Irish Food Writer Guild Awards Once a year, the Irish Food Writer Guild Awards are being held in Dublin to showcase and celebrate the best in Irish food. Members of the guild are watching Irish producers throughout the year and nominate a person/company who they believe deserves this award. The writer has to buy the…
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…
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…
Setting the Scene A few weeks back I organised an artisan lunch for a corporate client’s overseas visitors. As the lunch was meant to showcase the best of Cork’s produce, the majority of the budget was indeed spent on the food. As much as I knew the food would impress the diners, I also wanted…
The other day I discovered Buffalo Mozzarella in Aldi for €1.99. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the cheese was made in Macroom. I assumed it to be a private label from Toonbridge Dairy but I was completely wrong. Buffalo Farmer John Lynch and a small team of dedicated people have established Macroom Buffalo…