The folks over at Robert Roberts have been in touch and they are very excited. Too much coffee? No, at least not this time, it turns out that they have been quite successful in the recent Great Taste Awards where Robert Roberts products celebrated a haul of 12 Gold Stars. Apparently stars are awarded via [...]
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The (Dublin) Milkman Cometh
Interesting how attitudes and businesses change over a relatively short period of time. I remember when I was growing up the milkman was essentially a part of the community, we all knew him and, from time to time, he’d let us ride along in the milk float. Times change and that’s no longer the case [...]
Home Made Burgers
With the recent spell of nice weather the BBQs have been dragged out and fired up. I found that home made burgers don’t really mix well with the BBQ grille as they can fall apart, the trick is to cook them in the pan and then transfer for a minute or two at the end [...]
Buy local and get it delivered.
Maybe the continued eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland and its impact on air travel should also make us think a bit about air freight and how far some of our produce, which could be sourced in Ireland, has traveled thousands of miles to get to the shelves. Irish farmers have been marginalised by big supermarkets [...]
Learn to Pair Beer with Food
There are lots of nice specialty beers available these days. Here is a nice article, originally from http://www.thekitchn.com, on how to pair beer with your food. Some of the food concepts are typically American (pulled pork etc) but you get the idea. http://lifehacker.com/5523637/learn-to-pair-beer-with-food
Win a Barry’s Tea Gift Pack
‘The Irish are a nation of tea drinkers’ is a phrase you hear from time to time on the radio or in the papers and its not an untrue statement, just as true as saying the English or the Chinese are tea drinkers but saying it makes the Irish feel unique and special about our [...]
Diago launch Guinness Black Lager
Interesting to read that Guinness (Diago) are launching a “black lager” which they describe as having “a unique taste which is an evolution in lager making”. Whether this is a good or a bad thing remains to be seen as it will initially only go on sale in Northern Ireland for the next six to [...]
Lunch in Panda Mama’s Chinese, Cork
We stopped by Panda Mamas in Parnell Place Cork for lunch before the rugby game on Saturday. The layout is bright and airy and done in the traditional Chinese style, very pleasant and clean and the staff were all very good. The laminated lunch menu is a scaled down version of the dinner menu, plenty [...]
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.
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 [...]
