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I’ve come to the conclusion that nice hotels, in many ways, are wasted on me....
Posted on May 15, 2012 in
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A night away is always a special thing.
A night away when you have children (even if you have to bring the Small Girl, who still likes milk direct from Mama) and an ever-demanding brewery is even more precious.
When you only have to drive half-an-hour from home, you don’t have to leave to find food for dinner and you get to stay in the biggest room I’ve ever had...
At this time of year there are certain days – damp and cold and dreary days – that make you wonder if summer will ever come. That’s when you want some of this Rhubarb, Strawberry and Lemon Jam, flecked with candied pieces of fruit, on your breakfast toast. Or dolloped on top of yoghurt. Or even, ahem, eaten straight from the spoon.
Rhubarb has been on stream...
Posted on May 2, 2012 in
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Stock making is often a bone (ahem) of contention. Cooks from one school of thought say that you’re missing out on one of the best parts of a roast chicken if you don’t make your own stock. The other believe that life’s too short to be bothered.
I must hold my hand up here and admit that I – like my mother and grandmother before me – am a regular...
Posted on Apr 24, 2012 in
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The Tannery, Nude Food, Dungarvan Brewing Company: there’s plenty of good eating and drinking in Dungarvan at any time of the year – but especially when the Waterford Food Festival rolls around.
My report for The Bridgestone Guides from the sun-soaked Sunday festival market is here: Caroline Hennessy at the Waterford Food Festival | The Bridgestone Guides.
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Posted on Apr 20, 2012 in
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Picking food in all seasons in woodlands and meadows is great fun – especially when you get something as tasty as Nettle Soup as an end result. Writing for SilverCircle.ie, Caroline Hennessy tells you what you need to know to get started. First published in 2009.
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One of the pleasures of living in the country is having a wealth of wild food available all year round...
When an unseasonably warm March – oh, those lovely days of summer clothes and sandals! - segues into a freezing April, it’s time for a robust but gently spiced pot of (Home)Baked Beans.
That’s not to say that these can’t be enjoyed at other times of the year, but there’s certainly something very cosy and comforting about tucking into some beans...
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Great Food
The books in Penguin’s Great Food series might be small but they’re perfectly formed. For these slim little pocket – or handbag – volumes, the publishing house chose twenty writers from a variety of eras, from Samuel Pepys and Eliza Acton to Alexandre Dumas and Claudia Roden.
Each of the...
Featured in Lovely Lunches
Taste #5 Umami Paste, Lentil and Bacon Soup
Parmesan, tomato puree, garlic, balsamic vinegar: all kitchen staples that we use, almost unthinkingly, every day when cooking.
They are also four of the ingredients in Laura Santtini‘s intriguing Taste #5 Umami Paste. Named after the delicious savoury taste common to these foods, along with the others...
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RDS cookery demo: Caramel Ale Sauce
When I first developed the recipe for this sauce I was looking for a way to use the seasonal beers that appear in the run up to Christmas. And then Eight Degrees Winter Ale, made with a specially fragrant spice blend from Green Saffron, turned out to be so popular that there wasn’t even a random...
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Wild Pickings and Nettle Soup
Picking food in all seasons in woodlands and meadows is great fun – especially when you get something as tasty as Nettle Soup as an end result. Writing for SilverCircle.ie, Caroline Hennessy tells you what you need to know to get started. First published in 2009.
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One of the pleasures of living in...
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