I love cooking for friends, especially at Christmas. The festive season gives me a great excuse to go a bit overboard with the setting of the dinner table. Reds, greens and golds are my preferred colours to celebrate this beautiful time of the year. Bringing out the special cutlery, the posh wine glasses and the…
It is the time of year again when we are all thinking of what to get the special people in our life for Christmas. And as every year, I have some ideas collected for the food lovers amongst us. So here are some ideas for this year: Hampers A hamper is always a great idea,…
2015 winnersAs most of you might know already, I love cheese and Irish cheese in particular. Winning awards abroad in countries like UK, France and Italy – we seemed not to be able to celebrate these outstanding cheeses here at home. In recent years, the Irish Cheese Awards were held during Bloom and I always…
The dark and cold autumn evenings are perfect for a hearty soup – kind of a hug in a bowl. Serving it with fresh bread, lathered with butter makes it a winning combination. I like my soups smooth but you can keep it chunky in case you prefer it that way. Also, I am using…
Just a quick roundup on some news in the world of food: You will have heard already that McDonalds has created an ‘artisan’ burger called Mac Mór which uses Ballymaloe Relish and Charleville Cheese. The FSAI has clearly defined the meaning of the word ARTISAN and obviously McDonalds in in breach of this definition.…
It has been a while since I wrote a recipe but the other day, I made these tasty little bites for my friend Carol when she came over for our monthly catch up. I visited Macroom Buffalo Cheese a week or so back to interview Johnny Lynch, Ireland’s only Buffalo Farmer, and his cheesemaker Sean…
I have always been a big fan of Glenisk Yogurt, so I was extremely interested when I saw that Glenisk launched a new product line. Strained Greek Yogurt. Plain yogurt is my favoruite and I prefer Greek style yogurt to most others – plain Greek yogurt is so versatile – you can make cacik (Turkish…
The other day I discovered Buffalo Mozzarella in Aldi for €1.99. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the cheese was made in Macroom. I assumed it to be a private label from Toonbridge Dairy but I was completely wrong. Buffalo Farmer John Lynch and a small team of dedicated people have established Macroom Buffalo…
Bia Sásta’s logo says ‘We know Food’ and that is true. And it is great to see other people recognising this simple fact as well (hope that doesn’t sound over confident now) – I am getting lots of emails and private messages on Facebook asking questions on food and food business and I am always…
I am working on an exciting marketing project at the moment – and I am lucky enough to be working with a client who is open to new ideas and the quirky bit that makes it fun. Can’t say too much at the moment – just that I am working for the first time with…