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…
Product of the Month: Ummera Smoked Picanha Beef This month’s Product of the Month: Ummera Smoked Picanha Beef is a homage to food innovation. For any company, coming up with new ideas and products can be heartbreaking. Not so for Anthony Creswell who started off with salmon as so many smoke houses did but has…
Cookbook of the Month: Italian Street Food Cookbook of the Month: Italian Street Food – Italian food is loved and appreciated the world over and more books have been written about the subject than I can imagine. So a few days ago, I came across ‘Italian Street Food’ by Paola Bacchia. This Cookbook of the…
Beer of the Month I always get asked what I miss from my time in Berlin and I never know what to say as I barely think of things I ate or drank back then as I am way too excited about things I am trying now. But now and then I come across something…
A Craft Beer Hamper Some of my friends know me very well and one of these is Judy. A craft beer lover herself, she knew the perfect gift when we invited her for dinner at The Cottage. We were actually blown away when she came with A Craft Beer Hamper from Bradley’s Specialty Shop. Bradley’s…
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…
Product Watch: Shandrum Cheese Discovering a new cheese for me is like discovering a new star for an astronomer. Ok, it might not have the wide-reaching effects but I get always all excited when I see a cheese I haven’t tried yet. So, when I went to the English Market the other day I stopped…