Two of my favourite nibbles – nuts & chocolate. Nuts I will go for anytime either savoury or sweet. Blitzed into pestos, toasted and sprinkled over salads, chopped and baked into florentines, they work well salted, sugared, smoked or oiled. Anything goes with a nut. Chocolate, in my opinion does not work in a savoury [...]
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Nuts & Chocolate
Posted in Markets, tagged Gnosh Caramelised Walnuts, Willie's 100% Cacoa on June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
French Food & Wine Festival and eatCORK 2010
Posted in Markets, tagged Cork's French Food and Wine Festival, eatCork Festival, Tira di Asado on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Cork’s First French Food & Wine Festival began on 22nd of September and ran through until Saturday 25th, centred around ‘On The Pig’s Back’ at St. Patrick’s Woollen Mills in Douglas. Congratulations to Isabelle Sheridan for bringing a big helping of French food, wine and culture to Cork. I was there on Friday evening for [...]
Paradise Found
Posted in Markets, tagged Breheny's Bellish, Eithne McCarthy, Glor peanut butter, Schull Country Market, The Paradise Crepe on June 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As the wooden man watched from his perch 15 of us tucked into a feast of pancakes at The Paradise Crepe in Schull last Sunday. My choice was apple crumble, with vanilla ice-cream and cream. Others went for savoury concoctions involving chicken and white wine, ham and salad but the kids all went for sweet options. Denny’s [...]
A trip round “the market”
Posted in Markets, tagged Club brasserie, English Market on April 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It’s been in business since 1788 and as it’s practically on my doorstep I decided it was time to pay a proper visit to view The English Market through a camera lens. My usual visits would be a quick rush through to pick up a few bits or meet a friend for lunch or a [...]

