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You make me special X
Good morning lovely people When we get the invitation to be part of your special day, we know we’re a family business. From birthdays, weddings, […]
Honey I’m home
Good morning lovely people, Happy Mother’s Day, the sun is shining (well it was when I typed this) and (with a big happy sigh of […]
Carina in Print – March The Scots Magazine
I’m hungry. It’s March we’re always hungry in March. At this time of year the Kitchen Garden is slowly giving up the ends of last […]
A prime has been committed
Good morning lovely people What’s the bigger crime? The Bond franchise being sold to Amazon Prime or Gordon Ramsay going team Flora (the margarine brand). […]
We love Fridays
Good morning lovely people, You may have read that Apple has been ordered by the UK Government to give access to encrypted personal data stored […]
Carina in Print – February The Scots Magazine
It’s SOS time – Save Our Supper Cooking with my son gives us a chance to make something delicious and spend quality time together, writes […]
Hiding in plain sight
Good morning lovely people, Victor’s shopping habits are seasonal. At this time of the year, it tends to be agricultural equipment, compost and seeds rather […]
Oliveto
Oliveto is the Italian name for an olive grove. In November 2024 we started a new adventure and bought 700 olive trees, our Oliveto, in […]
My heart is full to bursting
Good morning lovely people I had a moment the other day. No 1 daughter (#no favourites) was home from tour and I was sitting with […]
Carina in Print – January The Scots Magazine
We hae meat and we can eat A steak pie is a great alternative to haggis, neeps and tatties for Burns Night, writes Carina Contini. […]
Show off
Good morning lovely people No 1 daughter is a dancer (#no favourites). Her chat is about “the performance”. Miss Alina, our No 1 general manager, […]
Happy New Year
Happy New Year Good morning lovely people 2024 was a busy year on every front and cancelling Hogmanay didn’t stop us either. 20 years at […]
You make me special X
Good morning lovely people When we get the invitation to be part of your special day, we know we’re a family business. From birthdays, weddings, […]
Honey I’m home
Good morning lovely people, Happy Mother’s Day, the sun is shining (well it was when I typed this) and (with a big happy sigh of […]
Carina in Print – March The Scots Magazine
I’m hungry. It’s March we’re always hungry in March. At this time of year the Kitchen Garden is slowly giving up the ends of last […]
A prime has been committed
Good morning lovely people What’s the bigger crime? The Bond franchise being sold to Amazon Prime or Gordon Ramsay going team Flora (the margarine brand). […]
We love Fridays
Good morning lovely people, You may have read that Apple has been ordered by the UK Government to give access to encrypted personal data stored […]
Carina in Print – February The Scots Magazine
It’s SOS time – Save Our Supper Cooking with my son gives us a chance to make something delicious and spend quality time together, writes […]
Hiding in plain sight
Good morning lovely people, Victor’s shopping habits are seasonal. At this time of the year, it tends to be agricultural equipment, compost and seeds rather […]
Oliveto
Oliveto is the Italian name for an olive grove. In November 2024 we started a new adventure and bought 700 olive trees, our Oliveto, in […]
My heart is full to bursting
Good morning lovely people I had a moment the other day. No 1 daughter (#no favourites) was home from tour and I was sitting with […]
Carina in Print – January The Scots Magazine
We hae meat and we can eat A steak pie is a great alternative to haggis, neeps and tatties for Burns Night, writes Carina Contini. […]
Show off
Good morning lovely people No 1 daughter is a dancer (#no favourites). Her chat is about “the performance”. Miss Alina, our No 1 general manager, […]
Happy New Year
Happy New Year Good morning lovely people 2024 was a busy year on every front and cancelling Hogmanay didn’t stop us either. 20 years at […]
Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards
Last week I was delighted to be asked by Scotland Food & Drink as one of their chef Ambassadors to attend the annual Excellence Awards. […]
Employee of the Month
Congratulations to Mike in our events team! He has been chosen as our employee of the month! Mike has been with us for since January […]
Cannonball toasts World Whisky Day with Glengoyne event
What better way to spend the day than sampling the finest single malts on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile For all you lovers of Scotland’s national drink, […]
Shelley Shares Blog Contini George Street
A lovely write up by an Edinburgh Blogger… Contini had a little ‘face-lift’ earlier this year and I must say it’s looking fabulous! You […]
Slow Food UK – Our Chef Emma Mills Story
Read the article on the Slow Food Website here Chef Emma Mills first began her career in 2011 at Appetite Direct as a kitchen porter […]
Spring in the Scottish Kitchen Garden
The carrots, beetroot and leeks that were planted at the end of autumn are looking good and will prove to be a fruitful harvest in […]
New Spring Pasta Dishes at Contini George Street
Well spring is here and we’ve added a lovely new selection of fresh pasta dishes to the menu at Contini George St. We’re serving them […]
Edinburgh Gin Team Visit
Gin. What is that? Some sort of magic spell? A secret potion? Gin is a spirit which derives its predominant flavor from juniper berries. It […]
THE SCOTTISH CAFE HITLISTED!
Delighted to announce that The Scottish Cafewas HITLISTED in the Art Venue section of the List Eating & Drinking Guide 2017. In addition we were […]
CONTINI GEORGE STREET HITLISTED!
Delighted to announce that Contini George Street was HITLISTED in the Italian section of the List Eating & Drinking Guide 2017. The team have worked […]
Verre de Vin
Verre de Vin Creating a wine list is always an exciting part of creating menus in restaurants, albeit a difficult task, but as all tricky […]
Carina Recommends
DearFriends Both my husband and I love to travel and we get so much inspiration from our trips to anywhere we can manage to escape […]
