I am slightly behind my weekly challenge which was to be expected. There is a lot going on and it is not as easy as I thought to come up with new recipes each week – so far so good. The other day, I asked my friend Agnes over to help me with a sewing…
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…
A Row of Canapés As regular readers of this blog (or followers on my Facebook Page) know, my friend Carol has been coming over for a ‘catch-up’ for a number of years now. Although we live only a few minutes walk away from each other, it’s the only time we see each other. We have…
London for Food Lovers It is not often that Mr T wants to go to the big smoke but two weeks ago, we boarded the plane and swished over to London. I have been to London many times but have never really written about the food experiences yet. London is a melting pot of different…
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 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…
Mozzarella Baguette Sometimes, you just need a little treat without too much fuss in preparing something nice. This baguette is so easy, I am almost ashamed to admit how easy. It is perfect if you are planning a lazy night in front of the telly with a cool bottle of beer or some wine. The…
It has been a while since I wrote a recipe but the other day, I made these tasty little bites for my friend Carol when she came over for our monthly catch up. I visited Macroom Buffalo Cheese a week or so back to interview Johnny Lynch, Ireland’s only Buffalo Farmer, and his cheesemaker Sean…
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…