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Stir-Up Sunday is back
This year, John Lewis partnered with the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) to revive the treasured national Christmas ritual of previous generations – Stir Up Sunday. The John Lewis campaign focused on everything from how to make a traditional Christmas cake and prepare your mincemeat, to a revival of the Great British Christmas Pudding recipe from the WI.
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Wedgwood – a Prime Location with Top Class Value
Wedgwoods is located at 267 Canongate, no more that 200 yards from John Knox House, Edinburgh. I chose to give it a try as I had heard so many good things about the standard of food, and value the restaurant offers.
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Keith and Neil’s Call to Arms
It’s a new look big time for the Salisbury Arms on Dalkeith Road. Formerly known as The Crags, this one-time student local has chucked out the big screen telly and the black painted walls and reinvented itself as a friendly but sophisticated pub restaurant.
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Getting in a Jam
Despite coming rather early in the year for Scottish jam makers, this week is a well intentioned effort to re-popularise the art and craft of jam making. Nowadays, commercial jam has become one of those products which has suffered the traditional British dumbing-down process caused by our food industry’s insistence that customers want only the cheapest food. The proliferation of cheap, sugary jams has devalued jam. Jam Week is an opportunity to reverse this situation.
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