jcarruthers
John Carruthers
jcarruthers
Proprietor of a bootleg pizza shop located in an alley. Beer writer by day and author of three cookbooks. Jean jacket enthusiast.

We have a place here called Fat Shack, I think it might be a chain, anyway they will fry anything you bring in for a fee.  Or they used to, I couldn’t find it on their website. Read more

I was 12 years old before I realised pizza did not need to come battered. This is a true story and one I have told many times. I am Scottish of course. Read more

There is a well-documented history of frying pizza over there” Read more

Fried pizza is totally something I would judge as being too much, and then order and enjoy. Read more

Everyone should fry a pizza at least once. It’s good for the soul, and it lets those layabout ventricles know who’s boss. Read more

Beef tallow works better though, I’ve been told by Scottish friends that if you can find a place that still uses tallow, or dripping as it is called there, is the best place to get your fried foods. And the batter needs to be as thick as possible, the Scots have something called Golden Batter which is thicker and Read more

I’d say the closest would be New York style, they were selling it by the slice. Read more

Just add on some pineapple, and you could anger EVERYONE with this pizza. Read more

I tried haggis on pizza from a street cart in Edinburgh once, and it was delicious. Read more

Tha thu a’ deanamh obair an Tighearna, a dhuine. Read more

This is a perfect idea, haggis just being a big sausage after all. I grew up eating loads of it, and my mother was always good about finding different ways to include a bit of leftover haggis into things. Read more

Haggis is fine; blood sausage on the other hand... the taste is just bleh. Read more

One thing missed in this article that is a big deal in the longform: they consistently served her husband things he was allergic to. Another guest with food allergies was just not served at all for a few courses. The author noted on twitter that they had informed the restaurant of the allergies ahead of time and the Read more

Not all Michelin starred restaurants are like that.  I happily ate at one where I felt ridiculously full after.  Read more

I can’t wait for the collision of the extremely on-line and the barely on-line to occur when a local news station has to report on this new viral teen snack “whose name we can’t repeat on the air” and interviews an assistant manager at the AMC, who begs the public to stop making pissy shitties because the bucket Read more