If you’ve come to these pages in search of a recipe let me direct you towards one that I published last year for Mother’s Day. An indulgent treat, a sublime concoction in the form of a chocolate orange mousse cake. I do my cooking, baking, recipe experimentation and photography at the weekends but last weekend [...]
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Something for the weekend…
Posted in Special Occasion, tagged Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa, West Cork on March 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Totally Tipperary
Posted in Events, tagged Borage, Cloughjordan House, Crossogue Preserves, Totally Tipperary on June 28, 2011 | 5 Comments »
“A celebration of local food and culture.” My trip to Cloughjordan last Saturday took me through Moneygall where American flags line the streets still saluting President Obama’s recent visit. Cloughjordan is a few twists and turns on the road further on and by 10am I was parking my car in a mucky field and bemoaning [...]
Summer Summer Summertime…
Posted in Events, tagged Cork Summer Show, Cornstore Restaurant Cork, Greene's Restaurant Cork, The River Lee Hotel Cork on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Which means time for the Cork Summer Show. Picture an expanse of land cordoned off into various sections for the display of all things agricultural. Add horses, hospitality tents, a fairground for the kids, bouncy castles, face-painting, live music, gymnastics and dancing displays, baking competitions, artwork and you will begin to get a sense of [...]
Irish Cheese Board
Posted in Dinner Party, Special Occasion, tagged Cashel Blue, Glebe Brethan, irish Cheese, Knockrinna, Milleens on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The next time you need to stock a cheese board, you can smugly load it with these goodies in the knowledge that they were good enough for HM Queen Elizabeth II. These 4 Irish cheeses were selected by Ross Lewis of Chapter One (Michelin Star restaurant in Dublin) to serve at the State Dinner held [...]
Will & Kate’s Cake
Posted in Events, tagged Prince William's Chocolate Biscuit Cake, Will & Kate's Wedding Cake on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Never mind the wedding dress, we want to know what the cakes will look like. What has been revealed is that there will be two cakes. The first, a traditional layered cake and the second, requested by Prince William, a chocolate biscuit cake. The traditional cake is being created by Fiona Cairns – The Home [...]
Waterford Festival of Food – Food Camp
Posted in Events, tagged Food Camp Dungarvan 2011, Waterford Festival of Food 2011 on April 22, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Ireland’s second food camp took place last Friday 15th April at St. John’s Castle, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford as part of the Waterford Festival of Food 2011 which ran for a week. The timetable outlined 3 simultaneous, speaking sessions at each of the 4 time slots, which meant decisions had to be made, in order to [...]
Foodie trends in Ireland
Posted in Other Food Stuff, tagged Foodie Trends in Ireland on April 5, 2011 | 3 Comments »
This morning Bord Bia (The Irish Food Board) posed this question on twitter – “Foodie trends in Ireland…What’s your favourite, what works, what’s new, what needs to stop/continue?” My answer is continued creativity. Long live these creative, inspired people with their lightbulb moments and ingenuity. Creativity never ceases to amaze me, and not just in food, [...]
Pancake Tuesday
Posted in Baking Day, Special Occasion, tagged Fat Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday on March 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Mardi Gras, literally translated as Fat Tuesday is also known as Shrove Tuesday or Tuesday of Carnival around the world but in my house it’s always been known as Pancake Tuesday and will be celebrated on the 8th of March this year. The build-up and anticipation has begun. In fact there’s been a lot of practicing [...]
Would you mind sitting somewhere else..
Posted in Other Food Stuff on February 22, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A year ago I began to dip my toe in the food blogging world and now I’m paddling. As I discover more and more food blogs, I can see that I have lots to learn and there are many directions that can be taken in this very dynamic little corner of cyberspace. The year began [...]
Food Processors – The alternative
Posted in Other Food Stuff, tagged Moulinex MultiMoulinette on February 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I had an interesting conversation last week that set me thinking. A friend of a friend was given a copy of “Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals’ for Christmas but was aghast when she realised that most of the recipes require a food processor. A) She doesn’t own a food processor and B) they’re more expensive than the book! The other [...]
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