What’s your most-used kitchen utensil? Most people would probably say a chef’s knife, or a wooden spoon, but those in the know? They’ll say spurtle, every time. But we don’t blame you if you’ve never ...

The tool’s been around since the 15th century. A few years ago, I received a care package from the mom of one of my close ...

My husband and I met in culinary school about 15 years ago, and we both work in the food industry. He’s a chef at a fabulous steakhouse, and I’m a food writer constantly testing kitchen tools and ...

In 2015, Lisa Williams was vacationing in Scotland when she stumbled across a glitzy bagpipe procession and a line of people in aprons holding flags from countries around the world. She took a closer ...

If you stir porridge anti-clockwise, you let the devil in. That is just one of the lessons in a new Australian documentary about the World Porridge Making Championship, which takes place every year in ...

Anyone who's proud of their porridge has just a few days left to enter the Bob's Red Mill contest for a chance to win a berth at the world oatmeal-making championship in Scotland. ... Looking for an ...

Recently, I participated in a Secret Santa gift exchange. A colleague gave my friend a turned piece of wood which looked like a wooden flute that someone forgot to drill a hole through, or like a ...

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Winner Dr Khan said the ritual of making porridge sets him up for the day An Aberdeen doctor has hailed his stirring spurtle after being crowned the 21st World Porridge Making Champion in the ...