EVENTS
GLASGOW ■ FREE Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market
Sat 23 Mar & 13 Apr, 10am–2pm. Mansfield
Park, 5 Hyndland Street, 287 2500 Over 40 stalls of local produce, direct from the manufacturers, every second and fourth Saturday of the month.
■ Feast of Scotland Dinner Thu 28 Mar, 7pm–
midnight. £25. Arisaig, 1 Merchant Square, 553
1010 For the Year of Natural Scotland, Arisaig teams up with Auchentoshan Distillery to celebrate ingredients from the delicious natural larder otherwise known as Scotland. The evening includes a three-course dinner plus a few drams.
Queen’s Park, 520
Langside Road, 287 2500 Local produce from local people every i rst and third Saturday of the month.
EDINBURGH ■ First Coast 10th Birthday Party Thu 21 Mar–28 Mar,
Times vary. £18.50. First Coast, 97–101 Dalry
Road, 313 4404 The bistro celebrates its tenth birthday with a very special menu based entirely on pig. Never fear – veggies are invited too (there’s an á la carte menu on hand). Price includes a glass of prosecco.
The Edinburgh International Science Festival from 23 March to 7 April includes various food and drink events under the banner or ‘Future Food’, including Eating Aliens, Molecular Mastery, Food Trek and Sensory Dining. sciencefestival.co.uk
SUPPORTED BY
by owner, head brewer and chief bottle washer Andrew (Barney) Barnett.
■ Eating Aliens Thu 28 Mar, 7pm. £35 (includes three-course
meal). Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum
Place, 248 2909 Invasive species, like crayi sh, ruin ecosystems all around the world. Solution? Eat ’em up. Do just that at this three-course meal while a discussion on the issue l ies around the table. Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival.
■ FREE Portobello Market
Sat 6 Apr, 5–8pm. £15 (children £5; under 4s
free). Augustine United Church, 41–43 George
IV Bridge, 473 2000 Learn more about Italy the best way possible – through food, music and art – at this family- friendly event. A buffet is paired with music by an Italian duo along with a photography exhibition contrasting images of Scotland and Italy.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ The Crannog Creperie: All Day Iron Age Breakfast
Sun 31 Mar, 11am–4pm.
Sat 6 Apr, 9.30am– £8 for admission, plus
1.30pm. Brighton a nominal surcharge
Park, Brighton Place, (seniors £7.50; children
■ Concha y Toro Wine Dinner
Thu 21 Mar, 7–10pm. £55. Dalhousie Castle
and Aquaeous Spa,
Bonnyrigg, 01875 820153.
sommelier Alvaro Garcia to put on an epic six-course dinner. Garcia describes the wines as you taste them, explaining the pairings of the evening. Booking essential.
■ FREE Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market Sat 6 Apr, 10am–4pm.
Dalhousie Castle chef Francois Giraud teams up with Concha y Toro
■ Barney’s Beer Presents: Brewery Lates
CO-PROMOTION WITH REAL FOODS, EDINBURGH
WE CAN TELL YOU THE FARMER’S NAME AND WHERE THEIR FIELD IS If you have any nagging doubts about the origins of your food, Real Foods has been keeping short and traceable supply chains from around the time when horses were still widely used for farming.
For 50 years Real Foods has been selling organic fruit, vegetables, grains and many other products. We are passionate about knowing who and where our foods are coming from. By investing in Soil Association certification we have full traceability on our organic produce. When we say our products are organic you can be certain that they have been produced to some of the highest organic standards out there, we can even tell you where your food was grown and who by.
• Better - Organic farming is better for the environment, better for animals and healthier for you.
• Trust - The Soil Association symbol marks organic products you can trust. Only 80% of the UK’s organic goods are certified by the Soil Association, but all of ours are.
• Natural - Organic certification means complete traceability and ensures you can be certain your food is without chemicals, nasty additives or GM.
We have been providing affordable organic goods you can trust for 50 years, so you could say this is our field of expertise.
Thu 28 Mar, 7pm.
pedal-porty.org.uk/food/ £6; family £21). Scottish
£5–£20. Summerhall, portobello-organic-
Crannog Centre,
1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001 An after-hours tour of the Summerhall Brewery (originally founded circa 1704), now home to Barney’s Beer. Includes tasting, talk and tour hosted
market A wide range of tasty offerings with a conscience from local artisan producers, plus crafts and other goods. ■ A Taste of Italy
Kenmore, Loch Tay, 01887 830583 Breakfast, Iron Age style! Create your own Iron Age crepes and pancakes in clay ovens, then make the butter to spread on them.
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Ploughing the old fashioned way where horses are used to farm your food, not as a food source.
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