Posted on Mar 30, 2007 in Do, Storecupboard Specials | 3 comments

Moving time

It’s moving week so there’s not much cooking and baking going on, apart from me making loaves of brown bread to try and use up some of the six – yes, count them, SIX! (and that’s not mentioning the few that are down at the cottage, ahem…) – bags of flour that I have...
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Posted on Mar 27, 2007 in Do | 0 comments

HHDD #10 Cheesecake: Round Up

If my (cracked and misshapen!) Chocolate and Raspberry Cheesecake has whetted your appetite, check out Peabody‘s round up of cheesecakes from around the world. There is a grand total of 54 cheesecakes and all votes have to be in by next Saturday, 31 March. Warning: this is not something to go looking...
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Posted on Mar 21, 2007 in Cook, Grow | 9 comments

Rabbit success: Ballyvoddy Rabbit Stew with Herb Dumplings

Rabbit success: Ballyvoddy Rabbit Stew with Herb Dumplings
It’s been a long time – and two rabbit traps, one from Norfolk and one from New Zealand – coming but this weekend the Boyfriend finally managed to catch a rabbit. When he announced that there was a rabbit in a trap at the back of the garden on Sunday morning I didn’t initially...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2007 in Do | 9 comments

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Because I know I won’t be able to post from the cottage on St Patrick’s Day – we’re down for the weekend to get the spuds planted on the traditional day, 17 March, in the Boyfriend’s painstakingly rabbit-proofed garden – I’m going to celebrate Paddy’s Day with...
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Posted on Mar 15, 2007 in Bake | 4 comments

HHDD #10 Cheesecake: Chocolate and Raspberry Cheesecake

HHDD #10 Cheesecake: Chocolate and Raspberry Cheesecake
A baked cheesecake is one of those dishes that I’ve been meaning to make for a long, long time. So, when I saw that it was the theme of Hey Hey it’s Donna Day #10, as hosted over on Culinary Concoctions by Peabody, nothing was going to stop me from participating. I had also fully intended to get...
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Posted on Mar 9, 2007 in Eating Out | 0 comments

Restaurant Review: Harry’s Café Bar in Dún Laoghaire

Restaurant Review: Harry’s Café Bar in Dún Laoghaire
Last night’s Slow Food evening was the perfect introduction to Harry’s Café Bar in Dún Laoghaire. Since reading about the Polish food on offer there, especially the pierogi (dumplings), this had been a long-anticipated – but never quite realised – trip. Although there was no sign...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2007 in Do | 8 comments

Doh! The Irish Blog Awards…forgotten

Doh! The Irish Blog Awards…forgotten
Did I mention that I was a bit dotty with dates recently? I’m raging that I managed to MISS the Irish Blog Awards, thinking that it was on next weekend. It actually took place last night and I only discovered when I did a wander around the Irish blogosphere this morning. Although I’m...
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