Cookbook Review: Diana Dodog’s Food Depot A few weeks back, I was in Clonakilty for a stroll and I can’t resist a bookshop, especially when it is an independent one. I found a few books I was interested in but had to restrain myself as my wonderful husband was with me. As much as he…
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 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…
Cookbook of the Month: Italian Street Food Cookbook of the Month: Italian Street Food – Italian food is loved and appreciated the world over and more books have been written about the subject than I can imagine. So a few days ago, I came across ‘Italian Street Food’ by Paola Bacchia. This Cookbook of the…
Food Stars 2016 – A Review As I do every year, I look back at the year gone and pick my favourite moments, people, products, drinks and food and so these are my Food Stars 2016 – A Review. Best Product I met Anthony Creswell of Ummera Smokehouse recently while having lunch in L’Atitude 51…
I had the immense pleasure of interviewing Sheila Kiely for The Food Hour show and we talked bout her busy life as a mother of 6, running her husband’s business and writing two cookbooks on top of that. I met Sheila a few years ago just after she published her first book ‘Gimme the Recipe’…
I never win anything and I mean anything. Therefore it is not very often that I enter a competition but ain’t I happy that I enter Jacob’s Cracker Guides Competition, giving away Trish Deseine’s latest cookbook ‘HOME – Recipes from Ireland’ (could never resist a cookbook). The book was already on my wishlist so you…