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GLASGOW ■ Street Food Cartel Fri 13 & Sat 14 Dec, 6pm. £5. SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. See main image.
■ Glasgow Wine School Tastings Fri 13 Dec, 7–9pm. £30. Radisson Blu Hotel, 301 Argyle Street, 447 0446. A Christmas fizz tasting with sparkling wines from Italy, Germany, South Africa, England and, of course, France.
■ Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market FREE Sat 14, Mon 23 Dec, 10am–2pm. Mansfield Park, 5 Hyndland Street, 287 2500. Over 40 stalls of local produce. ■ James Morton’s Stollen Christmas! Sun 15 Dec, 3pm. £12. Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road,
357 6200. See Around Town listings.
■ Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market FREE Sat 21 Dec, 10am–2pm. Queen’s Park, 520 Langside Road, 287 2500. Local produce from local people. ■ Festive Sunday Concert Sun 22 Dec, 2.30pm. £32. House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. Settle into a mince pie and a glass of mulled wine as the sounds of Christmas play on, including hits from Band Aid to Bing Crosby. Followed by a three- course meal and glass of wine.
■ Glasgow Beer Club Meet FREE Mon 30 Dec, 6pm–midnight. Old Stag Inn, 12 Greenview Street, glasgowbeerclub.org
301 Argyle Street, 447 0446. A full day of nosing, swirling and sipping, including a welcome glass of champagne, a two- course lunch and 13 wines to explore. EDINBURGH ■ Edinburgh’s Scottish Market FREE Thu 12 Dec– Sun 5 Jan (closed 25 Dec), 10am–10pm. St Andrew Square, edinburghschristmas. com. Local food and drink market at the heart of the Winter Festival, with seafood, craft beer, butteries and local curries.
■ Champagne Tasting Fri 13, 20 Dec, 6pm. £22 (£20). Institut Français d’Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. A holiday special with champage galore: rosés, millesimés, blancs de blancs, blancs de noirs and other surprises. In French.
The collective of street-food vendors known as Street Food Cartel will be at SWG3 by Glasgow’s Yorkhill on Fri 13 & Sat 14 Dec for a Christmas carve-up. Look out for Scoop with its shiny bullet mobile kitchen, cooking up retro American fare, and Pad BKK with its Thai cuisine for a not-so- traditional festive feast. streetfoodcartel.com
Meet up, grab a pint and get to discussing hops and crystal clear mountain water and all that.
■ Glasgow Wine School Tastings Sat 11 Jan, 11am–4pm. £85. Radisson Blu Hotel, ■ Whisky and Cheese Tasting Sat 14, Fri 20 Dec, 6pm. Sun 22, Tue 24, Sat
28 Dec, 3pm. £22.50. Whiski Rooms, 4, 6 & 7 North Bank Street, 225 7224. If you’ve never tried them together, consider the possibilities of a peaty single malt meeting a briny barrel-aged feta. ■ Monday Night Bottle Club Mon 16, 23, 30 Dec, 6, 13, 20 Jan, 7.30pm. £10. BrewDog Edinburgh, 143–145 Cowgate, 220 6517. Taste four brews, meet like-minded craft fans and take some knowledge away from BrewDog’s expert team.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ Winter Solstice Celebration Sat 21 Dec, 3–6pm. £10. Whitmuir Community Farm, West Linton, 01968 661908. Organic lamb and pork slow cooked in ground ovens, mulled wine, lantern processions, a bonfire and music to celebrate the shortest day. Coach from central Edinburgh available.
CO-PROMOTION WITH REAL FOODS, EDINBURGH
FROM BELLS AND WHISTLES TO BITS AND BYTES ‘Black quinoa trending right now STOP Please send 1000 kgs STOP’. This is what our import orders might have looked like if we hadn’t continued to invest in the latest technology.
In the 60s we communicated with our international suppliers by telegram. In the 70s we used telex to import and send your orders to our warehouse. In the 80s we went flashy with fax, and in the 90s we went digital with email. In the noughties, our new website allowed online shopping, and now? Now we offer over 10,000 vegetarian, Fairtrade, organic and special diet products online - more than anyone else, and your orders can be placed online at www.realfoods.co.uk or on our new in-store iPads.
• Simple - Do your online and in-store shopping in one go with our friendly staff on hand to help.
• Convenient - Click and collect on your next shop or opt for home delivery.
• Choice - Browse our full range in-store and order any item that is not on the shelf.
If you are to-ing and fro-ing from our store to our website STOP Because buying your wholefoods just got a whole lot easier. But hey, if you want to give us a call, you can still reach us by phone and we’re here ready to help with your enquiries.
Shop online at www.realfoods.co.uk
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From the start we’ve continuously invested in new technology so placing your order with us today really is child’s play.
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