Irish red ale: Spiced Chocolate Ale Cake
Every year, about this time, there’s a lot of huffing and puffing about stout. Guinness, to name a particular well-marketed brand. But you don’t just have to go for the obvious option if you’re...
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Slow Food and Stories.ie with Eight Degrees Brewing
Time to grab some beer and head out for a couple of events with Eight Degrees Brewing. First up, I’m taking part in a Slow Food East Cork event at Ballymaloe Cookery School tomorrow...
Audioboo: How to make Buttermilk Pancakes
While you might eat pancakes for breakfast, brunch or dinner all year round, chances are that you’ll be making a special effort today, especially if you have any smallies in the house demanding their...
Cinnamon Rolls from On The Track Lodge in New Zealand’s Marlborough Sounds
Think Cinnamon Rolls. Sweetly spiced, fragrant Cinnamon Rolls. Now think about walking for five hours through the New Zealand bush and arriving, just a little hot, sweaty and footsore, at On The Track Lodge...
Eating in New Zealand: Butterflied Leg of Lamb with Spicy Rub
Eating is a serious business for my New Zealand family. When 14 adults and six children decamp for a week to a not-exactly-close-to-a-supermarket beach house – known as a bach – it takes on...
2012: a year of Irish craft beer
2012 was the year of beer. And that year involved a hell of a lot of talking and tasting and discovering and cooking with Irish craft beer. There were beer tasting events and beer...
Cookbooks for Christmas 2012
When all the baking and cooking and running around is done, finding a stack of cookbooks under the tree is one of my favourite things about Christmas. It’s also one of the few times of the...