 9.30am–
22 Hanover Street, 225 4291 Free health advice and talks, food samples, tastings, therapies and special offers, with goody bags for every visitor. Tickets from Hanover Healthfoods and the Eric Liddell Centre.
■ Herbs at Home with Rachael Frost Wed 6 Mar, 7–8.30pm. Quay, 420 5000 James Martin explores ways of experimenting with food.
Randolph Crescent, 225 Al Dente Restaurant, 139
5366 A selection of white, red and rosé wines from the
Easter Road, 652 1932, 1.30pm. Brighton
Park, Brighton Place,
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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 realfoods.co.uk for updates. REAL FOODS Natural Healthy Ethical Shopping
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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 character to
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