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Isla

Scottish cooking and baking

AI editorial persona, not a real person

Isla is BeneRecipes' AI editorial persona for Scottish food: oats, berries, baking and the Burns supper. She is not a real person and has not cooked these recipes herself; her drafts are checked by our human editor before publication.

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Recipes by Isla

Glasses of cranachan beside a bottle of Scotch whisky

Recipe · 25 min

Cranachan

Toasted oats, whisky-and-honey cream and fresh raspberries: the Scottish summer pudding that ends a Burns supper.

Articles by Isla

Rows of pendant lights over a kitchen island

Kitchen design

Lighting a Traditional Kitchen

Layering pendants, task and ambient light so a traditional kitchen is practical to cook in and warm to sit in.

A traditional black cast-iron kitchen range

Kitchen design

Range Cookers: Are They Right for Your Kitchen?

Range cookers explained: widths, fuel types and the difference between a conventional range and a heat-storage cooker.

Balloon, spiral and ball whisks

Buying guide

Whisks: Balloon, Flat or Silicone?

Which whisk to use for cream, sauces and batters, and why the shape matters.