I should bake a lot more than I do at the moment so I rampaged through my cupboards the other day to see what I had to transform into something yummylicious and found a bag of walnuts….. shouldn’t we all eat more nuts??These cookies are easy to make and are not too ‘walnutty’ in case…
I have heard from Arthur Mayne a few weeks back when Kate Lawlor tweeted from the bar and I was of course intrigued. I haven’t been out in town (Cork City that is) for a while and was a bit out of touch with things happening so close to my doorstep. So last Saturday was…
The last few weeks I was doing a sewing class with Sew For Fun and had time to kill. Last Tuesday I had my heart set to have a nice pizza and opted for Cafe Bar Deli. I have been a few times – the last time was Summer 2010. Considering the time (5:30pm) the…
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…