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About Ghillie “Ghillie Basan is an exceptionally talented individual and an unsung hero of the culinary world in Scotland and beyond. A gifted and prolific writer, cook, presenter, recipe developer, storyteller, tourism provider and so much more, she plays a key role in the country’s food, drink and tourism landscape.”
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Cookery Workshops ‘I first read about Ghillie in 2007 whilst...
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The Scottish Brunch Bible. Saffron & Sumac. The Modern...
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During the Orkney Science Festival, food writer and...
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“Ghillie has been a firm friend to Rothiemurchus for many...
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Catherine Brown became widely known during the 1980s and 90s for her investigative food columns in The Herald (Glasgow) and as a presenter of STV and Grampian TV’s Scotland’s Larder. In 2001 she was the Guild of Food Writers’ Food Journalist of the Year. She is the author of several books on Scottish food, including her acclaimed Scottish ...
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She was born in West Lothian, Scotland to John Mitchell Craig and Catherine Anne Craig. Her father was a Presbyterian minister for the Free Church of Scotland. The couple would have eight children in all. Elizabeth was raised in the church manse in Memus, Kirriemuir, Scotland. She went on to live most of her life in England. She studied journalism ...
She began publishing pieces for English newspapers in 1920, and was reprinted in American newspapers starting the same year. She’d be reprinted in North American newspapers for several decades until her older, British Isles type vocabulary distanced her from the changing readership there. One of her very first pieces, in 1920, would appear at first...
1923. The Stage Favourites’ Cook Book (over 400 recipes from stage actresses of the time. Published by Hutchinson.)1930s Recipes by Elizabeth Craig for use with Borwick’s Baking Powder1933. Entertaining With Elizabeth Craig1934. The Vicomte In The Kitchen: Mauduit’s Cookery Book. (with Frances, Countess of Warwick)“I can’t very leave the subject of Scottish parties without mentioning Halloween. When I was in my teens, the games we played were more important than the fare. We used to sit cross-legged on the floor round black gypsy pots full of fluffy mashed potatoes and sup them with wooden spoons. There were charms embedded in the potatoes. If you came acros...
Aug 8, 2022 · Claire Macdonald OBE is a Scottish cookery writer and co-founder of Kinloch Lodge on the Isle of Skye. This year, the hotel celebrates its 50th anniversary and to mark this milestone, Claire and head chef Jordan Webb have co-written a book full of recipes and stories entitled ‘50 Years, Kinloch Lodge’. We sat down with Claire to hear more about her passion for food, to find out what it ...
Sep 9, 2019 · JAMES Morton is a self-confessed bread evangelist. So keen is he to spread the love he feels for bread-making that you might even call him a dough-gooder. And it isn’t just love he spreads but ...
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