This Summer – or the lack of it – has all growers in tatters. Same here. my raspberries didn’t look too happy and my strawberries went into hibernation (or never came out of it). My own apple tree looks sad sad sad….But the rhubarb withstood all elements and stand proud and tall….. so what to…
Have you ever heard your parents say – tomatoes don’t taste like tomatoes anymore? If so, your parents haven’t grown their own. Supermarket tomatoes are grown under cover and manipulated to be very red and very uniform. It makes them more appealing to the shoppers when they are nicely stacked up on the shelves. I…
Strawberry Fields Wow – what a festival. Slow Food & The Apple Farm invited to an Apple & Cider Festival and everyone came – Mr T and I did anyway. The event took place at the Apple Farm which was the perfect location to host the festival. Row after row of wonderful apple trees, raspberries,…
I am like the next one sometimes – I buy ready made puff pastry and since it is almost impossible to get all butter pastry, I am not that bothered about brands (yeap I even buy it from Aldi – saying that: Tesco has an buttery puff pastry but only sometimes). So, when I saw…
Verbena Vodka As most of you will know, I love Cafe Paradiso and it is no secret that I have all cookbooks written by Denis Cotter. And it was in his second book ‘Seasons’ that I came across the herb Lemon Verbena (a gorgeous pudding with white chocolate & ricotta – just delicious). He stated…
Whenever I hear the word gluten-free I run a mile. I still have dry, powdery cakes in my head that tasted more of cement mix (at least what I imagined cement to taste like) than delicious pieces of heaven. Same with biscuits and the rest of treats we are all so looking forward to. I…
I am very lucky that I have a bit of land with my house and that I am able to grow a lot of vegetables (if the weather lets me). When my dad still lived with me, we had chickens, ducks, rabbits and for a few years even our own turkeys. We were organic before…
Taking lunch to work has a great advantage – first you save money, second you know what is actually in your food and last but not least – you can take your lunch outside on a sunny day like this and have a mini picnic. Quiches are a great standby as they can be eaten…
Olive & John Hallahan open the doors to their goats farm near Cloyne. We will be visiting the goats, see how goats cheese is made and have tasters of bread, cheese and of course the milk itself. A small BBQ follows with produce from the farm. Olive is running a Farm Shop every Saturday and…
A Punt Taster It is no secret that I am a big fan of Fenn’s Quay. Having eaten there several times, I was never disappointed with the quality of the food or service. I also had several events with Fenn’s Quay which were also a big success. Kate Lawlor is a very talented chef who…