Just one of the delicious things that have met my gob in the last few weeks, Nigella Lawson’s Choco Hoto Pots as prepared by Niamh Byrne-Poe (aged 2 and 8 months) with a little help from her mum Ali and Nana Pauline. I trust you had a lovely holiday season, full of good food and […]
Catalan Cream a la Cal Pep I wasn’t planning on posting about our eats in Barcelona, which we visited a few weeks back. In truth, most of our time in Gaudi’s canvas-of-a-city was spent either living it up at Primavera Sound festival. And when we weren’t doing that, we were recovering on the beach. However, […]
Last Saturday, I had the most gloriously foodie-indulgent day which began at The Village at Lyons in Kildare and ended in a Supper Club in Dublin 8. My buddy Alan and I were invited down to Clodagh McKenna’s Cookery School to take part in her Homemade Cookery course, which coincides with Clodagh’s cookery book of the […]
Photo by Reilly Tonight marks Round Two of Clonakilty by Candlelight, Ireland’s first flash restaurant, which will be happening tonight, tomorrow and Saturday night in a secret location in Dublin. I was lucky enough to go along last Friday, and if you read on, you’ll see what wondrous treats awaited us at this truly special […]
My two food goals this year are a) to be more creative, more loosy-goosy in the kitchen and not such a recipe slave and b) to endeavour to use more seasonal, local produce and produce less waste. These two goals, it turns out, can actually be achieved alongside each other. My buddy Aoife from My […]
Aperitif of mint and apple cocktails with green sugar rims Last Saturday night saw Round 3 of my friends and I’s colour-themed Come Dine With Me. It was the night of the Greens, and after Come Dine With Me Orange last month and my partner and I’s Come Dine With Me Yellow the month before that, […]
Regular readers may be aware of my love of secrecy-tinged feasts, dating back to my induction into The Marmarati many, many years ago. Clonakilty Blackpudding are bringing the Flash Restaurant to Ireland for the first time, those clever clogs. For six nights this February, lucky diners will be treated to a meal by candlelight free of […]
Meow! Too busy eating, can’t blog. Thanks for reading and commenting throughout 2010, I’ll be back with more grub in 2011. In the meantime, you can follow me on Twitter for all food-related thoughts and twitpics. Happy Holiday and Happy New Year! Aoife Mc x