My love for food started in Turkey where I stayed 27 years ago with a friend and her family. Cooking and eating was a big part of their daily routine. Families and friends gathered around a big table and the cooking was an affair of love and labour in equal measures but you never cooked…
I always love making sweets and chocolates – not that I am addicted to sweets myself, but I love making them and put them in little boxes as gifts to friends. It also helps that Mr T got a really sweet tooth. My first fudge a few weeks back was made with condensed milk and…
We had friends over last Sunday but with Manchester United and Cork playing, timing was off an essence. Anita & Andrea were expected at 6:30 and the matches were both at 4pm….you can imagine the precise planning necessary to be able to watch the matches and to present a nice dinner at 6:30. Soup is…
… The question is, do we need another one??? I think so when reading the new magazine published by GIY (Grow it yourself). This magazine is dedicated to the kitchen garden – in any form, may it be a plot, containers or a field – and it is Irish. Experts in their field give masterclasses…
The weather the last few days was horrendous to say the least and I was always glad to get back home and sit in front of the open fire and get nicely warmed by hot chocolate and homebaked bikkies. But you can’t live on hot chocolate and bikkies alone – at least Mr T can’t.…
Heston Blumenthal at Home I have to admit, I have an addiction to cookbooks. Funny, considering that I never follow recipes but make up my own. But I love to read them like other people read novels and I love the food photography which in the last few years has become outstanding – just think…
Wow, what a night. 21 people came together on Tuesday night and had a fabulous time. The food was outstanding and friendships have been formed. Headchef and owner of Fenn’s Quay, Kate Lawlor’ has put a lot of time and effort in creating this wonderful menu for us. She took inspirations from Heston Blumenthal’s at…
Last Sunday seems to be so long ago and I am starting already to think about next Sunday dinner. If you do the same, you might want to read on. Mr T and I had friends over for dinner and I didn’t want to stay too long in the kitchen as 2 matches were on…
Cork City Goal I saw the other day a notice that Jacobs Creek were hosting a Dine & Wine Experience in Cork City Goal and applied for tickets. The City Goal is a brilliant location for Pop Up Restaurants and I was delighted to have gotten the tickets. Michael Ryan & David Whelehan So far…