2011 at FoodFight.ie
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A post by Kieran at Ice Cream Ireland
I am happy to announce that Dingle has a fresh fish shop for the first time in years. I am so excited!
O’Catháin Iasc Teo., on the Quay, have opened a little fish shop right next to their factory. Only open two days, I had to queue behind a few other delighted locals to get my bit of turbot for tonight’s dinner. So, it looks like it will be successful, which is great news. Continue reading »
A post by Laura Boland at EAT DRINK LIVE
1 bar of dark, dark chocolate. Check
1/2 full jar of peanut butter (I’m ever the optimist). Check
Flour. Butter. Eggs. Check. Check. Check.
Brown sugar. Check (but minus the Rolling Stone)
Handful of peanuts. Check
Handful of leftover chocolate and peanut butter swirls. Check.
If Pi equals 3.14 and x = 5, carry the 2 and divide by 7 and you should end up with…
CHOCOLATE AND PEANUT BUTTER SWIRL BROWNIES.
Adapted from Brownies by Linda Collister. Continue reading »
A post by Maxine at Chew On That
I don’t often get to eat a good piece of fish. Because R doesn’t touch the stuff and because I live in a studio apartment and I don’t want my pillow to smell all too similarly to what I just put in my stomach, I rarely get to cook fresh fish. But last night I wasn’t in a pasta mood and I had had chicken the night before and I was really just craving a nice piece of fish. Continue reading »
A post by Sarah at Letters on Lunches
We’d a bit of an anniversary at the weekend. Yes, you’ve guessed it, we’re the quintessential Irish couple who hooked up on Paddy’s night. He treated me to a late supper in the Lobster Pot and the rest, as they say, is history (that’s a funny joke if you’re from Limerick, if you’re not, The Lobster Pot is a fast food joint, frequented by drunkards, famous for garlic & cheese chips & battered sausages). Continue reading »
A post by John Ferris at Food and Drink
Goodfellas, you’d think, would be forgotten news by now after the overturning of a decision to award the restaurant £25k in damages. But thanks to the Times, they’re back in the limelight again. For anyone who hasn’t read Giles Coren’s review of Goodfellas, click here to see what all the fuss is about. The Well Done Fillet Blog has the best headline I’ve come across in a long while on a blog. Continue reading »
A post by Caroline at Bibliocook
…in which Bibliocook pays a quick visit in the rain to Blackheath Farmers’ Market, picking up a log of goat’s cheese on the way, has dinner in a rather nice private room at The Punter in Cambridge, eats breakfast in Baker and Spice (while admiring the enormous rectangles of butter and jars of jam for sharing in the middle of the communal table, wondering idly how long it takes before the display is irretrievably destroyed) dashes into The Hummingbird Bakery to take a peep at their cupcakes, walks all the way from Richmond train station to Skye Gyngall’s tea house at Petersham Nurseries only to discover – oh tragedy – that it is shut on Mondays, cooks dinner (a gnocchi dish, with Gubbeen cheese and chorizo imported by Caroline, very much adapted from an idea in this month’s delicious.) for the London-based Brother and his partner, pays homage – once again – at Books for Cooks and catches up with a former Ballymaloe classmate over dark Americanos, Mushrooms and Goat’s Cheese on Brioche and a Chocolate Loaf Cake at the Grocer on Elgin. Continue reading »
A post by Hillary at Chew On That
I’m beyond ecstatic to present another product review (check out the last one if you missed it) in which our testers have only good things to say. Our Recipe4Living readers had the opportunity to test out OXO’s Handheld Mandoline Slicer and now they can’t stop slicing and dicing (er…maybe just slicing).
From tomatoes to potatoes, and eggplant to any plant, this slicing machine is efficient, easy to use and easy to clean! Continue reading »
A post by The Fruity Cook at The Fruity Cook
The blogs that addressed every aspect of Saint Patrick’s Day are now rolling roundin Cyberspace, full in insight, and, if you’re lucky,very unusual insights into cross-cultural thinking.
Hit the Title Link here and be prepared to be amazed.
Guinness and politics?
Odd bed-fellows indeed…
Dublin, Ireland, Europe. Continue reading »
A post by Private Chef at iFoods
Video blogging and restaurant reviews
You will have noticed the lack of activity in the blog in the past week and there is a very good explanation for this. Firstly we are moving the blog over to the main iFoods.tv site which will mean typing in a new address but we will keep you posted on that and secondly and more importantly we are turning the blog into a video blog or vlog. Continue reading »
A post by Hillary at Chew On That
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to those of you celebrating!
Over at Recipe4Living, we’ve compiled a special list of our Top 10 St. Patrick’s Day Recipes so if you’re in need of some last minute St. Patrick’s Day meal ideas, feel free to check it out!
Top 10 St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
1. Irish Corned Beef and Cabbage
2. Colcannon
3. Irish Brown Soda Bread
4. Irish Chicken and Dumplings
5. Continue reading »
A post by Julian at BUBBLE BROTHERS - CORK WINE MERCHANTS
I’ll be back at work next Saturday, 22nd, and probably not posting in the meantime. Though there’s plenty of material waiting: that Bodegas Tintoralba review, another tasting review of the wines of Cantine Cipressi in Molise, Italy, the remaining photos from Vinisud, the new wines from that trip…. Continue reading »
A post by The Fruity Cook at The Fruity Cook
Dublin, Ireland, Europe. Continue reading »
A post by Kate at Pink Whisk
Little sis and I decided to check out Carluccio’s for our dinner last night. I popped in a few weeks ago to pick up some bits in the deli section and the queue was out the door. We stuck our heads in on our way down Dawson St. yesterday and seeing the absence of a queue we hopped straight in. The fact that it was only half five might have helped – by the time we were leaving it was close on seven and there were at least a dozen people in the queue. Continue reading »
A post by Kieran at Ice Cream Ireland
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! My brother was in our Killarney shop, and I was too busy making coffees and scooping ice cream in Dingle to see much of the parade. I managed to snap a couple of photos in the one lull we had, which are here.
There was a great crowd around, and a very good atmosphere. For once, it was actually dry, and although quite windy, no one got wet!
In other news, Ice Cream Ireland has just passed the 100,000 visitor mark, which I feel is a big achievement. Continue reading »
A post by The Fruity Cook at The Fruity Cook
English posts that contain Saint Patrick’s Day per day for the last 30 days.Get your own chart!
You can chart activity around the Planetby linking to this page.
Dublin, Ireland, Europe. Continue reading »
A post by The Fruity Cook at The Fruity Cook
If you make your favourite fruit cake, it canbe turned into a suitable Irish Celebration Confectionby adding Guinness.
I have not tried the recipe in the Title Bar here,but it has a good combination of flavours, including orangeand chocolate.
For a more classic cake, add walnuts to the mixtureand when the cake comes out of the oven, souse it ina goodly amount of stout while it is still very hot.
Dublin, Ireland, Europe. Continue reading »
A post by The Fruity Cook at The Fruity Cook
The Bramley is one of the largest and greenestcooking apples known in Britain and Ireland.
A reminder on Saint Patrick’s Day to check outour apple trees and think of a feeding programmethat will ensure good fruit this Autumn.
Have a Great Day!
Saint Patrick’s Day,Monday 17 March, 2008.
Dublin, Ireland, Europe. Continue reading »
A post by The Fruity Cook at The Fruity Cook
Dublin, Ireland, Europe. Continue reading »
James Corbett points out there’s an interactive Google Map for finding Farmers’ Markets in Ireland.
James of the Galvins reviews the cutesy recipe website Forkd and the clever design it uses.
Giles Coren from The Times goes to Goodfellas in West Belfast to critique their menu after the restaurant lost their defamation case in the Northern Ireland Appeals Court which means reviewers can once again review restaurants without fear of being sued to death. For now. A retrial has been ordered. The Times kept on saying it was Goodfellas v The Irish Times. Wrong Giles, it was the Irish News.
Giles has this to say:
It is revolting. It is ill-conceived, incompetent, indescribably awful. A dish so cruel I weep not only for the animal that died to make it, but also for the mushrooms. Ms Workman said it was inedible but, to be honest, as it sits before me, congealing quietly, I cannot leave it alone but return to it every few minutes with the grim fascination of a toddler mesmerised by a pile of its own faeces, nibbling at it, gurning with revulsion, then nibbling some more.
A post by Private Chef at iFoods
Due to the fact that my email address is pretty easy to access on the internet I end up getting sent about 100 spam emails every day of the week which can be incredibly annoying and I usually delete them without even glancing at them. I did however open one by mistake today and saw this photo which totally cracked me up! Hilarious! Continue reading »
Pairing great wine with great holiday food is what CuriousWines.ie’s Cracking Christmas Case is all about, hand-picked favourites including holiday classics and some of their best-selling wines of 2011 are all brought together in this glorious mixed case, complimenting Christmas fare from roasts to puddings in spectacular style.
Curious cases start at just €95.00 with free delivery, and this particular case of festive delight retails for a deeply discounted €115. Happily, we’ve got one to give away to a lucky winner at FoodFight.ie. – all you need to do to enter is tell us in the comments below what you’ll be cooking up for Christmas dinner this year, and we’ll pick a winner from the entries on December 16th. (And if you don’t win and still want to grab yourself a holiday bargain, last orders for Christmas dispatch are December 20th!)
Every cook we know loves their iPad (or lusts after one) for clipping, reading and cooking from online recipes right in the kitchen. Well, Clickcase.ie has what may be the ultimate kitchen gadget for iPad lovers: the Speck Handyshell slots around your iPad 2 so it can be hung from any rack, drawer or cabinet knob, keeping your iPad at eye level and safe from spills and mess. Genius!
Clickcase, Irish retailer of brilliant iPad and iPhone accessories, is giving one crimble red Handyshell away to a FoodFight.ie reader just in time for Christmas. To enter, all you have to do is head over to the Clickcase Facebook page before December 8th and tell us why you love your iPad or iPhone in the kitchen!
Bake, sell, raise money and help Temple Street Children’s University Hospital.
This November The Great Irish Bake is back and Kitchen Hero Donal Skehan is helping out with sharing recipes and promoting the event. The Great Irish Bake is in aid of helping sick and seriously ill children get the treatment they need. Head over to The Great Irish Bake to register online and be in the chance of winning a trip to New York when you help raise funds for Temple Street Children’s University Hospital. The site also has hints, tips, recipes and all that goes with an event like this.
This is the Facebook for The Great Irish Bake and of course the Twitter hashtag is: #thegreatirishbake
The Great Irish Bake organisers have shared a recipe with us and also a picture of Donal Skehan with his kids from his first marriage. Some of this might be a lie.
Ingredients (Makes approx 30)
- 300g of plain flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- A pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon of mixed spice
- 100g of muscavado sugar
- 150g of butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 pack of foxes fruits or jolly ranchers
The Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
2. In a standalone mixture beat together the butter and sugar. Add in the egg and
mix through.
3. Using a wooden spoon mix through the flour, baking powder, salt, mixed spice
and vanilla extract until you have a biscuit dough.
4. Turn the dough out on to a floured surface and roll out to about 1cm in thickness.
5. Cut out biscuit shapes, place on the lined baking tray, then using a smaller cutter
or a small knife cut out the center of each cookie.
6. Sprinkle the crushed sweets into the centre of the cookie and place in the oven
7. Cook in the oven for about 15 minutes.
8. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before transferring to a wire
wrack.