IFBA/Bord Bia/From Plate to Page Cook-Off
Every time I meet up with Kristin on Irish Food Blogger Association business we seem to manage to include plenty of eating opportunities. Take last week. Before the Bord Bia/From Plate to Page cook-off...
Author: Caroline
Moving time: Sausage and Bean Hotpot
Moving house is a time for simple, uncomplicated recipes that use up ingredients already in the fridge, freezer or storecupboard. Dishes that can be prepared in advance and let to bubble slowly in the oven or slow cooker are also a big plus.
The last bake: Chocolate Sheet Cake
The last bit of baking in the old cottage kitchen before the big move? This regular favourite Chocolate Sheet Cake.
An antidote to packing? O’Brien Chop House
On Saturday evening, fed up with a day of boxing and hefting various items around, I decided that Sunday was going to be treat time. Before anyone could protest, there was a phone call and a booking made: we were going to our favourite local-ish restaurant, O’Brien Chop House, for Sunday lunch.
James Beard’s American Cookery and Claire’s Tea Rooms, Clarinbridge
I only knew of James Beard as the name behind the annual food awards but one glance at the opinionated, erudite and
Lyric fm: The Sacred Harp and Dinner-on-the-Grounds
Somehow I can manage to get food into most reports that I do for Lyric fm’s Culture File.
Ireland’s first Sacred Harp Convention took place in University College Cork over the first weekend in March. I was there, recording and enjoying the singing – but also asking people about Dinner-on-the-Grounds.
Irish Coffee past in The Irish Times and present in L Mulligan Grocer
On the eve of St Patrick’s Day, one’s thoughts turn – quite naturally – to Irish Coffee, especially if you’ve been at all following L Mulligan Grocer‘s search for the best of the best...
The best of Inishowen, Irish food – and the IFBA
We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. A simple idea – organising an Irish Food Blogger Association dinner at Harry’s Bar and Restaurant – got out of hand very quickly, in the best...