Posted on Feb 23, 2011 in Do, Eating Out | 4 comments

Underground Dining: The Loaves and Fishes Supper Club

Underground Dining: The Loaves and Fishes Supper Club
Blogger Lilly Higgins runs an underground restaurant called the Loaves and Fishes Supper Club and I interviewed her for a feature that was broadcast on Lyric fm’s Culture File last week. As the piece was very short, I couldn’t use very much of her interview but, seeing as there is so much...
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Posted on Feb 22, 2011 in Cook, Food for Friends | 13 comments

A bit cheeky: Beef, Mushroom and Red Wine Pie

A bit cheeky: Beef, Mushroom and Red Wine Pie
I hadn’t intended on cooking beef cheeks for a family lunch but a chance trip to the English Market to meet Clare and her MM on Saturday morning gave me an unexpected opportunity. Queuing at Tom Durcan Meats, there was a bit of banter with the man ahead of me about the lamb’s liver for one that...
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Posted on Feb 18, 2011 in Radio, Work | 8 comments

Lyric fm: Going underground for dinner – underground dining in Ireland

Lyric fm: Going underground for dinner – underground dining in Ireland
My Culture File report on underground dining in Ireland, featuring Lilly Higgins’ Loaves and Fishes Supper Club and the Clonakilty by Candlelight pop-up restaurant events, is now available as a Lyric fm podcast. Thanks to all my interviewees for their help, especially the Queens of Neon, Ted Berner...
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Posted on Feb 16, 2011 in Do | 4 comments

Charleville Cheese Shop: not just for cheese lovers

Charleville Cheese Shop: not just for cheese lovers
Last weekend I was at a pop up restaurant: this weekend’s treat was a pop-up shop. And not just any old shop, but an actual cheese shop just down the road in Charleville. Little Missy and I collected the Student Siblings on our way there on Saturday morning which was fortunate as it’s always good...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2011 in Food Events | 4 comments

Valentine’s Day Blog Awards nominations

Valentine’s Day Blog Awards nominations
The perfect Valentine’s Day surprise? After a day away from the computer, coming home to find that Bibliocook: All About Food has been nominated in the food and drink category for this year’s Irish Blog Awards. And I’m in good company! Check out the list below and take a good look around...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2011 in Do | 24 comments

A whole new world: Bibliocook upgraded and redone

A whole new world: Bibliocook upgraded and redone
I’m SO excited! After almost six years – Bibliocook’s official birthday is in March – I’ve finally got a spanking new look and a long-awaited move to WordPress, thanks to Súil Design. When the site originally went live, way back in 2005, it was on Movable Type and, despite the backend...
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Posted on Feb 8, 2011 in Food Events | 0 comments

Clonakilty by Candlelight…and other good eating in Dublin

Clonakilty by Candlelight…and other good eating in Dublin
It was an eating weekend in Dublin. Kristin of Dinner du Jour and I were there on Friday night to attend Clonakilty by Candlelight, a pop-up restaurant which ran for three nights last week and is continuing for another three from this Thursday. I don’t want to write too much about the whole event...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2011 in Cookery Books, Read | 0 comments

Slow Cooking by Antony Worrall Thompson

Slow Cooking by Antony Worrall Thompson
I wish I could be the kind of person who says that I’ve no interest in kitchen gadgets (and mean it) but that would be a total and absolute lie. My 10-year old immersion blender was recently replaced after it got a little overworked from Little Missy’s weening dinners and, faced with the idea of...
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