The Foodie Blog

Cake me to heaven…

February 22nd, 2010

  
Foodies at Holyrood played host to their very first Cupcake decorating event on Thursday the 18th February. And what a night it was….  
We had the wonderful Liggy of Liggy’s cakes demonstrating with the help of her trusty assistant Kirsty.  
The ladies that attended were greeted with a glass of bubbles and then shown to their seats, (Read more)

Pancake Day with a little Scottish Twist

February 15th, 2010

As you may (or may not) know tomorrow is Pancake day – hooray!! It has to be one of our favourite Foodie culinary dates of the year.
So here at Foodies we thought we would put a wee Scottish twist on the traditional pancake.  Below you will find two delicious recipes; one for Drop Scones, also (Read more)

A Bit of Friday Fun with Wee Gordon Ramsay Ad!

January 29th, 2010

 
Great adverts for Caterer.com

What January Blues?

January 27th, 2010

Christmas feels like it never happened, it’s cold and dreary outside and everyone dreads the alarm clock going off when it’s still pitch black behind the curtains! Well not at Foodies at Holyrood! The New Hot menu is off to a flying start, people are hearing about our baked potatoes and hot ciabattas’ and January (Read more)

Napkin Art

January 26th, 2010

This week I discovered a very cool American Illustrator called Christoph Niemann’s. He has done some fantastic illustrations for a lot of kid’s books but what caught my attention, being a foodie and owning a coffee shop was the sketches using coffee on napkins.
Check out some of the photos below. The sequence of sketches tells (Read more)

Foodie Christmas Party

January 10th, 2010

As promised a few photos of the Foodies Christmas party.
We all met at a local Italian restaurant and enjoyed a very yummy meal with lots of wine and a very dark spirit (which certainly gave me a sore head in the morning) before heading to a very nice cocktail bar in town.
It was really quite (Read more)

Happy New Year!!!

January 4th, 2010

A BIG Happy New Year from everyone at the Foodie Company.
Lots of exciting things happening this year so keep checking the blog for all the latest.

The SuperJam Story

December 28th, 2009

In the New Year we are going to tell you all about one of our suppliers every week or two (60+ Scottish Suppliers to get through at the moment). Each little blog will have some photos and hopefully a wee video for you to learn all about them and how they ended up in our (Read more)

Have a Foodie Christmas

December 23rd, 2009

A big thank you to all the customers and suppliers that supported the Foodie Company over the last year.
Have a fantastic Christmas and New Year.
From all the Foodie team.

Foodieboxes on MacAaulay & Co

December 16th, 2009

I enjoyed a quick radio debut on the Fred Macaulay show this week. I have never been on the radio before so it was quite an exciting experience.
On Tuesday I made the trip along the M8 to the new BBC Scotland buildings in Glasgow, which are very impressive.  I was keeping an eye out for (Read more)