Product Review: Brett Finished Bourbon Barrel Ale
Product Watch: Brett Finished Bourbon Barrel Ale – a stunning beer with full flavour notes of spices, honey and fruit.
Product Review: The Fine Cheese Company Crackers
Product Review: The Fine Cheese Company Crackers As most people who have ever met me know, I love cheese – not just liking it but being utterly mad about it (so much so that I even make my own cheese). For years, I was planning to visit the Cheese Festival at Melton Mowbray and this…
Food Stars 2017
Food Stars 2017 At the start of every year, I look back and think about the food people who have impressed me most. Some people appear every year as they are consistently impressing me, other fall off as others take their place. This never means that I am not impressed anymore or think they are…
Product Review: Bluebell Falls Goats Cheese
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
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…
Beer of the Month
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…
The Panel @ The Food Affair
The Panel @ The Food Affair As you might know, I am hosting and producing The Food Affair on Cork City 100.5FM – a radio show dedicated to all things food. The show airs every Saturday from 2-4pm live from the studio located next to the River Lee Hotel. For the March shows, I am…
A Craft Beer Hamper
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
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
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…