Posted on Sep 30, 2008 in Do | 0 comments

Good Food Ireland Awards

Sadly URRU missed out at last night’s Good Food Ireland Awards – we were nominated in the Top Regional Member category for the south of the country, along with The Blue Geranium Café at Hosfords Garden Centre, Café Paradiso, The Farmgate, Hayfield Manor Hotel, QC’s Seafood Bar &...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2008 in Do | 2 comments

Dingle Food Festival

Dingle Food Festival
It’s into the West for me this weekend as I’m heading out the door on Friday after work in URRU and straight down to Kerry with the Husband for this year’s Dingle Food Festival. It all kicks off that night with a launch at the Dingle Bay Hotel from 10pm. If you’re about on Saturday...
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Posted on Sep 17, 2008 in Do, Eating Out | 2 comments

Ice Cream temptation in Dingle

Have you ever been to Dingle? Despite the best of intentions over the years – and the Husband visiting there regularly since he moved to Ireland – it’s taken me quite a while to get round to visiting. But, when there’s a pot of Murphys’ Ice Cream at the end of the trip, how can you...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2008 in Bake | 0 comments

Essential baking equipment

I came across a post on Rose Levy Beranbaum’s baking blog about her baking essentials and it got me thinking. This is her list on the left in bold, with my additions on the right. A hand-held mixer – which I have and use regularly, although I do love and use my KitchenAid a lot too! A weighing scale...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2008 in Do, Eating Out | 3 comments

Food in Kenmare

A short trip to Kenmare earlier this week unearthed plenty of good food. Dinner at the Lime Tree was worth waiting for, as we arrived late, stepping into the lively, convivial atmosphere of the restaurant from a cold, damp night. There was plenty to choose from on the menu but my eye didn’t go too far...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2008 in Do | 0 comments

Mitchelstown Food Festival

Mitchelstown Food Festival
It’s food festival season at the moment in North Cork with Mitchelstown holding its own festival this weekend, kicking off with a gala evening with Clodagh McKenna at the Firgrove Hotel tonight. You can see the menu below – it’s got fantastic Clonmore Goat’s Cheese from Tom Biggane, Nano...
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Posted on Sep 10, 2008 in Bake | 6 comments

Sweet Treats for Work: Sticky Lemon Slice

Sweet Treats for Work: Sticky Lemon Slice
After I had been busily extolling the virtues of slices and bars available in New Zealand cafés while at work last week, my German Colleague asked if I had a recipe for Lemon Bars. Tan Slice and Ginger Crunch are things that I bake regularly but I had to admit that I had never tried to make the ubiquitous...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2008 in Food Events | 0 comments

Terra Madre blog roundup

* Ice Cream Ireland have a video of Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini talking at the Organics Conference. * (The elusive) Martin Dywer tells of his experiences at Terra Madre Waterford 2008 on martindwyer.com – watch out for him on Nationwide next! * John McKenna, involved in the hotel food forum on...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2008 in Do | 0 comments

Sunshine for the Waterford Farmers’ Market

While the morning may have been clear and cool, with early arrivals dressed in fleeces and jeans, by lunchtime at the Terra Madre Farmers’ Market in Waterford it was strappy frocks and sandals all the way as the crowds took to the streets in the sunshine. Stalls stretched up and down John Roberts...
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Posted on Sep 3, 2008 in Do | 2 comments

Terra Madre Ireland in Waterford this weekend

Terra Madre Ireland in Waterford this weekend
For anyone interested in food, particularly Slow Food, it cannot have escaped your attention that Terra Madre Ireland will take place this week in Waterford. It all kicks off on Thursday, with a National Organic Food Conference, then on Friday there are a series of workshops – from Irish Food Production:...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2008 in Do | 1 comment

Recipe for Success

Recipe for Success
RTÉ Cork had one of the stands at the Mallow Food Festival, handing out flyers and application forms for a new Irish food show called Recipe for Success. During the six-part series, home cooks will compete to see their recipe go into supermarket production. Could be interesting! You can see the flyer here...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2008 in Do | 0 comments

Mallow Food Festival

Glorious sunshine, lots of people (especially before the match kicked off) and stalls well-laden with a large variety of good food meant success all the way for yesterday’s Mallow Food Festival. URRU had a stall there so the Mallow Girl and I were kept busy, filling and selling pottles (note use of...
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