Posted on Aug 30, 2007 in Cook, Cookery Books | 4 comments

By Request: Huzzar’s Chicken

By Request: Huzzar’s Chicken
Dishes that we cooked or were cooked for us as children always hold a special luster. I had a set of kids’ cookery cards from Irish sugar company Siúcra which had great recipes like The Last of the Mohicans Baked Beans (think the recipes were based on classic books!) and a desert of bananas warmed in...
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Posted on Aug 27, 2007 in Cook, Grow | 5 comments

Garden gluts: Silverbeet aka Swiss Chard

Garden gluts: Silverbeet aka Swiss Chard
Beware when you’re sowing seeds. Especially if, as happened to us, you’ve ordered them from the Irish Seed Savers Association or Brown Envelope Seeds and every single last one of the seeds sprout forth. We planted way too many in March, didn’t thin the seedlings enough, and now have...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2007 in Do, Eating Out | 0 comments

Festival of World Cultures

Festival of World Cultures
Just a reminder that the Festival of World Cultures kicks off tonight in Dún Laoghaire. It is taking place all weekend with lots of free music and plenty of good eating. Slow Food has a stand at the Cool Earth eco-fair in the Town Hall so, if you’re interested in learning about SF – and tasting...
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Posted on Aug 21, 2007 in Bake | 5 comments

Choc Chip Cranberry Cookies (by way of Chocolate Chippies)

Choc Chip Cranberry Cookies (by way of Chocolate Chippies)
Chocolate Chippies are big in New Zealand. Also known as chocolate chip cookies, none of the Husband’s family gatherings are complete without a box – or several – of these small addictive biscuits, made by the Husband’s Mother or Sisters. When we were in Nelson in January, I spent...
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Posted on Aug 16, 2007 in Eating Out | 2 comments

Restaurant Review: Wine Upstairs at Tribeca

Restaurant Review: Wine Upstairs at Tribeca
After discovering a leak in the ceiling of our bedroom in the Dublin flat on Monday and subsequently having to spend the night on the floor in the kitchen, neither the Husband nor myself were in any particular hurry to get back there on Tuesday evening. Heavy rain plus no umbrella (the Husband) and flip...
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Posted on Aug 13, 2007 in Do, Eating Out | 0 comments

Euro-toques National Food Forum and Fair

For anyone who is interested in the relationship between food and farming in Ireland, the annual Euro-toques National Food Forum and Fair – entitled Reconnecting: Farming, Food & Rural Communities – will be taking place at Brooklodge Hotel in Macreddin Village, Co Wicklow on Sunday 2...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2007 in Bake, Kitchen | 21 comments

My very own KitchenAid: Passion Fruit Cake for afternoon tea

My very own KitchenAid: Passion Fruit Cake for afternoon tea
I have a confession to make: I’ve just bought myself a shiny, glossy red KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer! The workhorse of many American kitchens and beloved by cooks like Nigel and Nigella, I’ve been lusting after one of these babies for quite a while. I first fell in love with one I saw in the...
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