2011 at FoodFight.ie
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A post by Christy aka the Missus at Gavan Murphy
While the hubby is busy becoming a star I am left covering this glorious blog so what else would I write about?
I’ve been a vegetarian since age 11-ish, which was a bit out of the ordinary growing up in Texas. It was even harder when it came down to holiday meals as my vegetarianism drove my poor mother crazy. Not sure why exactly–truth is I didn’t (and still don’t) mind if other people eat it, it’s just not my preference. Continue reading »
A post by svenetos at Chew On That
Thanksgiving is a tough holiday for vegetarians. There’s the most obvious problem aka turkey, plus the fact that most stuffings contain some type of meat. We want to make sure that meat eaters and our veggie friends all have something to chow on this Thursday, so check out our top vegetarian Thanksgiving dishes after the jump! Continue reading »
A post by peter at CheapEats.ie
Current specials at SuperValu include:
Quality Street (1kg), Cadbury Roses (975g), Cadbury Heroes (950g), Celebrations (855g) – €6
Huggies Super dry mega pack range – €16
Now’s a good time to start stocking up for Christmas. Get those less perishable products (sweets, biscuits, tins etc) while they’re cheap and store them in anticipation of the big day. Click here for details. Continue reading »
A post by Billy Lyons at RESTAURANTS AND FOOD IN CORK
KANGARILLA ROAD ACESKangarilla Road is the main road running past the vineyard towards the small village of Kangarilla; the name, a derivation of the local Aboriginal language, refers to the abundance of resources locally. And the O’Brien owned Kangarilla Road Winery is using those resources well and sending out some marvellous wines.One of the partners is strong in PR and so there is bound to. Continue reading »
A post by Julian at Curious: The Curious Wines Wine Blog
The housewarming in September of the first floor of our warehouse got a seasonal top-up on Saturday, when a festive crowd climbed the fairy-light-lit stairs to our Christmas wine fair. Continue reading »
A post by Daily Spud at The Daily Spud
The astute among you will have observed that this week’s Spud Sunday is suffering from a mild bout of tardiness. If this were school, I’d have a note from my parents to say that it was their 60th wedding anniversary celebrations that had me otherwise engaged this weekend. Either that or I would be trying to convince someone in authority that the dog had eaten my blog post. Sure by the time I got to it, all that remained were these few potato crumbs, your honour. Continue reading »
A post by Billy Lyons at RESTAURANTS AND FOOD IN CORK
Mary Murphy and Gertrude O’Brien from Rochestown
All photos by Ger McCarthy
THE CORNSTORE CORK CELEBRATES THANKSGIVING The Cornstore, one of Cork’s culinary hotspots, has turned the delightful American tradition of Thanksgiving into an annual event in the Coal Quay and last Thursday the traditional Thanksgiving menu was given a delicious contemporary twist.
The Lord Mayor of Cork was. Continue reading »
A post by Elke at Dine & Wine Club Cork
…to On the Pigs Back…. the Douglas Cafe is 1 year old and Isabelle Sheridan celebrated in style and invited her faithful customers and friends to join her and she combined her celebration with the launch of a new exhibition of the artist Valerie Walsh Jolley.
True to her style, Isabelle offered an amazing buffet and wonderful wine. Continue reading »
A post by jean at CheapEats.ie
Thanksgiving! Yum yum yum yum yum. A small minor detail like not living in America shouldn’t stop us from celebrating this holiday with piles of turkey and sweet potatoes this weekend.
Unfortunately, as ever, there doesn’t seem to be much on offer. I found two restaurants in Dublin that are doing Thanksgiving dinner, but that is clearly not enough. Continue reading »
A post by Keith at biabeag (small food)
A post by Ivan at Messy-Chef
I saw this fly by on Twitter this morning, you rarely see Martijn in the media, despite the attention that both he and The Cliff House Hotel have got in recent years, but here is some advice from him for anybody thinking of entering the industry. Some great images too.
http://chefhermes.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/words-of-advice-martijn-kajuiter/. Continue reading »
A post by The Beer Nut at The Beer Nut
Praise be! After two years of being dwarfed in the enormous shed that is the King’s Hall and one year with no devotion whatsoever, Ninkasi returned to the Ulster Hall last week, sternly overseeing CAMRA NI’s beer festival. Continue reading »
A post by ollie at olliesplace: Organic food, farming & environment. By Oliver Moore.
Beef remains the strongest sector within organics. While there are also significant numbers of sheep farmers, sheep meat has struggled to gain a price premium.
Beef on the other hand, has both numbers and, by and large, something of a price premium. While there are preferable times of the year to sell to gain the premium, the largest organic meat processor in Ireland or Britain, Good Herdsman, recently let it be known that there is a shortage of about 11,000 beef animals in the system. Continue reading »
A post by Ken at Any Given Food | A Food Blog by Ken McGuire
Lavistown Sausages cooking at Savour Kilkenny
Hot on the heels of the Tipperary Food Producers network’s Cooking For Christmas Extravaganza, it’s the turn of Kilkenny food producers this coming Thursday night (November 25th) at Newpark Hotel in Kilkenny to showcase their wares.
On the night, Anne Neary of Ryeland House Cookery School, in conjunction with Dicksboro GAA Club Finance Committee, will hold the Christmas Food Extravaganza, with cookery demonstration starting at 8pm. Continue reading »
A post by Keith at biabeag (small food)
A post by Keith at biabeag (small food)
A post by Keith at biabeag (small food)
A post by Ken at Any Given Food | A Food Blog by Ken McGuire
Foodie Roundup #4 – November 14th – 20th 2010
It’s Sunday, you know the drill, feet up with a cup of tea to take in a roundup of posts from the Irish food blogosphere. Me, I’ve had my read this morning so I’m off to cook up some breakfast and get to cooking up something nice. I’m thinking a recipe from Neven Maguire’s home chef (and thanks to Nessa Robins for the book!) to take me through the afternoon. Continue reading »
A post by Keith at biabeag (small food)
A post by Keith at biabeag (small food)
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.