Cinnamon sugar-topped scones
While my first port of call in an crisis would often be the comfort of cinnamon rolls, when there’s no opportunity for yeast to take its sweet time, these cinnamon sugar-topped scones are a...
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Sprinkle cupcakes for when you’re off school
When she first got off school, Little Missy decided that she wanted her own food blog space so – with very limited editing and the first pic taken by her – here’s her first...
Cheese, chocolate & black pudding: Irish Food Writers’ Guild Awards 2020
Three simple products: cheese, chocolate and black pudding. When done right, when made by people who care deeply about provenance, about craft and about the food that they produce, these can be sublime. Cheesemaker...
10 things that I wish I could bring back from NZ
Proper flat whites. Failing that, proper long blacks with CMOS (aka cold milk on the side, according to the bill!). Camping breakfasts of bacon and eggs on a sunshiny Saturday morning. Brewpubs like Wellington’s...
Gingerbread House 2019 + Christmas Eve traditions
Christmas Eve is when we move – lock, stock and all-the-presents barrel (while not forgetting the cat) – 30kms down the road into my folks’ house. The most important aspect of this busy day...
Read: Irish Examiner | Eat Limerick
An edited version of this feature was first published in the Irish Examiner on 22 September 2019. Limerick was a city I learned by walking, with a side helping of food. Growing up an...
Euro-Toques Food Awards 2019
When the best chefs and producers come together, they create magic on the plate. It is a natural synergy, a creative partnership that thrives on passion and excellence – and one that all restaurant-lovers...
She is Sustainable: Building a sustainable food economy
This is my sustainability story, a story about building a local sustainable food economy, as told at the first She Is Sustainable: Cork conference.