Posted on May 30, 2007 in Eating Out | 6 comments

Oysters at The Shelbourne

Oysters at The Shelbourne
Last night, Anne Kennedy of Greatfood.ie and I, in need of a glass of wine and some food, ended up – at her suggestion – at the newly decked out and recently reopened Shelbourne Bar in The Shelbourne on St Stephen’s Green. My memories of the old Shelbourne, admittedly after a couple of...
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Posted on May 27, 2007 in Eating Out | 0 comments

Restaurant Review: Olesya’s Wine Bar

Wine, wine and more wine – if that’s what you’re looking for then the recently opened Olesya’s Wine Bar on Dublin’s Exchequer Street is the perfect place. With a long wine list, which includes choices from Georgia and the Lebanon alongside a good selection of new and old world...
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Posted on May 24, 2007 in Cookery Books, Read | 4 comments

The Ethnic Paris Cookbook by Charlotte Puckette and Olivia Kiang-Snaije

The Ethnic Paris Cookbook by Charlotte Puckette and Olivia Kiang-Snaije
This is the book for anyone who has ever gone to Paris seeking French food and been completely waylaid from their Coq au Vin by the rich variety of ethnic restaurants in the city. With a far-flung variety of former colonies and protectorates, Paris is a melting pot for people and cuisines from all over...
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Posted on May 18, 2007 in Bake, Do | 4 comments

Baker’s Edge in Ireland

Baker’s Edge in Ireland
One of the many interesting things about food blogging is tracing the movement of ideas and recipes around the widespread world of bloggers. Since the first time I read about Mark Bittman’s No-Knead Bread – currently on my (very long!) list of recipes to try – in the New York Times it has...
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Posted on May 15, 2007 in Do | 3 comments

A Taste of Yellow: Round-Up

A Taste of Yellow: Round-Up
If you’re in the mood for yellow food, Barbara over at NZ food blog Winos and Foodies has managed to wade her ever-gracious way through a total of 143 – that’s no typo, I did say 143! – entries for her A Taste Of Yellow foodie event. When I first started blogging, while living in New...
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Posted on May 8, 2007 in Cook, Lovely Lunches | 5 comments

A Taste of Yellow: Spiced Mushroom Pilau

A Taste of Yellow: Spiced Mushroom Pilau
Barbara at Winos and Foodies is currently holding a once-off food bloggers event called A Taste of Yellow in support of LIVESTRONG Day 2007. LIVESTRONG Day is the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s (LAF) grassroots advocacy initiative to unify people affected by cancer and to raise awareness about cancer...
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