‘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 [...]
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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 [...]
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.
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Porridge: Get your oats on
I have been under the impression that I disliked porridge for a long time but about a year ago, when reading about the health benefits, I realised I never really gave porridge a proper chance. I had never tried had a full bowl rather than just a dismissive taste. With that in mind and after [...]
Michael Pollan’s Favourite Food Rules
Michael Pollen (http://pollan.blogs.nytimes.com) is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and has published what look like some interesting books on food and the science behind what we eat today. In a recent NY Times poll he asked 2500 readers to submit some simple food and diet related rules which he reduced down [...]
Bord Bia Autumn Lamb Promotion
Bord Bia, who seem to be very engaged in the social media space with @anbordbia on Twitter and a Facebook fan page, are doing an autumn lamb promotion at the moment. Check out their website for recipes and look for tastings in supermarkets at the weekend (3rd Oct), Tesco, Super Valu, Superquinn and Dunnes are [...]
