I am very lucky to have one of my closest friends being my neighbour. Now and then we meet at The Cottage to catch up and share the gossip while nibbling away on some food and sipping great wine. Last night was one of these girly nights and I decided to make some bruschetta with…
The start of a new year always makes one look back at the old one and reflects a bit on what was good and not to good. My mantra is to forget about the bad and just smile about the good things that happened. Here are my favourite food memories of 2012 (and I might…
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…