Archive > February 2010

Knife skills … for cooking

Nothing gangsta to be seen here, a four minute video on how to become a kitchen ninja while not losing any digits in the process: How To Learn Basic Knife Skills from Apartment Therapy: The Kitchn on Vimeo.

Continue reading


Dinner in Orchids Restaurant, Hayfield Manor

As a (belated) birthday treat we recently enjoyed a night in the five star Hayfield Manor Hotel and dinner in Orchids Restaurant which, in their own words, is “the premier choice for fine dining in Cork City”. The hotel itself is lovely, nice setting and looks very well. The staff appeared warm and welcoming, the [...]

Continue reading

, , ,

Peter Dowdall on allotments and growing your own veg.

I like to prattle on about buying local produce but how about going one better and start growing your own? The idea of allotments in Ireland is not really a brand new thing, you can visit http://www.irishallotments.net/ or http://www.allotments.ie/ for a list of instructions but it does seem to be on the up these days. [...]

Continue reading

, , ,