Not the conventional method, but at least this way you can confidently drink the wine afterwards.
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Archive for September, 2008
How to open a wine bottle with a hammer
A post by Julian at BUBBLE BROTHERS - CORK WINE MERCHANTS
Artisan Food and The Tastes of Cork at La Rochelle
A post by Ummera at Ummera Weblog
John McKenna of The Bridgestone Guide has unearthed a great definition of Artisan Food.
I was at the Food Link Food Law Conference in Cork yesterday and this definition would have been most helpful to Sara of Teagasc!
The Tastes of Cork at the Grand Pavois de La Rochelle was a great success. An Interview and images, en francais, can be read and heard here. Continue reading »
Margarita Sorbet
A post by Kieran at Ice Cream Ireland
Here’s the second of the flavours we’re doing for our Mexican Fiesta at the rapidly approaching Dingle Food and Wine Festival. Margarita sorbet should be a real crowd pleaser, and we’re certainly quite enamoured of it.
There are as many stories about the origins of the Margarita as there are ways of making it. Continue reading »
Calling All Potato Dishes!
A post by Hillary at Chew On That
Here at Chew on That, we love potatoes. We might not always show it but our love for potatoes and all they have to offer is certainly abundant. Potatoes are a vegetable with versatility, how could we not love them? You can boil them, fry them, bake them or grill them. You can slice them, dice them, mash them, or even make them into pasta (gnocchi).
On October 15th, we will have the honor of guest hosting one of our favorite blog events called: Potato Hos Unite. Continue reading »
A club sandwich at Ruby’s
A post by noreply@blogger.com (John Ferris) at Food and Drink
I ended up a week or so ago in Ruby Tuesday’s on the Lisburn Road. It’s been a while. The last time I was in Ruby Tuesday’s was nine years ago when leaving the Ardoyne Fleadh at 9 in the morning and it was the only place we could think of going. It was, coincidentally, the last time I was at the Ardoyne Fleadh. However, I wasn’t that impressed. First off, the menu was quite steep for a lunch. Continue reading »
Pies, Pasties and Pickle
A post by Thom at Black Cat Brewery
Decent English ale brings out the pie eater in me. When I get that English hop flavour and complex yeast contribution I have a hankering for traditional English fare comprising savoury meats and ploughman’s lunches. Everything works so damn well. I have my father to blame for this need. His food of choice with a pint of ale is a cheese and onion sandwich, which we eventually managed to track down for him at the British Beer Festival. Continue reading »
Beef in Oyster Sauce with Sauteed Mushrooms and Spinach
A post by Sadhbh at Truly Scrumptiousness
This is a really tasty and quick chinese dish based on one by new chef Ching He-Huang. There’s a long-overdue post on Croatia and all the tasty things to be eaten there!! Continue reading »
Wine Tasting at Bubble Brothers
A post by Elke at Dine & Wine Club Cork
As you all know, Bubble Brothes is my favourite wine merchant and as a special treat they are holding a wine tasting this Thursday at their headquarter. One not to be missed. I will be there. Read more here. Hope I see some of you there as well. Leave a comment for Julian so that he knows how many to expect. Continue reading »
From our Champagne correspondent
A post by Val at BUBBLE BROTHERS - CORK WINE MERCHANTS
Harvesting in the Champagne region started officially on Monday, and will last two or three weeks depending on the location of the vine among the 34,000 hectares that make up the appellation in the four regions of the Marne, the Aisne, the Aube and the Haute Marne. Continue reading »
Cabbage Time
A post by Elke at Dine & Wine Club Cork
My dad just picked a white cabbage from our crop….and I had to show off with it….have you ever seen such a biggen one…..the cup next to it is a normal coffee cup (not an espresso one)….Supermarket cabbages can’t beat this….go an weap in jealousy…(gosh, I am such a show off..). Continue reading »
Blessed are the cheesemakers: World Cheese Awards come to Ireland
A post by ollie at olliesplace: organic food, farming, research, news & views with Oliver Moore
(pictured: Jeffa Gill of Durrus cheese)
For the first time in its 20 year history, the World Cheese Awards will be held in Ireland. 2500 cheeses will enter, in 62 categories, some of which are further subdivided.
To celebrate the moment, here’s a close up on three Irish cheeses, one organic, one raw and one goats…
Sometimes it can be hard to realise that you are in the middle of a vibrant, flourishing period in time. It can be hard to see, as the saying goes, the wood from the trees. Continue reading »
My First Experience with German Cuisine
A post by Hillary at Chew On That
I took a trip up to Germany, I mean…Milwaukee, Wisconsin this weekend for a concert with a friend. Since our main mission was to see the concert, I thought we’d grab a quick bite to eat for dinner, nothing exciting, maybe pizza or something. Little did I know I would be experiencing something completely new and exciting…my first German meal. And a very nice one at that.
Before our drive into Milwaukee, I had no idea it was such a German city. Continue reading »
Polly €10,000
A post by Polly Pierce at Vinca's-in-tha-kitchen!
Hey there everybody!
As you may be aware if you have been following my recent exploits on Polly’s Peri-wrinkle’s & Piercing’s I have all but cancelled any/all social engagements for the next week. This includes blogging; unless that is to let off steam about people being thoroughly unreasonable!
Anyway, despite this I still have to check my e-mails and guess what I came across this morning? Continue reading »
What the Sundays said about food.
By Sinéad Keogh
THE PADDY PALETTE
Tribune Magazine carries a nice feature on the foods that only Irish people can seem to swallow with relish. From boxty to colcannon, the nation’s inexplicable fancies are explored. Why exactly do we continue to make Coddle, the dish that reputedly made its debut as famine food? What’s in a spiceburger? Why can’t you get red lemonade anywhere else? Is it barn brack or barmbrack? The Trib doesn’t bring us any closer to the answers, but a nostalgic jaunt down foodie lane just the same.
CREDIT CRUNCH LUNCH
The Sunday Business Post’s Bitesize section reveals that One Pico in Molesworth Place do a tasty three-course lunch menu for just €19.95. With choices of four starters, four mains and five desserts, chef Eamonn O’Reilly is serving up the lunch deal until the end of November.
FINDING NIMMO’S PIER
The Galway Oyster Festival takes place this weeks says the SBP. Events include a Mardi Gras party on Friday night and a full schedule of weekend activities at the marquee on Nimmo’s Pier. Events include the Elegant Lady competition and the Guinness World Oyster Opening Championship. There’s also an oyster-tasting lunch on the Saturday at 1 pm. The west is your oyster, more info here.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
Finally from the Sunday Business Post, Lakeshore Foods, known for their condiments, will be giving away their cookbook for free in supermarkets for a limited time. The Lakeshore Little Book of Recipes is free when you purchase two of their products.
FRUITS OF THE FOREST
Rachel Allen’s regular Trib Magazine column is all about foraging for your supper. She says that there are plenty of foods growing wild and free in the countryside from crab apples to damsons, plums, watercress, mushrooms and elderberries. Kick the credit crunch blues with a day of foraging at the Longueville House Mushroom Hunts info here or Darina Allen’s Ballymaloe on September 27th, info here.
RETRO RECIPIES
Also in Trib Magazine, a thumbs-up to retro cookbook Cooking in a Bedsitter by Katharine Whitethorn which was originally published in 1961. Perfect for anyone heading off to college or anyone holed-up in a recessionista one-room.
FORKING OUT
The restaurant reviews in brief.
CLIFF NOTES
Katy McGuinness visited The Cliff House Hotel in Ardmore, Co Waterford where she was impressed by chef Barry O’Callaghan’s innovative menu. McGuinness notes that the dishes on offer change every few days in tune with what local produce is available to O’Callaghan – and thinks the chef is aiming for a Michelin star. There were kind words for both the grub and the way it was presented, with mentions of the 62 degree egg (cooked overnight), Helvick prawn, organic chicken and bread pudding made with morels.
HOT TROTTERS
The Sunday Business Post’s Ross Golden Bannon had good things to say about Nassau Street’s The Pig’s Ear. The eaterie impressed with classics such as egg mayonnaise and shrimp cocktail and kitsch dishes like pig’s ear terrine and Hereford beef. Though there were a few blips, such as the lobster and pea omlette, the predominant view of the new restaurant at the former Jacob’s Ladder site is that it’s worth a look.
BISTRO A-GO GO
Over at the Sunday Independent, Lucinda O’Sullivan visited Tibor’s Bistro in Clontarf. O’Sullivan had warm words for the family-run restaurant, describing it as “French-style bistro food with Hungarian twists”. At €159.20 for four, Tibor’s was cheap at the price for the Sindo reviewer and her companions who enjoyed wild mushroom risotto, rib-eye steak and Normandy apple and almond tart among other delectable dishes.
RTE cookery show HEAT seeks participants
A post by Julian at BUBBLE BROTHERS - CORK WINE MERCHANTS
I just received an email asking me to pass this on. Someone at RTE must have noticed that word gets around if you tell the bloggers and their friends. If only there was some way of their joining in…
But for the food-minded among you, here’s another bite at the big cheese:
Ireland’s amateur chefs wanted for RTE show and chance to win €10,000 prize
RTE’s HEAT is currently on the hunt again for Ireland’s most enthusiastic amateur chefs. Continue reading »
Skibbereen Food Festival Part 3
A post by Elke at Dine & Wine Club Cork
way, I had a stroll around the village and waited for the boat to arrive. Met Monica Murphy from Le Febvre with her two 'golden' grandsons and we stayed together on the boat and had a lovely chat - not wine related this time ;-). food offered on the boat were sandwiches and cakes with some lovely red and white wine (didn't get to see the label but the red wine was lovely although cooled).
After the boat trip which lasted 2.5 hours, I headed home to open a lovely bottle of 1998 Produttori del Barbaresco...which went so well with the cheese I still had from the night before. Another day which was spent the way it was intended to be.
Sunday morning saw me heading back to Skibbereen (guess the car finds its way by itself by now) for the open air food and craft market. And I am glad I did as it was the type of
Having had a great Friday, I had of course great expectations for Saturday. Mona has asked me what time I wanted breakfast and we agreed on 8:30. When I came down, there was no sign of her (and I even waited a bit)…so I went upstairs again to relaxed a bit more. Continue reading »
Who says it rains in Ireland??
A post by Gavan Murphy aka The Healthy Irishman at THE HEALTHY IRISHMAN™
We’re over in the homeland for the annual summer family check in. Rumor has it it was raining for a month before we arrived but I guess we brought the good weather with us as it has been gorgeous since we arrived. And by gorgeous I mean dry and mostly sunny. I have to say if the weather’s nice here there’s nowhere else I’d rather be. Funny though, as soon as the sun makes an appearance the shorts and t-shirts go on and lots of farmers’ tans to been seen! Continue reading »
A post by Gavan Murphy aka The Healthy Irishman at THE HEALTHY IRISHMAN™
Bookmarked Recipes 23
A post by Ruth E at ruth's kitchen experiments
This week’s round up is over at Ning’s blog Heart and Hearth. (Thanks Ning!)
Go check it out!!!!
Because our holiday was changed in location and dates I’ll not be around for next Monday’s round up. Pam from Sidewalk Shoes is taking over next Monday and I’ll be back for the following week. Continue reading »
Not Our Year
A post by Kieran at Ice Cream Ireland
I’m back in a subdued and quiet Kerry after a trip to Dublin for the All Ireland. For a neutral, it must have been quite entertaining. For us it was a very stressful match, and unfortunately, the photo above shows the closest we came to the cup. Tyrone deserved their victory, and must be congratulated for their achievement. Continue reading »
