London for Food Lovers

London for Food Lovers

London for Food Lovers It is not often that Mr T wants to go to the big smoke but two weeks ago, we boarded the plane and swished over to London. I have been to London many times but have never really written about the food experiences yet. London is a melting pot of different…

Food Stars 2017

Food Stars 2017 At the start of every year, I look back and think about the food people who have impressed me most. Some people appear every year as they are consistently impressing me, other fall off as others take their place. This never means that I am not impressed anymore or think they are…

Food Photography – Course @ CIT

Food Photography – Course @ CIT As readers of my column in the Cork Independent already know, I am attending a Food Photography Course in CIT. What I assumed to be a sail-through course with a bit of fun turned into something that seems to be consuming me now. I learned a lot during the…

Cookbook Review: Neven Maguire's Perfect Irish Christmas

Cookbook Review: Neven Maguire’s Perfect Irish Christmas

Cookbook Review: Neven Maguire’s Perfect Irish Christmas Having met Neven Maguire at one of his Dunnes Stores Simply Better cookery demonstrations and having had the pleasure of interviewing him, I have to admit that I became a big fan of the man. His personality when dealing with the public, journalists and everybody around him is…

Christmas Gift Guide 2017

Christmas Gift Guide 2017

Christmas Gift Guide 2017 To keep with tradition, every year around this time, I am publishing my gift guide for food lovers. These ideas are coming from me – I haven’t been paid to put these up and no affiliate program is attached to any links in this post – as always with the Bia…

Cork Gourmet Trail 2017

Cork Gourmet Trail

Cork Gourmet Trail The fabulous Sandra Murphy is a force in Cork’s food and event scene and she didn’t disappoint with the Cork Gourmet Trail as part of the Cork Oyster Festival. Five venues with 12 vendors made for a perfect trail – not too short, not too long. We started off in the Metropole…

Goats Cheese Bluefell Falls

Product Review: Bluebell Falls Goats Cheese

Product Watch: Bluebell Falls Goats Cheese In my work, I met amazing and fascinating people – food producers, farmers and writers. One of these people is Victor O’Sullivan of Bluebell Falls Farm in North Cork near Charleville where he produces the most amazing Bluebell Falls Goats Cheese. I only went to see the setup but…

White Sprouting Broccoli

White Sprouting Broccoli

White Sprouting Broccoli I simply love discovering new ingredients and at my last visit to the Coal Quay Saturday Farmer’s Market I found these little beauties at Caroline Robinson’s stall. She calls them White Heart Broccoli and when I researched this cute vegetable I found out that it is actually a White Sprouting Broccoli. These…