Hearsay 2017. Listen – and taste.
When I did a drop off in Kilfinane on Thursday, I met Mike who had flown from Sydney to pick up a Hearsay Audio award for his A Nightmare before Christmas. Friday evening, at...
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Hearsay 2017. An Audible Tasting.
Staker, Staker, you can’t catch me, Staker, Staker, you can’t catch me, Staker, Staker, you can’t catch me… Staker Wallace was the bogeyman of Kilfinane. Hanged, drawn and quartered in the revolutionary year of...
Beer and food at Holy Smoke and ABV Fest
This summer I’ve been working with Holy Smoke Cork on a series of beer and food nights, events where we showcase the best of Cork food and beer, with an occasional tot of local...
Killarney Beerfest: beer and food
This year’s beer and food event at Killarney Beerfest was a little different; I got to work with Chad Byrne, head chef at The Brehon, who cooked on site and presented a selection of...
Ballymaloe Litfest 2017
We came, we learned, we ate, we caffeinated ourselves (regularly), we danced our legs off, we were challenged, inspired, motivated: #Litfest17 or, more precisely, A Food and Drinks Literacy Festival at Ballymaloe, was a...
LitFest 2017: A Food and Drinks Literacy Festival at Ballymaloe
Five years. Five years of learning and cooking and growing and inspiration and bringing the best of the world’s food writers to East Cork. Five years of the Ballymaloe LitFest. That’s where I’ve been moved by René...
Cookery Demo + Greek Yoghurt Chocolate Pots
That brief spurt of sunshine earlier in the week had us all digging out the shorts and flip flops and lighter recipes for warmer times. The girls thought that it was summer. They plotted to have...
Local Enterprise Week 2017: Taste Cork – Brand Storytelling
If you’re interested in storytelling around brand building, particularly if you work in the food industry, Taste Cork is holding a free half day conference in Kinsale tomorrow from 9am. It’s part of Local...