Chocolate Brownie with Raspberries

cranachan , the traditional Scottish oat-raspberry-whisky concoction; more recent and prettier picture Chocolate Brownies with Walnuts Recipe (January…

It's Pimm's Time!

What's your favourite way of enjoying Pimm's? Last Thursday Estonians celebrated summer solstice - Jaanipäev - and we had 4 consecutive days …

There's no Cheddar without an oatcake

We've been eating lots of cheese recently. Upon returning from France in early September, we brought along some wonderful French cheese - Livaro…

Tattie scones recipe to mark The Bard's 253rd birth anniversary

Scots across the world (both true and honorary, like me) are celebrating Rabbie Burns ' aka The Bards 253rd birth anniversary today. I've alr…

Yummy Scottish shortbread, the way I like it

There's a personal reason to celebrate all things Scottish today - namely, it was exactly seven years ago that I met my dear partner K . at a rec…

Yummy Pan-Seared Oat-Crusted Salmon or Trout

Photo by  Juta Kübarsepp  for the January 2013 issue of  Kodu ja Aed  magazine. The tablecloth is Estonian national tartan - the blue, black and white re…

Yummy Scottish food: Cock-a-Leekie soup

Originally posted in February 2007; fully updated in January 2013. Photo by Juta Kübarsepp for the January 2013 issue of Kodu ja Aed . Recipe and styli…

Yummy Simple Magic bars recipe

I was due to give a Scottish cookery class last Sunday in Aegviidu - a small town about an hour from Tallinn. While finalising the menu for the cook…