Cookbook Review: Neven Maguire’s Perfect Irish Christmas Having met Neven Maguire at one of his Dunnes Stores Simply Better cookery demonstrations and having had the pleasure of interviewing him, I have to admit that I became a big fan of the man. His personality when dealing with the public, journalists and everybody around him is…
Christmas Gift Guide 2017 To keep with tradition, every year around this time, I am publishing my gift guide for food lovers. These ideas are coming from me – I haven’t been paid to put these up and no affiliate program is attached to any links in this post – as always with the Bia…
Cork Gourmet Trail The fabulous Sandra Murphy is a force in Cork’s food and event scene and she didn’t disappoint with the Cork Gourmet Trail as part of the Cork Oyster Festival. Five venues with 12 vendors made for a perfect trail – not too short, not too long. We started off in the Metropole…
Product Watch: Bluebell Falls Goats Cheese In my work, I met amazing and fascinating people – food producers, farmers and writers. One of these people is Victor O’Sullivan of Bluebell Falls Farm in North Cork near Charleville where he produces the most amazing Bluebell Falls Goats Cheese. I only went to see the setup but…
Food Stars 2016 – A Review As I do every year, I look back at the year gone and pick my favourite moments, people, products, drinks and food and so these are my Food Stars 2016 – A Review. Best Product I met Anthony Creswell of Ummera Smokehouse recently while having lunch in L’Atitude 51…
At our March Critic’s outing, we visited El Vino in the Elysian Building and the critics were treated to a five-course tasting menu. At the Q&A afterwards, head chef Patrick Murphy was asked to share the recipe for the butternut squash, coconut and chili soup. Patrick was delighted and obliged. As with all chefs, he…
McKennas Guide 2016 – New Entries from Cork Each year, John & Sally McKenna publish their guide – 100 Best places to eat. Last year saw the guide going from print to App – easy to use, you can search by area or by restaurant. A group of tasters visit all restaurants and the final…
It is always wonderful to see chefs and restaurants being awarded for their hard work and dedication. This year’s Irish Restaurant Awards Munster Regional Heat took place 8th March in Killarney and for the purpose of this post, I concentrate on the Cork winners. There are many categories and one might ask, do we really…
Manchester has more to offer than soccer teams and my first visit to the city last week was proof to that. Although the main point for the visit was a Manchester United match I made sure that food played a big role. Mr T and myself are terrible in planning any trip we have been…
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…