Monday
- Porridge with warm berries and toasted seedscreamy oats · warm berries · toasted seeds
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Edinburgh: its food, and a week to cook at home.
Scotland's capital, with its own port at Leith and a long love of good, plain cooking.
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What people eat here
Dishes from Edinburgh
No. 1
The Burns supper
On 25 January, haggis is piped in, a poem is read to it, and it is eaten with neeps and tatties.
No. 2
Fish from Leith
Edinburgh's port, Leith, has landed fish and shellfish for centuries.
No. 3
Edinburgh rock
A soft, chalky sweet in pastel colours, quite unlike hard seaside rock.
No. 4
Scotch broth
Barley, lamb and root vegetables cooked slowly into a thick soup.
What grows here, and when
Kale and leeks in winter, raspberries and strawberries in summer.
The Lothians around the city grow potatoes, kale and grain, and East Lothian is known for its vegetables.
Seven days, seven menus
A sample week from our recipes
A week to cook at home that suits Edinburgh and its seasons, using only recipes on this site. Each day reads in the order you eat.
Tuesday
- Pea and mint soupsweet garden peas · fresh mint · olive oil
- Smoked mackerel pâté with toastsmoked mackerel · lemon and chive · sourdough toast
Wednesday
- Leek and potato soupsilky leek and potato · snipped chives · green olive oil
- Roast chicken thighs with leeks and potatoesgolden chicken thighs · sweet roast leeks · crisp potatoes
Thursday
- Miso soup with tofu and wakamekombu and shiitake broth · silken tofu · wakame
- Miso glazed salmon with sesame greenswhite miso glaze · grilled salmon · sesame greens
Friday
- Crisp hake with minty crushed peascrisp-skin hake · minty crushed peas · lemon new potatoes
- Creamy mashed potatoessilky mash · warm butter · chives
Saturday
- Fesenjan of roast squash, walnut and pomegranate stewground walnuts · pomegranate molasses · roast squash
- Chelow, steamed saffron rice with tahdiglong grain basmati · saffron · golden crust
Sunday
- Steak with peppercorn sauce and watercressseared sirloin · cracked peppercorn cream · peppery watercress
- Crisp roast potatoes with rosemary and garliccrackled roast potatoes · rosemary · soft roasted garlic
- Strawberry Eton messsummer strawberries · vanilla cream · crushed meringue
We have no recipe yet for haggis or Scotch broth.
Meal plans that suit Edinburgh
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Facts checked on 27 October 2026.