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Edinburgh Food Festival, planning its third year in George Square Gardens in the run-up to the Fringe from 26–30 July, will host a two-night pop-up from chef Tom Lewis of Monachyle Mhor (pictured) with a six-course menu served in the site’s Speigeltent. Gin festival Juniper hits Scotland in June with events at Summerhall 2–4 June and SWG3 9 & 10 June, while out-of-town food fests take place at Crail on 10 & 11 June and Ballantrae in Ayrshire on 11 June. The following weekend of 17 & 18 June sees the Power of Food festival celebrate urban food and growing spaces in 29 community gardens across Edinburgh.

Cometh the spring, cometh a swathe of new openings in Edinburgh. Civerinos Slice sees a second branch of the cult pizza people, this time with a focus on deep dish New York-style pies. Down on Leith’s Commercial Quay, Black Pig & Oyster promises tapas, shellfish and Iberian deliciousness, while Morrison Street newcomer Ishka combines Scottish ingredients with a Mediterranean twist (and a cracking cocktail list). Meanwhile, vegans are dusting off their cruelty- free dancing shoes at the news that Thoughtful Enterprises, the people behind cult Glasgow venues Stereo, Mono, 78 and Flying Duck,

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are busily recruiting for a new venue in Edinburgh. A fearless collection of Glasgow’s top chefs are getting ready to be hoisted high above George Square for Glasgow in the Sky (eventsinthesky.co.uk), from June 15–20, serving diners a pop-up experience while strapped into the ‘sky table’. If you prefer something more down-to-earth, a couple of pop-uppers are settling into their first bricks and mortar in Shawlands, with Surf Dogs dishing up gourmet dogs and Julie’s Kopitiam doing Malaysian street food once Café Strange Brew moves into new premises nearby.

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