Irish Examiner | Taking baby steps through Hanoi
In 2010, while coming back from Little Missy’s first NZ visit, the Husband and I were fortunate enough to get an invitation from a friend based in Hanoi. Take a 10-month-old baby to Vietnam?...
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Devilled Eggs for summer eating
We were at a pre-wedding family get together in New Zealand some years ago, right before one of the Husband’s sisters got married – and I was checking out the buffet table. It was the...
Summertime beer: Sunburnt Irish Red and Elderflower Ice Pops
It had to be done. The sun – sun! – was shining all the time, the forecast was saying crazy things like “exceptionally warm, sunny period with temperatures in the high twenties”, I had...
Summer holiday eating: 7 simple self-catering meal ideas
One tin crammed with Chocolate Buckwheat Cookies. One (small) bottle of homemade cassis. A couple of tubs of frozen hummus. One still-warm loaf of Cinnamon Raisin Bread, carefully wrapped in a tea towel. We may be...
Food for free: elderflower vinegar, cordial and champagne
It’s taken a while. For heaven’s sake, we were drinking homemade elderflower cordial in West Cork more than two weeks ago! Finally North Cork has caught up and this past weekend was the perfect...
Food writing in the digital age: Irish Examiner feature
My feature article on food writing in the digital age for Irish Examiner is now online from this link: Developing a taste for digital delights Putting things online is never an exact science! The...
Food writing in the digital age: Aoife McElwain, I Can Has Cook
Part three of a three-part series of interviews on inspiration, trends and recommended reading that I did with Irish food writers and bloggers for a recent Irish Examiner feature. Food writer Aoife McElwain has used...
Food writing in the digital age: David Kiernan, Kitchen 72
Part two of a three-part series of interviews on inspiration, trends and recommended reading that I did with Irish food writers and bloggers for last weekend’s Irish Examiner feature. David Kiernan of Kitchen72.com and a former Daily...