Burns Night
Making a Vegan Haggis Is as Hard as It Sounds
The traditional Scottish dish might involve sheep’s innards and suet, but Edinburgh chef Nives Arosio swears her lentil-based version is just as good.
‘Reggae Burns’ Night Is the Caribbean Way to Celebrate Scotland’s National Poet
Brian Austin, Tobago-born owner of The Rum Shack in Glasgow, pipes in a plantain-covered haggis for his Caribbean-inspired Burns Night dinner.
Penis-Shaped Meringues and Squid Ink Flatbread Make the Perfect Burns Night Dinner
Last night, Jeremy Lee of Quo Vadis and Black Axe Mangal chef Lee Tiernan honoured Scotland’s most famous poet with an unconventional feast.
Meet the Bartender Making Buckfast Negronis
“Buckfast has nice tannins and it’s fruity so it makes a valid substitute for red vermouth,” says Glaswegian cocktail pro Stu Bale. “But it does get you pretty fucked up if you drink a lot of it.”
Robert Burns Was a Secret Cheesemaker
Robert Burns, the great Scotsman who revolutionised Romantic poetry and whose memory we celebrate on Burns Night, had a sideline in cheesemaking on a farm near Dumfries.
How I Brought Black Market Haggis to Four Different Countries
After it’s paraded around the room to the accompaniment of bagpipes, an ode is recited to this giant sheep sausage. Then it’s stabbed and ripped open to reveal its warm, reeking, and rich innards. It’s perhaps the most iconic of offal dishes, the great...