Posted on Jul 28, 2010 in Eating Out, Travel | 5 comments

A food-orientated Saturday: Green Apron, Sage Café, Wild Honey Inn

A food-orientated Saturday: Green Apron, Sage Café, Wild Honey Inn
Between Little Missy, my work as a freelance journalist and the Husband setting up his own business, it’s not so easy to get away these days. As a result, any time we do head off, there’s as much food packed into the time as possible. Last weekend we waved Little Missy off on her holidays to Nana...
Read More
Posted on Jul 26, 2010 in Cookery Books, Read | 1 comment

Shrewd Food by Elizabeth Carty

Shrewd Food by Elizabeth Carty
There are times when a book arrives at exactly the right time. Elizabeth Carty’s Shrewd Food, with its focus on – as the subtitle says – a new way of shopping, cooking and eating, is that book. As Carthy points out in her introduction, food does not have to be expensive to be good and...
Read More
Posted on Jul 22, 2010 in Print, Travel, Work | 0 comments

The Irish Times Failte Kerry supplement: Food fit for a Kingdom

The Irish Times Failte Kerry supplement: Food fit for a Kingdom
Fancy some food in Kerry? Check out the Failte Kerry supplement in today’s Irish Times with Food fit for a Kingdom by Caroline Hennessy. Click on the newspaper below to see it in a larger format. The short version: Out of the Blue, Waterside, Dingle. 066 9150811 www.outoftheblue.ie QC’s Seafood...
Read More
Posted on Jul 19, 2010 in Food Events | 0 comments

2010 Blas na hÉireann Food Awards launched

2010 Blas na hÉireann Food Awards launched
Food producers throughout Ireland are now invited to enter the third annual Blas na hÉireann Food Awards. As well as the gold, silver and bronze medals in each of the 30 product categories, this year there will also be an award for the Best Irish Artisan Company. You can see the 2009 list of winners here,...
Read More
Posted on Jul 16, 2010 in Food for Friends | 2 comments

Cooking with Irish pork: Pork Loin with Fennel, Rosemary and Cider

Cooking with Irish pork: Pork Loin with Fennel, Rosemary and Cider
When Bord Bia gave me a gorgeous pork loin recently at the Irish Food Bloggers Event, I took one look at the size of it and divided it into two. After all, there are only two and a half meat-eating people at the cottage (that was before we acquired our latest rabbit hunters, a trio of cats who, we hope, will...
Read More
Posted on Jul 3, 2010 in Bake | 4 comments

Twookieparty: NYT Chocolate Chip Cookies

Twookieparty: NYT Chocolate Chip Cookies
I was away from the computer yesterday so here’s my belated entry to the Twookieparty, especially as Theresa from The Green Apron is judging and offering some of her amazing preserves as prizes – I’d put in a fair effort just for her raspberry and chocolate jam, as tasted recently at the...
Read More