Posted on Nov 30, 2009 in Demos, Do | 3 comments

Cookery demonstration: Spice Up Your Life

My cookery demonstration career continues this week on Wednesday 2 December in Knockcarron, Co Limerick (map here). Knockcarron/Knocklong ICA have invited me along and I’ll be giving a demonstration called Spice Up Your Life in the Community Centre at 8pm. I’ll be making my favourite Butternut...
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Posted on Nov 30, 2009 in Work | 0 comments

The Irish Times Christmas Gift Supplement: Gift Grub

The Irish Times Christmas Gift Supplement: Gift Grub
This is the second article that I wrote for last Thursday’s Irish Times Christmas Gift Supplement. Read the first here. Delicious goodies are always a joy to receive, especially when you know that they’ve been made specially for you. With a little ingenuity and time you can put together all...
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Posted on Nov 26, 2009 in Work | 6 comments

The Irish Times Christmas Gift Supplement: Treats to Savour

The Irish Times Christmas Gift Supplement: Treats to Savour
The article that I wrote for today’s Irish Times Gift Christmas Supplement is not online so I thought that I would reproduce the entire piece here – before it was edited for space and clarity – complete with links. Buying for someone who loves food might seem like the easiest thing in the...
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Posted on Nov 25, 2009 in Cookery Books, Read | 0 comments

Eat Good Things Every Day by Carmel Somers

Eat Good Things Every Day by Carmel Somers
Cook ahead, shop ahead, think ahead – those are the main points of Carmel Somers’ first cookbook. Somers is the chef/owner of the Good Things Café, an acclaimed restaurant and popular cookery school in Durrus, West Cork. Eat Good Things Every Day, however, is not in the least bit cheffy. It is...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2009 in Grow, Storecupboard Specials, Work | 0 comments

EveryMonday.ie: In a bit of a pickle

EveryMonday.ie: In a bit of a pickle
If you grow your own fruit and veg, you can turn your garden gluts into winter treats. Caroline Hennessy has some useful tips and a few straightforward recipes for pickles and chutneys on EveryMonday.ie. Growing your own fruits or vegetables is very satisfying. However, you will invariably end up with a...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2009 in Bake, Cookery Books, Read | 1 comment

Banana and Chocolate Cake from Eat Good Things Every Day

Banana and Chocolate Cake from Eat Good Things Every Day
When the weather gets tough, it’s time to get baking. Just made Carmel Somers’ Banana and Chocolate Cake from her Eat Good Things Every Day cookbook and it’s a winner. With Little Missy loving her banana lunches when we’re out and about, the fruit bowl is kept stocked up. Sometimes,...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2009 in Cookery Books, Read | 2 comments

Cliff House Hotel: The Cookbook by Martijn Kajuiter

Cliff House Hotel: The Cookbook by Martijn Kajuiter
In the last few years, the Cliff House Hotel has really put Ardmore on the map. A small seaside village in Co Waterford, Ardmore was one of those places we visited as children during our summer holidays along the coast in Youghal. We always loved the cliff walk and I remember the old hotel that we used to...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2009 in Work | 0 comments

EveryMonday.ie: Choice of country fare – Peter Ward interview

EveryMonday.ie: Choice of country fare – Peter Ward interview
Peter Ward established the well-regarded Country Choice café and deli in Nenagh, Co Tipperary in the early 1980s. He talks to Caroline Hennessy for EveryMonday.ie about how he thinks the latest recession will affect Irish artisan food producers. More here. When Peter Ward opened Country Choice café and...
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Posted on Nov 13, 2009 in Demos, Food Events, Food for Friends | 3 comments

Winter Warmers: Moroccan Lamb and Apricot Tagine

Winter Warmers: Moroccan Lamb and Apricot Tagine
When I lived in New Zealand, cooking was my way of getting to know the (then Boyfriend, now) Husband’s family and friends. Three of his sisters lived nearby in Christchurch and they, together with a boyfriend and various cousins, were regular visitors to our house. When I look back on the recipes that...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2009 in Cook, Demos, Food Events | 10 comments

Winter Warmers: Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup

Winter Warmers: Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup
This is the soup that I cooked at the Glenroe Ladies’ Club demonstration – it is something that I make regularly as it has a great flavour, doesn’t take long and is really good for freezing. The smoked paprika is fabulous with it, giving a real depth to the soup. Perfect for sipping out of...
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Posted on Nov 5, 2009 in Bake, Demos, Food Events | 4 comments

Cake demo disaster narrowly averted! Caramelised Plum Upsidedown Cake

Cake demo disaster narrowly averted! Caramelised Plum Upsidedown Cake
The suspense was growing. There is an element of hope in cooking an upsidedown cake at the best of time but cooking one for a demonstration in front of 35 members of the Glenroe Ladies’ Club was, perhaps, asking for trouble. Throw in anirregularly used gas oven – I live in a world of...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2009 in Demos, Food Events | 12 comments

Winter Warmers in Glenroe

My first local cookery demonstration – as reported in our local paper, The Avondhu! The days are getting colder, nights are drawing in and it’s time for some warming homecooked meals. Fancy trying out a few new tastes and flavours? Have you ever wondered what to do with butternut squash or sweet...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2009 in Food Events | 7 comments

Willie Harcourt-Cooze at the Temple Bar Chocolate Festival

Willie Harcourt-Cooze at the Temple Bar Chocolate Festival
“Try not to drool too much!” That was the Husband’s parting shot as I left the cottage, en route to interview Willie Harcourt-Cooze at the Temple Bar Chocolate Festival on Saturday. It’s not that I have the habit of going weak at the knees with my interviewees, no matter how...
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