I was recently asked to be part of a radio magazine and to cover all food related things of the show. You can imagine that I jumped at the opportunity. CorkCity FM is a community radio and works out of the Douglas Shopping Centre. The people involved are just too nice and everyone works for…
Mr T and I have sometimes great ideas – when we met farmers Frances & Ken, we thought having a whole pig roast for New Year’s Eve was the best idea we ever had – and actually it was. I had organised 2 events with Ken & Frances for Slowfood where we were walking the…
I know, I know – it is a bit late to write about Christmas dinner (or even a bit early) but I was dead busy and simply too lazy to write on the blog much. Anyway, I wanted to share this wonderful dish with you as it was easy to prepare and simply delicious. Only…
Is there a better way to celebrate Christmas than being surrounded by good friends and good food? No, there isn’t. So I invited my friends over for some festive cheer and mulled wine. Of course, food was also included – a party is always a nice excuse to experience with some new ideas of finger…
Having brought back so much bread from the Firehouse bread making course, I decided to use the brioche to make a wonderful indulgent bread & butter pudding for dessert – especially because Mr T loves his desserts. Many cooks get the pudding wrong as they don’t butter the slices of bread properly or use only…
I really really want one of those It is not very often that I am impressed with a cookery/baking course but wow – what a day I had recently at Firehouse Bread Bakery in Heir Island. A beautiful spot in the depth of West Cork – 27 people are living on Heir Island and you…
I think I have mentioned several times that I love cookbooks – and that I have quite a few. But I think I have also mentioned a few times that you can’t have enough cookbooks. So here is my wishlist for Christmas – please feel free to ask for my mailing address 🙂 Pierre Hermé…
Sundays is fry up time @ The Cottage and we are taking our time and enjoying the lazy morning. We have scrambled or poached eggs, bacon rashers, sausages, hash browns and beans. Mr T is always giving out about the sugar content of the beans and why do they call it tomato sauce if there…
Sunday afternoon tea was a tradition in my house when I was a child. My mum was just finished with clearing the dinner table and did the washing up and the aroma of fresh baked cakes and biscuits would go through the house. Around 4 o’clock we all sat in the living room (eating was…
Flavoured alcohol is a great gift but needs to be planned as it needs a few weeks maturing. I have a wonderful herb garden that gave me mint, lemon verbena, rosemary and lots of other wonderful herbs. For this flavoured vodka, I have used Lemon Verbena but the principle works with any other herb or…