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“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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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...
Elizabeth Josephine Craig, MBE, FRSA (16 February 1883 – 7 June 1980) was a Scottish journalist, home economist and a notable author on cookery. [1] Early life and family. Elizabeth Craig was born on 16 February 1883 in Addiewell, West Lothian to Catherine Anne Nicoll (died 3 March 1929) and Reverend John Mitchell Craig.
Jul 4, 2023 · July 4, 2023. Cool-kid chefs turning local bounty into Michelin-worthy dishes, an artisan whisky boom and a clutch of stylish hotels have helped Scotland shrug off its saturnine image and rebrand...
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On this culinary journey through the Highlands of Scotland, award-winning food writer Ghillie Basan meets a host of artisan food producers, farmers, crofters, fishermen and distillers.
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Claire, Lady Macdonald OBE is a Scottish cookery writer and former hotelier. Biography. Claire Macdonald is one of three daughters of Captain Thomas Noel Catlow CBE DL RN and his wife Jean (née Nuttall), [1] and lived as a child in Thurland Castle in Lancashire. [2] .
Meet the best of British food writers. Gordon Ramsay In his exclusive weekly recipe columns for The Times Saturday Magazine, Gordon Ramsay brings the brilliance of his Michelin-starred cooking to the domestic arena.
