EVENTS
GLASGOW ■ Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market FREE Sat 18 May, 10am–4pm. Queen’s Park, 520 Langside Road, 287 2500. Local produce from local people.
■ Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market FREE Sat 25 May, 10am–2pm. Mansfield Park, 5 Hyndland Street, 287 2500. Over 40 stalls of local produce, direct from the manufacturers.
■ Tasty Science: Know Your Whisky Fri 7 Jun, 7–9pm. £5. DRAM!, 232–246 Woodlands Road, 332 1622. Learn how the University of Glasgow Polyomics group are using cutting edge technology to test the chemical makeup of your favourite malts. EDINBURGH ■ Vins de Bordeaux
Fri 17 May, 6pm. £22 (£20). Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Wines from both sides of the Gironde river. ■ The Whisky Stramash Sat 25 May, 12–4pm & 5–9pm. Sun 26 May, 1–5pm. £26. Surgeon’s Hall, Nicolson Street, 0844 481 8898. A chance to sample as many different whiskies as you think you can handle, also promising ‘comicality and madcap pioneering’. That includes Heston-style whisky-based molecular experiments, a murder mystery challenge (winner gets a trip to Jura), whisky cocktails and much more.
■ Summer(beer)hall Fri 24 May, 6.30–11pm. Sat 25 May, noon–4pm & 7pm–midnight. £5–£8. Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3000. A pop-up bottle
Over 50 days between late May and mid-July, Henderson’s are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening of their Edinburgh restaurant, together with the centenary of the birth of founder Janet Henderson. The 50/50 Food Festival features dinners, barbecues, vegetarian speed dining, picnics and live music, as well as a weekend of secret-location Hawaiian beach parties (12–14 Jun). More details at hendersons50.com
shop, live music, brewery tours and talks run alongside a smorgasboard of Barney’s Beer (brewed onsite), a number of guest beers and some obligatory bratwurst and pretzels. ■ Henderson’s 50/50
Food Festival Sun 26 May–Sun 14 Jul. See main image. ■ The World on Your Plate Fri 30 May–Sun 2 Jun. Filmhouse, Lothian Road, 228 2688. Curated by Take
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One Action Film Festivals, a weekend of critically acclaimed documentaries about food in Asia, Africa, Europe and the UK, along with opportunities to eat, drink and cook, as well as ask questions of politicians and commentators. ■ Portobello Market FREE Sat 1 Jun, 9.30am–1.30pm. Brighton Park, Brighton Place, pedal-porty.org.uk/food/ portobello-organic- market Local artisan producers, plus crafts and other goods.
■ Food Lab FREE Sat 1 Jun, 1–4pm. Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place, 248 2909. Fun experiments using everyday kitchen items, with staff from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health. OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ Loch Fyne Food Fair FREE Sat 18 & Sun 19 May, 11am–6pm & 7.30–11pm. Loch
Fyne Oysters, Clachan, Cairndow, 01499 600264. Seafood stands and other food from Argyll, plus live music, a craft tent and a children’s area. For more, see Festivals feature. ■ EatBute FREE Sat 25 & Sun 26 May, 10am–5pm. Mount Stuart House and Gardens, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, 01700 503877. A celebration of food from the island of Bute as well as neighbouring Argyll, Arran and Ayrshire. Alongside food and drink stalls, the fest hosts cookery demos, tours of Mount Stuart house and more.
■ Mhor Festival Sat 25 & Sun 26 May. £5 (ceilidh £15, feast £60). Monachyle Mhor, Balquhidder, 01877 384622. Fun and feasting by the banks of Loch Voil with the Mhor team, with raft races, bake offs, ceilidh featuring Shooglenifty and a Festival Feast on Sat with five top Scottish chefs including Andrew Fairlie.
CO-PROMOTION WITH REAL FOODS, EDINBURGH
WE’VE TRAVELLED A BIT IN THE LAST 50 YEARS In all the time we’ve been in business, shopping local has always been miles better and we’ve made the journey on your behalf for the wide range of produce we sell, so you don’t have to.
Since 1963 we’ve been sourcing from local suppliers to help keep your food miles down, freshness up, and your community thriving. We have supported many, now well-established, local producers from their early days, including Garvald Bakery, Cyrenians Farm and Engine Shed to name just a few.
• Local - supporting local businesses means food doesn’t have to travel so far to your shopping bags, so helping the environment on a global level too.
• Fresh - less food miles means more fresh food smiles.
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• Value - every week we have up to 140 products on price promotion, we offer a Student and Senior Citizen discount, or you can use one of our 10% Early Bird discount cards, so your shopping really doesn’t have to cost the earth.
Need we say anything more to state our case as your passport to fresh and seasonal Scottish produce, packed with goodness and at the right price.
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