Taste of Glasgow

I never attended cook school but I am pretty sure that one of the first things they teach wannabe chefs is how to chop an onion. Onions are used in so many dishes, sauces and soups and not a week goes by without me having to chop a good few of them. With a little [...]

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If you are a keen baker like me you will most likely have this little brown bottle of vanilla goodness in your cupboard.  And I’m going to give you some extra handy tips for using this for something other than baking. But before I do, did you know you need to be over 18 to [...]

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This weekend we were kindly invited by The Cook School to go along and try one of their one day cooking courses and, as you can imagine, we couldn’t possibly refuse. A day of cooking in a Cook School that boasts “the ultimate cooking experience” we were there! Based in Kilmarnock, only 30mins from Glasgow, [...]

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The Christmas market is once again back in St Enoch’s Square and this time it’s not only a German market, but a much larger full blown Continental market which fills the while square. The Isle of Arran is once again represented with the Island Cheese stall (situated directly in front of the rear entrance to [...]

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This competition has now closed   As mentioned last week, the good folks over at Demijohn have kindly provided us with a 500ml bottle of their tasty Sloe Gin to give away so that one lucky ToG follower can sample its delights. We will pick a winner at random on Friday 25th November to the [...]

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  The ToG team have been fans of Byres Road retailer Demijohn for quite some time now and we are always curious to hear what spirit based concoction they have recently come up with. When the image came in to my mailbox the other day my heart sank thinking oh no, they haven’t gone and [...]

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