James Martin on Love Cooking, Edinburgh
I don’t watch Saturday Kitchen and chances are I’m not going to start after this experience. Although the food looked decent enough, the personality of the cook rather put me off eating it. Saying that, James’ guests, entertaining Oz Clarke and demure local hero Tom Kitchin, made the hour and a half quite pleasant. Two skilled chefs, a three-course cookery demonstration and wine advice to boot – what’s not to love? Let me tell you.
I had the luck to get a free ticket to the Taste of Edinburgh in Inverleith Park today. In truth, there was much about it that was a taste of elsewhere – local suppliers and restaurants were there of course, but also companies and producers from many miles away (parmesan anyone?) The big stars of the show were from England (and of French and Italian descent) and were joined by local chefs including Tom Kitchin who had a crowd of several hundred trying to watch his demo (why don’t they make the theatres bigger?) Continue reading
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