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...
Category: Work
Freelance work, from newspaper and magazine articles to radio features and series
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...
Read: Irish Foodie | Irish craft millers
It took a pandemic, says James Kelly of Ballymore Organics, “for people to develop an appreciation of the provenance of flour and of the synergy that it has with other quality Irish products.”
Read: The Echo | A guide to school lunches
Got the lunchbox blues? I wrote a guide to school lunches for The Echo’s Back to School WoW section this week. It’s been a long, hard six months and although I know my ladies...
Read: Irish Examiner | Movie night with kids…in the kitchen
An edited version of this feature first appeared in the Irish Examiner on Saturday 15 August 2020. It was such fun to research and write with my young assistants – I’ve rarely seen them...
Read: Irish Examiner | The hands that make the plates
While the Irish culinary renaissance has seen chefs wholeheartedly embrace the farm to fork, locally produced ethos, some go even further than food, looking beyond the normal plate suppliers to source bespoke pottery.
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...