Elliott’s of Edinburgh

In a residential corner of Edinburgh, Elliott’s Kitchen celebrates the pleasures of home cooking with seasonal porridge rolls, salads, compotes and cakes. Behind the concept is cookbook author and food stylist Jessica Elliott Dennison. She’s now preparing to spread the message of simple cooking even further with her latest venture, the Elliott’s Workshop.

The Elliott’s Kitchen at 27 Sciennes Road, Edinburgh is at home among other houses in a quiet residential quarter beside the leafy Meadows parkland. It’s a setting made for Jess’s business, with its apple green tongue-and-groove panelling, ceramic pots and fresh foliage tumbling from shelves set with ferments and pickles. Cookbooks are piled up beside bottles of fermented ginger soda, and the counter is strewn with flaky pastry galettes and sponge cakes with homemade jam ready for dolloping with custard. No, Elliott’s wouldn’t be at home on a busy high street of uniform chains. It’s a celebration of home cooking that is deliciously undone, appetising in its informality.