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@ThriftFest 'Food Guru' @BBCRadioScot Presenter #CakeFest creator @TheFoodNation Director @EdBookFest Chair & other foody tomfoolery. Dad.

Edinburgh and beyond
Joined February 2009
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👇🏻 just out, love making this podcast with @rosiekaydanceco
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👇🏻me, hosting an online discussion on food and mental health, Thursday lunchtime #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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I’ll be hosting this on Thursday, going to be 😙👌Sign up and tune in
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Live lunchtime opera, September sunshine and rosé wine from a paper cup - divine! Thanks @ScottishOpera @captheatres and @matthewhalsall
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Replying to @edinhelp
@edinhelp Hi, the button on this pedestrian crossing outside the Queens Gallery doesn't work (hasn't for some time)
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Replying to @bbcbitesize
@bbcbitesize My son and I were confused by this question on today's P3 maths lesson - any of them could be boys or girls, so how can we tell from the pictures? 🤔
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So delicious, impossible to choose a favourite. Inspiring story of @EastCoastCured journey from hobby to award-winning Scottish charcuterie business. Listen in @BBCKitchenCafe @BBCRadioScot bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000g46…
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LOVED meeting these 2 brilliant people from a network of Edinburgh women (no men yet!) baking #FreeCakesForKids who wouldn’t otherwise get one on their birthday. Altruistic and vital. Listen in @BBCKitchenCafe @BBCRadioScot bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fw4… @FreeCakesUK
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Shout out to @WoodWintersEd wine shop for letting me raid their range of organic, biodynamic and natural wines and giving a great insight into sustainable wine buying for @BBCKitchenCafe The grillo was delish! Broadcast: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ff8…
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Really @jet2tweets? Can't serve coffee in my reusable cup because of #healthandsafety - when other airlines manage it? #everylittlehelps It's your coffee @Starbucks so is this acceptable?
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Met the delightful owners of Glasgow's #piepie and learned how to make spanakopita, listen in 1.30pm today @bbcradioscot @BBCKitchenCafe bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000d81…
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🥂🍹Talking Christmas Fizz today @BBCKitchenCafe 1.30pm @BBCRadioScot Inspired picks from @DavyZyw and a cute effervescent cocktail recipe too. Happy Christmas all 🎄
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Brilliant cookbooks for Christmas @BBCKitchenCafe this week with fellow reviewer @foodiequine, discover her choices and why I loved @florashedden’s Aran and @Jose_Pizarro’s Andalusia @BBCRadioScot bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bw8… 📚🎄
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A packed @BBCKitchenCafe coming up @BBCRadioScot including Sourdough part 2 - @bakingjames shows me how to raise a happy & healthy yeast starter 👶🏼🍞
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Looking into Sourdough... with James Morton @bakingjames and Stephan Spicknell @Cottonrake Bakery @bbcradioscot @BBCKitchenCafe 1.30pm #SuperSourdough
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📢 Listen up 1.30 @ World Café tent @ThriftFest I'm discussing 'Zero Plastic - Fantastic or Too Drastic?' with @debedub and Sabic Research Chemist Hallam Wheatley - come and join in, share your views, guaranteed to be enlightening and thought provoking 💭✨💡
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#TheTownIsTheMenu @ThriftFest 1 table 200 diners 3 😘👌🏻 courses, served by volunteers, cooked in a field using #surplusfood for £7 each. Well done team 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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First #WildBread workshop of the day underway @ThriftFest #CampfireCooking up next - busy weekend but we can always squeeze a few extra in...
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That's it - our 7th @ThriftFest is open and the #Jamallot chutney factory gets into production once again, it's a beautiful day🌞 Bring down your surplus produce and we'll preserve it!
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Here’s the menu, now come & enjoy it @ThriftFest! Loved putting Guisborough on a plate - thanks for your local insight @GisboroprioryEH @teesvalleyarts #GuisboroughtTownPride & DeBrus Group. Thanks also to @DeveronProjects who funded my original #TheTownIsTheMenu residency
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