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.
Author Archive > Ivan
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 girl [...]
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.
Peter [...]
Pesto Sauce
We’re still plodding our way through January (will it ever end?) and coming to terms with 2010 so I guess the first effort at making something this year should not be too taxing.
Home made Pesto sauce is quick, easy, and far better than any of that stuff in a jar. Tastes better and probably better [...]
Martijn Kajuiter awarded a Michelin star
Having written about the Cliff House Hotel on a few occasions, we enjoyed a stunning dinner there last summer, I was delighted to hear (via twitter) that Executive Head Chef Martijn Kajuiter has been awarded a Michelin star.
Martijn and his team use all local produce to produce some stunning and absolutely unique food. Although I [...]
Anyone for Gin and Tonic?
We are currently having a touch of a cold snap here in Ireland, as the Japanese say “Every crisis brings opportunity”.
Does anybody have a large glass?
Ivan
Chateau Lynch Bages 1985
From time to time I write about wine but apart from knowing what is nice and what is not nice I don’t have the wine vocabulary to get my point across very well. I leave that to the experts you can see listed over on the right-hand column down towards the bottom of the page. [...]
Jamie’s Family Christmas – Channel 4
We’re currently enjoying Jamie’s Family Christmas on Channel 4. It has some nice recipes and tips on all things Christmas, and some not so Christmas. All of which I thought would be available on the official web site but it seems that only a selection from the show are posted at the moment, HOWEVER what [...]
Top ten tips for a stress free Christmas dinner
The countdown is upon us and daytime TV is full of TV programmes telling us how to have the best Christmas dinner ever and how to make your dinner table look like something Harry Potter would be proud to sit at during a Hogwarts feast. Nothing wrong with that if you have all day to [...]
Roasted Red Onion with Bacon, Garlic and Herbs
During the winter when our thoughts turn to roast dinners we rarely entertain the idea of including roast vegetables preferring instead to boil the arse out of our veg in a pot and consume them through a straw. Roasting veggies seems to be somewhat of a Mediterranean concept and one that seems yet to catch [...]
