Posted on Apr 29, 2007 in Read | 2 comments

Edmonds Cookery Book

Edmonds Cookery Book
It being Anzac Day this week – and no, I still haven’t got around to making Anzac Biscuits, due to the local shops all selling out of desiccated coconut on the day in question – I was delighted to hear from Slow Food in Christchurch that the 1914 edition of the essential Kiwi cookbook, the...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2007 in Bake | 6 comments

Lavender Spelt Shortbread

Inspired by my perusal of Heidi Swanson‘s superb cookbook Super Natural Cooking, I’ve been motivated to start baking with more esoteric – to me, at least – grains and foods. I’m all stocked up on my favourite quinoa to try out some of her recipes (you’ll find plenty more...
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Posted on Apr 23, 2007 in Do | 0 comments

Peter Gordon Webchat

Peter Gordon Webchat
The first time I heard of Peter Gordon – the New Zealand-born, London-based chef of the Providores and Tapa Room – was when the whole Antipodean fusion cookery style was being written about in English newspapers like The Sunday Times during the early 1990s (my newspaper of choice through college...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2007 in Do | 0 comments

Slow Food Ireland: The Future of Irish Food

Slow Food Ireland: The Future of Irish Food
If you’re interested in sustainable food production, all three Slow Food Dublin Convivia are hosting a film screening and debate at The Sugar Club in Dublin on Tuesday 8 May. The films that will be shown are: Fowl, an Irish documentary by Andrew Legge, which examines modern day chicken farming and...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2007 in Bake | 2 comments

Chocolate Sesame Flapjacks

Chocolate Sesame Flapjacks
Being a big fan of porridge – especially good with Muscovado sugar and natural yoghurt on a cold morning in the cottage – I always have a bag of oats in the house and they often find their way into my baking. I regularly make batches of Anzac Biscuits and Oaty Apricot Biscuits to keep the tins...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2007 in Do | 5 comments

Housekeeping: Food reports and Irish blogs

There were two interesting food pieces on RTÉ news programmes over the weekend – Jennie O’Sullivan reported on a Slow Food Ireland promotion at a farmers’ market in Kinsale on the Six One News and there was also a feature on Morning Ireland about the new farmers’ market in...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2007 in Eating Out | 0 comments

Restaurant Review: The Old Convent – Part II

Restaurant Review: The Old Convent – Part II
Continued from Restaurant Review: The Old Convent – Part I. The fifth course – a palate-cleansing Organic Lemon and Ginger Sorbet – caused arguments. The Cousins, who are identical twins, thought that the ginger was more pronounced. The rest of us were definitely on the lemon side –...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2007 in Eating Out | 4 comments

Restaurant Review: The Old Convent – Part I

Restaurant Review: The Old Convent – Part I
When you’re going out for an eagerly anticipated eight-course meal at a restaurant in the middle of the Tipperary countryside it would be nice to turn up a little early, take some time to appreciate the setting and relax while perusing the wine list. In an ideal world. As it happened, ten minutes...
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