Beannachtaí na Féile Padraig – Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Beannachtaí na Féile Padraig / Happy St Patrick’s Day! Greetings from the Emerald Isle. I’ve spent St Patrick’s Weekend on the cusp of the Burren in Kinvara, Co Galway – the perfect antidote to a busy...
View ArticleKinvara Smoked Salmon
One of the things that struck me on my recent trip home to Ireland and the Burren, was how fantastically fresh and delicious the seafood was. This is to be expected, as it’s on Galway Bay, however,...
View ArticleSmoked Salmon with Brown Soda Bread & Pickled Cucumber
Did someone mention smoked salmon?? Oh, that’s right – I did! On Sunday and on flickr last week. Shall I let you in on a secret? I’ve discovered that Selfridge’s (in Oxford St, London) have started...
View ArticleWeek 7 at the Market and a Recipe for Blaas
I can’t quite believe I’ve just typed Week 7 at the market, have I really been there 7 weeks? And I am but one day away from week 8. For something that happened organically and was quite unplanned...
View ArticleRecipe: Irish Salmon and Crab Fish Cakes
Back in Ireland for a few weeks, to celebrate a friends wedding, my nieces first birthday, and a fairly significant one of my own (quietly for a change), I felt inspired to cook something Irish,...
View ArticleA Fine Brunch: Homemade Soda Farls, Morcilla & Eggs
I am quite lazy in the morning, but quite demanding of what is put in my mouth. I only want good bread, to scoop up the runny yolk from my Old Cotswold Legbar eggs, but don’t want to travel to get it....
View ArticleRecipe: Sausage and Sage Frankenara
It is not my intention to wind up the purists (well, occasionally it is) or the grammar police (cough), but sometimes I do. I consider myself a bit of a purist too, and I am both intolerant and...
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