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Push the Boat Out

Posted in Valvona and Crolla Events on Wednesday, 04 November 2026
Push the Boat Out

Poetry Tasting Menu with Ella Risbridger

Saturday 14th November
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Valvona and Crolla Caffè Bar


Treat yourself at this exclusive event with poet and food writer Ella Risbridger, editor of the poetry anthology Set Me On Fire: A Poem For Every Feeling. With Ella’s best-selling debut cookbook described by Nigella Lawson as “a manual for living and a declaration of hope”, there’s no better host for our inaugural full poetry tasting menu, where selected poems match your meal.

In the atmospheric restaurant of Edinburgh institution Valvona and Crolla, enjoy a delicious meal interspersed with readings and chat from the acclaimed writer whose work insistently looks for joy and pleasure in a world not short on suffering.

The ticket price includes a glass of fizz and Valvona and Crolla’s speciality focaccia on arrival, followed by a delicious two-course meal.

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