News on Scottish Food

2010-09-03 Healthy eating row as cake put on school menu - Herald Scotland News Health

However, David Melvin, Cordia operations director, said: We are not talking about branded confectionery or sticky and sweet cream cakes this is healthy home baking strictly adhering to the Scottish Governments nutritional guidelines on fat and sugar content.

We also offer a selection of food such as sandwiches and salads, and it is about encouraging children to eat a varied and balanced diet. We believe low-fat, low-sugar home baking can be a part of that in moderation.

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2010-09-02 Scottish Games in Pleasanton draws heavy lifters from around the world - Inside Bay Area

Watching the men practice for the Scottish games does invoke visions of the stone-throwing scene of "Braveheart. " Indeed, the events havent changed much since the days of William Wallace. For centuries, such gatherings have celebrated Scottish and Celtic culture with lots of food, drink, dancing, bagpipe-playing and, of course, large men vying to throw heavy objects the farthest.

Plenty of music -- ranging from traditional Scottish bagpipe outfits and piping and drumming competitions, to world-renowned fiddler Alasdair Fraser to the Bay Area Celtic rock band Tempest -- sheepdog-herding contests, whiskey tasting, Scottish (and non-Scottish) food, historical re-enactments and a gathering of clans.

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2010-09-01 The Courier - Biomass plans fuel fear of neo-colonial land grab in Africa

It also claims that communities are losing their land rights, and forests and natural vegetation are being cleared while biofuels are competing with food crops for farm land.

Local communities are facing increasing hunger and food insecurity just so Europe can fuel its cars. The EU must urgently scrap its biofuel policy.

Forth Energy seeks to encourage and promote biomass growing activities on land where food crop cultivation is not viable. "

Plans to build the biomass plant were lodged with the Scottish Government this month.

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2010-08-31 Q and A: Brian McGrory of Mary Queen of Scots Metromix New York

I want to change everyone and rsquo;s preconceptions of Scottish food. Mary Queen of Scots was, at one point, the queen of France, and just for the continuity of the story I wanted to explore the French side of our cuisine. It and rsquo;s going to be a brasserie - you and rsquo;ll have your steak frites, your simple fish with butter and lemon. Fantastic, simple flavors.

Will reference the monarch for which its named, who also happened to rule France. The menu will be more steak frites than cullen skink, but the textiles will be tartan and the whiskey most certainly Scotch. So, is this the start of a mini Scottish empire in Gotham McGrory lets us in on his plans.

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2010-08-30 There is a clear aspiration to double the size of Macphie in terms of sales and profit - Herald Scotland Business Corporate and SME

Meanwhile, heavyweight industry players including Guy Crawford, chief executive of the luxury Dubai-based Jumeirah Hotels group, Gavin Hewitt, chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association and Sandy Wilkie, sales and marketing director at dairy group Robert Wiseman Dairies, will be among those exploring issues affecting the industry at a Scotland Food and Drink event in the Scottish Parliament on . The event will highlight the need to focus on new and evolving market opportunities as the industry seeks to grow its value from and pound;10.

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2010-08-29 Heads Up - Sampling Whiskey in Tokyo

Okuma Building , Higashi-Ikebukuro; -8025) specializes more in Scottish whiskeys than in Japanese ones. Tiny, wood-lined and dotted with cookie-cutter Gaelic pub accessories, Quercus offers a limited selection of local bottles, including the occasional single-cask bottling from Ichiro and rsquo;s Malt. And, with the best of intentions, Scottish food is available, which in a city saturated with superlative sushi joints might just be an out-of-the-ordinary experience worth having.

Atushi Watanabe, right, an owner of Quercus Bar, which specializes more in Scottish whiskeys than in local bottles.

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Japanese whiskey has come a long way, but enthusiasts have to search to find specialist bars offering domestic drams. - Travel and Vacations Whiskey Tokyo (Japan)

2010-08-28 BBC News - Scots teachers should give fair trade lessons

Teachers should give fair trade lessons

With Scottish pupils now back at school, a charity has called for teachers to include discussion of fair trade in their lesson plans.

In 2005 the Scottish government signed a co-operation agreement with Malawi which emphasised the importance of developing trade and enterprise.

JTS imports food and craft goods from Africa, including kilombero rice from Malawi.

JTS receives part-funding from the Scottish government, which has sought to strengthen ties with Malawi.

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A charity calls on Scottish teachers to include discussion of fair trade in their lesson plans.

2010-08-25 MS and arthritis may be linked to lack of sun, say scientists Science The Guardian

The Scottish government has now agreed to a meeting in September with scientists to review the evidence, largely as a result of the Shine on Scotland campaign launched by 15 year-old Ryan McLaughlin, whose mother has MS, which wants vitamin D supplements for every pregnant woman and child.

At the moment, authorities such as the Food Standards Agency say that most of us should be able to get all we need from a healthy diet, including oily fish and eggs, and "by getting a little sun". Pregnant women and older people might benefit from a small daily dose of vitamin D.

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2010-08-24 Food Sunday: Food News You Can Use The Seminal

Federal officials say its one of the largest egg recalls in recent history. Americans consume about 220 million eggs a day, based on industry estimates. Iowa is the leading egg producing state. The eggs recalled Friday were distributed under the brand names Hillandale Farms, Sunny Farms, Sunny Meadow, Wholesome Farms and West Creek. The new recall applies to eggs sold between April and August. Hillandale said the eggs were distributed to grocery distribution centers, retail groceries and food service companies which service or are located in fourteen states, including Arkansas, California, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. A food safety expert at Cornell University in Ithaca, N. Y. , said the source of the outbreak could be rodents,

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Its raining cats, dog, and little fuzzy bunnies today at Chez Siberia, which is great since Aunt Toby needed a reason NOT to work in the garden today. We had a positive tsunami of veggies yesterday that had to be dealt with so Im pretty happy for today.

2010-08-23 Food: Sea-ing is believing in Scotlands fresh larder - Edinburgh Evening News

Next weekend sees Scotlands first ever pop-up restaurant come to the Capital. We have joined forces with legendary London seafood restaurant J Sheekey to offer the nations food cognoscenti a whole new dining experience with the multi-award winning restaurant and its Edinburgh-born head chef, Richard Kirkwood. Expect the finest seafood dishes, such as oysters with wild boar sausage, plateau de fruits de mer, griddled langoustines with chilli, ginger and parsley, razor clams with chorizo and sauted monkfish cheeks with girolles, among many of the famed dishes.

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Food: Sea-ing is believing in Scotlands fresh larder - LETS face it, us Scots are spoilt when it comes to seafood.