A few favourite Irish cookbooks of 2014
Last shopping weekend before Christmas and if you’re looking for an Irish cookbook for someone special, here are a few ideas. Also check out my posts on books that came out earlier this year:...
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Make: White Chocolate and Russian Imperial Stout Tiramisu
Sometimes when you taste a beer, you just know what it’s destined for. Rich and smooth, with complex coffee and cocoa flavours, one sip of Russian Imperial Stout from the lads at the brewery...
Read: Farming in the heart of Dublin in Irish Country Living + Clementine and Cinnamon Shortbread
The idea of farm to fork is all very well but, if you live in Dublin city or suburbs, it’s not so easy to see it in action. Unless you head to Dundrum, that...
Telling stories at HearSay 2014
Saturday night was a cold night. It was an especially cold night if you were sitting in an old, just-renovated church in the small Co Limerick town of Kilfinane. But, for one weekend only,...
Beer vs wine at Savour Kilkenny: a draw?
The beer/cider vs wine smackdown at Savour Kilkenny? There was some serious argie bargie going on in the lead up to the event, especially from my team of dastardly valiant opponents, Ballymaloe wine lecturer Colm...
Read: Pumpkin Revenge in Irish Country Living
If you have children, you’re also undoubtedly surrounded by pumpkins as they demand their yearly, personal jack o’lantern. At the moment we have three in the cottage. One was carved by us together, Little Missy and...
Sláinte at Savour Kilkenny, Dublin Book Festival
Writing a book takes you down many different roads – and many of them, fortunately for us, lead to the fabulous festivals that are taking place around the country. Last weekend, Kristin and I...
Listen: Culture File – James Hoffman de-snobs your coffee
Once upon a time, it was enough to have a favoured brand of instant coffee; now it’s all Sumatra Gegarang this, natural process that, small batch roast the other. Things have come a long,...