Good eating in Belfast
It had been 13 years since I last visited Belfast. Back in 2002, I hopped on the Enterprise one cold Friday evening en route to meet the new Kiwi boyfriend for, perhaps, the third...
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Kerrygold Ballymaloe Litfest of Food & Wine (and beer, gin, cocktails…)
In 2013, we came with no expectations and were subsequently blown away by the Litfest experience, listening to and learning from cookery legends Claudia Roden, Madhur Jaffrey and Stephanie Alexander. 2014 brought the world’s...
Read: Epic Chocolate, Porter and Potato Cake in Irish Country Living
Never mind your green beer or big brand stout! Irish craft beer is the thing to drink – or bake with – this St Patrick’s Day. Incorporate some good craft porter or stout into...
Read: Irish Independent – Crafty drinkers
I wrote a feature on the new world of Irish craft beer for the Irish Independent Weekend magazine last Saturday to coincide with the Alltech Craft Brews and Food Fair in Dublin’s Convention Centre....
Wine tasting, beer talking and Sláinte spotting
Would you take wine recommendations from these people? Doerthe Woltermann, vice president of the Dublin Ladies Craft Beer Society and the Lovin’ Dublin beer correspondent, Wayne Dunne aka Irish Beer Snob, Kristin “Edible Ireland”...
Read: a cheesy Valentine’s Day in Irish Country Living and Baked Brie with Caramelised Maple Pecans
You might have realised, over the years, that I’m a fan of cheesy Valentines: 2012 Something cheesy for Valentine’s Day 2008 The easiest Valentine’s Day dinner: Baked Vacherin Mont d’Or 2007 Valentine’s Night – delayed: Simple Irish...
Sláinte at GMIT’s Foodie Forum
Stop! What are you doing on Tuesday? Yes, this Tuesday, 3 February. Will you be anywhere around Galway – or can you make it there? Sign up for the Foodie Forum at GMIT, an...
Read: Reinventing coleslaw in Irish Country Living – Winter ‘Slaw with Cabbage, Cranberries and Pecans
At this time of the year I crave salads – light and fresh, with lots of crunchy textures. The colder it gets, the more I want a serving of something that’s going to fill...