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Edinburgh Bars Celebrate

Three Edinburgh bars are celebrating after winning plaudits at this year’s Scottish Licensed Trade Awards.

The Balmoral Bar, Cabaret Voltaire and Monteiths all walked away with awards from the ceremony held on Monday night (30th June).

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Southern Haggissphere

These days there’s more to the haggis than an honest sonsie face. At this year’s Royal Highland Show, world renowned haggis makers Macsween  of Edinburgh launched two new recipes with a decidedly South African flavour -  Macsween Haggis Bobotie and Haggis Barbequed Skewers. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Story of Coffee

Do you need your ‘fix’ of coffee to get you through the day? Or does coffee make you ‘hyper’? What is coffee with the coffee taken out? It turns out this popular beverage has quite a history.

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Taste of Edinburgh at the Meadows

Taste of Edinburgh is returning to the Meadows next weekend. Last year this hugely successful event, sponsored by Channel 4, attracted thousands of happy visitors to the venue where, in glorious sunshine, they enjoyed the best of food and drink in a splendidly Carnival atmosphere.

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