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Celebrate the joy of Scotland's larder with recipes, reviews, tips and delicious ideas!

Helping you get the best from Scotland's wonderful natural larder with weekly recipes, reviews, tips and delicious ideas from some of Scotland's top chefs!

The Kitchen Café: Creating A Calm Christmas Kitchen!

Creating A Calm Christmas Kitchen!

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kitchen Café, Creating A Calm Christmas Kitchen!

Cook like an Italian granny, make soup with apricots and tips for stress-free festive food

Learn how to cook pasta like an Italian granny, find out which sticky orange fruit is ok to stick in a soup and smart advice for making your festive food stress-free!

It may still be November… and you might not want to hear the C word … but trust us, your Christmas food planning and cooking will be a lot less stressful with Beth Kempton’s guide to a calm Christmas.  And it starts right now!

Food writer and lover of all things Italian Vicky Bennison has spent years travelling across Italy, meeting the nonnas and finding out their culinary secrets.  Discover just how simple it is to cook like a “pasta granny” in your kitchen at home!

Nigel Slater explains why the humble cheese grater has a special place in his heart!

And wrapping up Soup Month, Chef Kirsten Gilmour makes an apricot, carrot, rosemary and red lentil soup.  Yes, really – apricots in a soup!

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