Category Archives: Articles
What’s In Season?
I can only assume there is not so much as a sprig of holly left up at this stage. We’ve made it to the middle of what is supposedly a gloomy month of anti Christmas climaxes and post holiday blues. … Continue reading
Happy 2011
I always think it strange that we celebrate the New Year in the middle of winter! Of course it is handy to book end the calendar year with a celebration and it certainly cements the Christmas period into a full … Continue reading
The Last Fandango
So it’s the end of the year again and for me it is always a time to take stock, tidy up the loose ends and prepare for the next one. Everyone knows that Christmas is the busiest time of the … Continue reading
Don’t Panic, It’s Only Christmas!
There’s nothing like the pressure and stress of Christmas Day cooking to provide opportunity for calamity. We want to impress, we look forward to the glory and praise for our culinary prowess but we’re aware that all the shops and … Continue reading
Taking Stock
I was in excellent company last weekend at the Food and Wine Magazine Christmas Food event at the RDS in Dublin. I was there in a butcher’s capacity as part of a master class on lamb and the chef I … Continue reading
Sauce for the Goose
A college pal of mine had a wonderful grandmother that we would visit with from time to time. While I don’t believe there is such a thing as a typical ‘granny’, the story books would have us believe that they … Continue reading
A Great Night of Food
For anyone interested in local food, the Clonmel Park Hotel was the place to be last Wednesday night for the Tipperary Food Producers Christmas Extravaganza. It turned out to be a fun evening with things to taste, things to eat … Continue reading
Getting Ahead
A good friend of mine used to describe the highly organised as both anal and smug. Of course now that she has advanced in years, learned the art and the benefits of planning ahead and joined the tribe she once … Continue reading
TFPN Christmas Extravaganza
Nigella Lawson is back on our screens every Thursday night with her new series Nigella’s Kitchen and she certainly adds another dimension to cooking. In the opening episode she seductively flirted down the camera lens and in those posh, husky … Continue reading
Connecting to the Future
It’s often said that the phenomenal success of Kilkenny in championship hurling is down to the fact that their young come out of the womb with hurley in hand! An exaggeration perhaps but Kilkenny children are introduced to the sport … Continue reading