EXPLORE ISSUES
Homegrown authors share a few of their favourite recipes and warming personal stories to go alongside.
Choose a recipe from the list below, cook it up and enjoy with a good book.
- Apple and Bramble Crumble
- Blackthorn Sloe Gin
- Buck Rogers’ Saturday Night Mince & Tatties
- Cashew Nut Roast
- Chopped Liver
- Clootie Dumpling
- Colin’s Roast Mackerel with Red Pesto
- Grace and May’s Macaroni Cheese
- Jam Cake
- Larry’s World Famous Pasta Sauce
- Lentil and Tomato Soup
- Mama Logan’s Roast Potatoes
- Midge Cemetery
- Mutton and Barley Broth
- Nettle Soup
- Parmesan Oven-Fried Chicken
- Rowan Jelly
- Scotch Beef Wellington
- Seafarer’s Stew
- Shepherd’s Pie
- Tablet
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Homegrown Recipes
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FEATURED AUTHOR:
Mark Douglas-Home
Mark Douglas-Home is a journalist turned author, who was editor of the Herald and the Sunday Times Scotland. His career in journalism began as a student in South Africa where he edited the newspaper at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. …
FEATURED PUBLISHER:
Curly Tale Books
Curly Tale Books was launched in May 2013 with the publication of author Alan Grant’s first story for young children The Quite Big Rock. We publish illustrated children’s books with a focus on Scotland and in particular the Belted Galloway breed of cat …