GIY GROWFest in Waterford
There were lots of good things to do with growing and cooking and eating taking place in Waterford last weekend. Being MC for the COOK programme at the GIY GROW Fest meant that I was in the right...
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What’s in your lunchbox? Pumpkin and feta tortilla!
My mum’s sultana scones, leftover bacon & kidney pie, made-by-me sticky orange and cinnamon scrolls. I’d be the first to admit that the things I took to school for lunch weren’t necessarily: a) the...
Read: Irish Examiner | Five Irish craft ciders to try
Summertime? Cider time! While I do know that cider is a year round drink, there’s just something about the sunshine that brings out the cider lover in me. And there’s lots of sunshine yet...
Listen: Garrett Oliver at Ballymaloe Litfest
Some people call him the “Robert Parker of beer” – but you couldn’t hold that against US craft beer guru and raconteur Garrett Oliver. He’s also an award-winning brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery and the author of...
Read: ABV15 Beer Festival
Any excuse to visit Belfast, right? After a gap of 13 years, I was blown away by the quality of food when I went there in January. I jumped at the chance to return...
Read: Ten years of eating and writing – and English Muffins on Irish Country Living
This time ten years ago, I was living in New Zealand. I was still getting to know the Kiwi, his multitudinous family and a whole new country, I was also recovering from a fractured...
Read: Salad dressings & homemade whole egg mayonnaise in Irish Country Living
While there may not have been very much sunshine lately, it’s always salad weather around at the cottage. I’m talking big platters of roasted vegetables tossed with grains like buckwheat and barley, bowls of...
Read: Irish Examiner: 24 food-loving hours in Belfast
First published in the Irish Examiner on Saturday 28 February: This is how to spend 24 hours in Belfast With sublime raw materials on offer, including Himalayan salt-aged beef from Hannan’s Meats, delicious rolls of...