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A post by peter at CheapEats.ie
If you haven’t yet done your Christmas shopping, be sure to check out the supermarket offers first.
Click here to see offers at Tesco, including half-price brie, brussel sprouts, and smoked salmon.
Click here to see SuperValu deals, including half-price hams and melons and sprouts reduced by 75%.
Click here to see deals at Dunnes. Sorry, nothing special jumping out at me here. Continue reading »
A post by peter at CheapEats.ie
A couple more burger deals if you’re looking for a quick bite during the Christmas shopping. Gourmet Burger Kitchen has a decent Christmas menu where you can get a starter, main, side, and cheesecake or tea/ coffee for €15. It includes a very peculiar sounding Turkey and Ham burger which I couldn’t quite muster up the courage to try; I stuck to the delicious Mexican burger which I had with a free portion of fries, courtesy of this voucher. Continue reading »
A post by Organico at Organico Bantry
If you’re looking for a present for someone special and can’t make your mind up why not buy them an Organico Gift Voucher for Christmas! Continue reading »
A post by svenetos at Chew On That
There are few things sweeter and more delicious than sharing Christmas brunch with friends and family. So who wants to be stuck in the kitchen cooking? These are our favorite breakfast casserole recipes so you can enjoy the holiday and the food! Try our Christmas brunch casseroles and start a new family tradition.
Christmas Morn Casserole – This has been a Christmas morning treat in our house for many years. Because you can make it the night before, it is perfect for Christmas. Continue reading »
A post by Arlene at The Fuzzy Times
A post by Kieran at Ice Cream Ireland
Our Wicklow Street shop made an appearance on RTE’s Fade Street. It’s 7 minutes in…
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A post by The Beer Nut at The Beer Nut
I’ve been drinking it fairly regularly all month, so apologies for only getting round to telling you about Trouble Brewing’s Dark Arts porter now. It made its first appearance at the Food & Wine Magazine fair in the RDS a few weeks ago, followed by an official launch in the Bull & Castle on 30 November.
It’s an unfiltered dark brown session porter of 4.4% ABV which starts out quite roasty and dry but follows this with a long-lasting chocolate and caramel sweetness. Continue reading »
A post by Deirdre at the food.ie
Pastry has made me cry before. I have tried to overcome my difficulties with pastry (warm hands and impatience) but there are still a lot of times that I would do anything to avoid it. That being said there are a few pastries that I make that come across as so impressive that Ive become known for my pastry. This pastry for mince pies is definitely one of those favourite pastries.
Its almost effortlessly easy and no matter how much you try (believe me, I have) you cant get it wrong. Continue reading »
A post by Daily Spud at The Daily Spud
Good grief, you hardly thought I would let Christmas go by without tackling the subject of roasties, now, did you?
Proper roast potatoes. It just ain’t Christmas dinner without ‘em.
Though I may have spouted on at some length on the topic of roast potatoes last year, my 12-step roastie program didn’t really address the question of how our most popular potato varieties stack up when it comes to roasting. I’m here today to fix that. Continue reading »
A post by imen at I Married An Irish Farmer
It wasn’t until my first Irish family Christmas that I was introduced to the quirky splendor of the Christmas cracker. Ever since, I get giddy with excitement when I see them nestled up next to our plates at Christmas or St. Stephen’s Day just calling out to be pulled apart with a loud snap and lots of laughter. Continue reading »
A post by lors at italian foodies
A post by lors at italian foodies
A post by Ken at Any Given Food | A Food Blog by Ken McGuire
It’s the last of the Foodie Roundup’s before Christmas (though given I’m going to be eating and reading my way through the holidays, there’s bound to be one for next week provided food bloggers be blogging through Christmas!). Keeping in the festive mood, I’ve added a few Christmas recipes to the list for this Sunday’s reading. Continue reading »
A post by Billy Lyons at RESTAURANTS AND FOOD IN CORK
Can’t get out and about to buy your presents. Don’t worry. Here is one solution. Ballymaloe have gift vouchers for their 2011 wine events:
Upcoming wine events at Ballymaloe HouseGift vouchers available – the ideal gift for the wine lover…………………………..
Winemaker Dinner with Tom Portet, from Penfolds Wines, AustraliaThursday 24th February 2011Famous for its award-winning wines, Penfolds wines have. Continue reading »
A post by Organico at Organico Bantry
Organico Shop & Bakery
Friday 24th 9 am till 5 pm (lots of fresh bread)
(Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues CLOSED)
Wednesday 29th 10am till 6 pm (no fresh bread)
Thursday 30th 9.30 till 6 pm (lots of fresh bread)
Friday 31st 9.30 till 6 pm (lots of fresh bread)
(Sat/Sun/Mon CLOSED)
Tuesday 4th January 9.30 till 6 pm (lots of fresh bread)
As normal after that! Continue reading »
A post by Billy at BUBBLE BROTHERS - CORK WINE MERCHANTS
Hanna’s fabulous Christmas Decorations for Bubble Brothers
at The English Market
Our Christmas Opening Hours
English Market & Marina
10.30 am – 6 pm (7.00 pm at the Marina)
Every day from now to Christmas Eve
including Sunday 19th December (from 12 noon)
Late shopping until 9pm in the English Market
Monday-Thursday 20-23 December
Reopening Wednesday 29th to New Year’s Eve Friday 30th December. Continue reading »
A post by noreply@blogger.com (www.ifoods.tv) at iFoods
A Simple Video Recipe for a Chicken Korma with step by step instructions.
How Web 2.0 sites are struggling.Who views your Facebook?New Facebook Business Pages. Continue reading »
A post by Kieran at Ice Cream Ireland
Today’s Irish Times Magazine has a review I wrote of Niki Segnit’s Flavour Thesaurus. I met her recently in Dublin and had a great conversation about food. Continue reading »
A post by likemamusedtobake at like mam used to bake
My third offering for the Irish Foodies December Christmas themed cookalong(Jaysus, that’s a bit of a mouth full) are these yummy Snowflake Cookies. These cookies are deliciously buttery and sweet with a beautiful texture. Don’t just save them for Christmas time though, cut them into different shapes and enjoy them year round. Continue reading »
A post by upliftingfood at Uplifting 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.