Posted on Aug 31, 2010 in Food Events | 2 comments

Barry’s Tea winner

Barry’s Tea winner
Vicky Beresford was the winner of the Bibliocook/Barry’s Tea competition with her recipe for Barry’s Tea Very Berry Tiramisu. Congratulations Vicky and hope you enjoy your tea hamper. Special mention has to go to Aline Lambert. Her recipe was for a Taboulé Salad which, when she was stuck for...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2010 in Cookery Books, Read | 2 comments

Catherine’s Italian Kitchen by Catherine Fulvio

Catherine’s Italian Kitchen by Catherine Fulvio
A gentle introduction to Italian cooking, Catherine’s Italian Kitchen is the companion book to Catherine Fulvio’s well-received television series, which was nominated for a World Food Media Award earlier this year. Fulvio, who runs the well regarded Ballyknocken Cookery School at her family home...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2010 in Food Events | 0 comments

Savour Kilkenny: food businesses take note

Savour Kilkenny: food businesses take note
This year’s Savour Kilkenny Food Festival will take place from Friday 22 to Sunday 25 October and the organisers are currently looking for interested food businesses to get involved. There will be a large open-air market over the weekend on the newly developed Parade Plaza, just by Kilkenny Castle, as...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2010 in Food Events | 0 comments

Last chance! Blueberry competition ends today

Last chance! Blueberry competition ends today
Don’t forget, the competition for a €200 cooking class voucher from Bord Bia ends today at 6pm. To be in the running, just send your favourite Irish blueberry recipe to cook@bibliocook.com. Read more: Competition Time! Irish blueberries and cookery classes Blueberry time at Derryvilla Blueberry...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2010 in Cook | 4 comments

Poached Chicken and other stories (with Tarragon Mayonnaise)

Poached Chicken and other stories (with Tarragon Mayonnaise)
This has been the summer of the poached chicken. It started when the weather got hot in June and I had a chicken to cook. It wasn’t exactly turn-the-oven-on time so I landed it into a big pot, covered it with cold water, threw in some vegetables and herbs and let it barely simmer away for an hour. The...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2010 in Cookery Books, Read | 0 comments

Gregg’s Favourite Puddings by Gregg Wallace

Gregg’s Favourite Puddings by Gregg Wallace
Not having a television, I had never heard of Gregg Wallace before Gregg’s Favourite Puddings landed on the doorstep. A co-presenter of BBC show Masterchef, apparently he is well known for his sweet tooth, and this book is like a greatest hits of the pudding world. On the lighter side of things, there...
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Posted on Aug 18, 2010 in Food Books, Read | 2 comments

Food Rules by Michael Pollan

Food Rules by Michael Pollan
I am a big fan of Michael Pollan’s writing. I was first grabbed by 2008′s In Defence of Food, which led me to The Omnivore’s Dilemma from 2006. These books – absorbing, fascinating, infuriating and entertaining – are great reading. Pollan may be writing about weighty things...
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Posted on Aug 16, 2010 in Food Events | 10 comments

Competition Time! Irish blueberries and cookery classes

Competition Time! Irish blueberries and cookery classes
To celebrate the start of the Irish blueberry season, Bord Bia have very kindly offered a competition prize of a €200 voucher for cooking lessons at a cookery school of your choice. To be in with a chance to win this brilliant prize, just email me at cook@bibliocook.com with your favourite blueberry...
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Posted on Aug 13, 2010 in Food Events, Grow | 2 comments

Blueberry time at Derryvilla Blueberry Farm

Blueberry time at Derryvilla Blueberry Farm
Growing up in Ireland during the 1970s and 1980s, blueberries were a rare, exotic fruit, only read about in the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder or Roald Dahl. Years later, my first encounter with a blueberry was in a muffin but, alas, it was one of those ever-lasting, plastic-wrapped ones and the purple...
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Posted on Aug 4, 2010 in Do | 4 comments

Competition Time! Barry’s Tea

Competition Time! Barry’s Tea
Being located in Cork as we are, Barry’s tea is the cuppa of choice around the cottage so when the people in Barry‘s contacted me about running a competition, I thought that fellow tea-loving food bloggers might be interested, especially when they heard what it entails. To win a box of...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2010 in Bake, Grow | 3 comments

Redcurrant Almond Cake

Redcurrant Almond Cake
If you grow any soft fruit, in the summertime there is always a need for a simple cake recipe that lets you showcase the berries (and use them up). Last year, it was this Blackcurrant Almond Cake, which I made several times before the blackbirds finished off my currants, but this Midsummer Cake from Nigel...
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