Butter, beef & spuds: IFWG Food Awards 2021
We celebrate the winners of the Irish Food Writers’ Guild 2021 Food Awards with a gorgeous online publication that showcases the winners and also features the many skills of Guild members.
Author: Caroline
Kids in the kitchen
Kitchen inspiration for kids off school, including Pippi Longstocking’s Pepparkakor, roasted eggs and potatoes from The Secret Garden, chocolatl from Northern Lights, Bruce Bogtrotter’s Chocolate Cake and pork dumplings inspired by Mulan.
Read: Irish Examiner | 6 of the best work-from-home breakfast ideas
First published in the Irish Examiner on 17 February 2021. A muesli bar and coffee, eaten on the move. A quick bowl of cornflakes. A banana tucked into a handbag. Or breakfast in the...
International Women’s Day 2021: Celebrating Women in Irish Food
For International Women’s Day 2020 we gathered in a room at GMIT. We didn’t know it then, but it was to be the last public in-real-life event for some time. Schools closed that Thursday...
Listen: 96FM | Gadgets in the kitchen
Gadgets, I’ve had a few. But then again, too many to mention… Talking to PJ Coogan on 96FM’s Opinion Line about kitchen gadgets this morning made me look around my own kitchen and see...
Gingerbread House 2020
Everything changes. In 2020, the entire world changed. But some things remain the same. At the start of December every year, when we drag the battered old suitcase of Christmas decorations from under the...
Read: The Echo | Christmas side dishes
First published in The Echo on 8 December 2020. Let’s get one thing out of the way: there’s no such thing as THE perfect Christmas dinner, but there are many little elements that can...
Read: The Echo | Lifting the lid on how to be slow cooker savvy…
First published in The Echo on 5 November 2020. There’s a newly minted nip in the air and the whole idea of tights, warm coats and wooly cardigans no longer seems far fetched. Nor...