We have been busy the last couple of days and didn’t think of going shopping – so when the question ‘What’s for dinner’ came up yesterday, I was a bit stunned cause the fridge looked a bit pale and empty. I don’t freeze meat but only buy fresh (a principle I might have to think…
DetailsCrab Claws in Lemon Butter Sauce Have you seen Martin & Paul’s Surf ‘n’ Turf on RTE yet? If not, you should mark Wednesday’s 8:30pm in your diary. This show is one of the better cooking shows on telly. It shows Martin Shanahan of Fishy Fishy, Kinsale & Paul Flynn of the Tannery, Dungarvan in…
DetailsBruschetta I don’t get that often to Mallow but I always wanted to go to La Scala as I have heard many good things about this restaurant. So when Wendy and myself got totally soaked at the Mallow Garden Festival we decided that we deserved a treat and decided to pay the restaurant a visit.…
DetailsButter Chicken with Basmati Rice I have tasted once a sauce in an Indian restaurant from a dish called Butter Chicken and I loved the sauce so much that I decided the other day to try to re-create it and as Linda told me once it was her favourite Indian dish I thought she should…
DetailsTurkish Delight When I talked to Vakkas of the Half Moon Cafe in Blarney about the Turkish Night – I had the idea of making my own Turkish Delight to bring in as a petit four after the dinner. So I searched and googled and read through all my cookbooks to find out how it…
DetailsGreen Cardamon – divine How can someone not love cookbooks – especially if they are as beautiful as Reza’s Indian Spice. Reza Mahammed is a flamboyant chef who grew up in London and lives now in France. The two cuisines together with his Indian roots make up the most amazing and interesting food. Slowcooking onions…
DetailsTurkish Lentil Soup Have you been to Turkey yet??? If not, you missed another chance last Thursday as Turkey came to Blarney. Our Turkish Night in Blarney kicked off at 7:30 with Vakkas & Mehmet of The Half Moon Cafe greeted us and cooked the most amazing food for us with no Kebab to be…
DetailsIt has been ages since I took lunch to work – having free yoghurt, fruit, nuts and lots of cookies for free kinda makes you lazy. But since I don’t like fruit very much (I know, silly of me) my intake on lovely cookies has been taken to the limit now. For the first time…
DetailsBia Sásta has teamed up with the Half Moon Cafe in Blarney for a special evening of Turkish food. Head chef Vakkas Corapli will cook a 5 course tasting menu for us to show the variety of Turkish Food – and guess what, not a Kebab in sight. Learn about the people, traditions and the…
DetailsNot sure about you but I love kitchen gadgets – not that I have many, apart from my mixer, grinder and amazing kitchen machine (oh, and I have an espresso machine – ok, Mr T has) but I love to walk through kitchen shops and think, if I had a bigger kitchen (my kitchen is…
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