Articles from July 2009

July 2009 Articles Archive from Foodepedia

  • An Arran Adventure - waterfalls, lochs and lots of whisky

    Monday July 27th, 2009

    TV Presenter turned ‘Godhead’, David Icke predicted that by Christmas 1991, great earthquakes would obliterate Cuba, Greece and the Isle of Arran. Despite evidence of volcanic activity some 60 million years ago, I am glad to report that my recent visit to what has been branded ‘Scotland in Miniature’ proved his prognosis ‘marginally faulty’.

  • Knife work if you can get it - Allens of Mayfair

    Sunday July 5th, 2009

    This is Allens butchers in Mayfair and we are gathered around a chopping block the size of a dinner table to learn about how to butcher meat. I already know how to bugger up fish, and make a mess of vegetables so this will complete my training. Except this is a skills lesson, an introduction to an art most of us don’t practice anymore.