Beer – and food and walking – at Druids Glen Resort, Wicklow
I’ve come to the conclusion that nice hotels, in many ways, are wasted on me. Swimming pool and gym on site? I’m allergic to chlorine and have never darkened the doors of a gym....
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Gimmie the Recipe by Shelia Kiely and Butcher’s Sausage Hotpot
With six school-going children in her house, Cork woman Shelia Kiely has plenty of experience in figuring out what food will keep a family happy. She’s not short of, as she mentions in the...
Tasting West Cork at Inchydoney Hotel Lodge & Spa
Peace. That’s something that’s in short supply these days, especially when life includes a demanding active toddler, a hungry adorable baby, four cats, two hens and a brewery. Last Saturday, as I stood on a gently rocking...
Memorable food of 2011: Eight Degrees Beer, Inishfood, Irish flavours
2011? Phew! A crazy, crazy year. Still, after a relatively calm January, I’ve finally had a chance to gather together my favourite food memories of the last 12 months. *** Eight Degrees Beer: the...
An afternoon in Dublin… The Bakehouse, Silk Road Cafe, Skinflint
…during which I ate creamy, chive-flecked seafood chowder in an large bread bowl (€9.50) at the friendly Bakehouse (6 Bachelors Walk, Dublin). I arrived in the door with a pushchair full of squawking Small Girl – she’s not a...
Ten years on – and eating around Cork: The Castle, L’Atitude 51° and Gort na Nain
Early morning, 31 December 2001. That was the moment when I made a decision that set my life on a totally new path. Rather than go home, as planned, to hang out with the...
All finished! Our gingerbread house
I like to think I’m the kind of person who doesn’t need too many kitchen gadgets. But that wouldn’t be exactly true. But, while I can happily cook on a one-ring gas stove while...
Irish Food Bloggers Association: happy birthday to us!
This time last year myself and Kristin of Edible Ireland/Dinner du Jour were just after launching the Irish Food Bloggers Association. We had spent months planning and designing and coding the website, with the...