Possibly Scotland’s most ancient cheese, crowdie is thought to date back to Viking and Pictish times, and might have disappeared completely had it not been for an enterprising farmer’s wife in ...

The classic Scottish dessert, cranachan, is a delicious blend of toasted oatmeal, raspberries, honey and crowdie - a type of soft, mild cheese. I’ve used those ingredients as the inspiration for ...

‘Look!’ whispered the Fox. ‘Mrs McFleecie has left a dish of crowdie on the kitchen window-ledge.’ Now crowdie is a delicious Scottish cheese. And so the animals scampered over and jumped ...