Nature’s bounty: How foraging for local free food is helping people ‘reconnect with nature’ and find new wellbeing
Michael Alexander discovers how a renewed interest in foraging is helping people reconnect with nature and improve their well-being.
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Fife MasterChef semi-finalist Brodie Williams ‘realises dream’ by opening London cafe
A Fife-born MasterChef semi-finalist has realised his dream by opening a new café in London that combines his passions for cooking and design.
Food poverty: Could Scotland become the first part of the UK to guarantee a universal right to eat?
The Perth-based Royal Scottish Geographical Society is pushing for Scotland to become the first part of the UK with a legal universal right to food. Michael Alexander reports.
MasterChef semi-finalist Brodie Williams serves up fine dining treat at Lindores Abbey Distillery
BBC MasterChef semi-finalist Brodie Williams, from Cupar, gave an insight into his TV and culinary journey when he cooked a special fine dining meal for guests at the newly opened Lindores Abbey Distillery near Newburgh.
BBC Flour Power judge’s cake skills bloomed in Angus
Ahead of a new BBC Scotland charity bake sale contest programme, Three Sisters Bake entrepreneur and series judge Nichola Reith reveals to Michael Alexander the influence of her granny’s Kirriemuir sweet shop in deciding upon her chosen career.
Could claret have been Scotland’s national drink?
Michael Alexander speaks to Newport-based broadcaster Billy Kay as he celebrates the Scots drouth for fine wine across the centuries in a new BBC Radio Scotland series.
Does soft drinks industry and government have the bottle to reduce plastic pollution?
Does a deposit return scheme (DRS) for bottles and cans in Scotland hold the key to the war on plastic waste? Michael Alexander reports.
I’m a Courier Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!
Michael Alexander persuaded some Courier colleagues to try the Edible Bug Challenge as visitors to this weekend’s Royal Highland Show get a light-hearted lesson on a potentially serious global food crisis.
Should sugar-laden drinks be treated like smoking in battle to prevent cancer?
Cancer Research UK wants sugar-laden drinks to be treated like smoking in the battle to prevent cancer. So with a sugar tax on the horizon, is more action required? Michael Alexander reports.
Prestigious Scotland excellence awards for three Fife businesses
Three Fife businesses have won prestigious Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2016.