RecipesBeef & Chorizo StewChicken in Basil and Coconut BrothItalian braised Lamb and Tomato StewLamb and Medjool Date Tagine, Herbed CouscousAndalusian Shellfish Stew Banana and Yoghurt SmoothieI have just started to write a book on Entertaining, there will be lots of easy stress free menus to encourage everyone to invite around the pals on a more [...]

Every now and then I come across a really special place, a gem so special that I have mixed feelings about revealing its whereabouts . Should I write about it or [...]

I remember the excitement in the Midlands in the early 60’s when the news filtered through that we were to have a Design Centre in Kilkenny. A few years earlier, the Irish Export Board had invited five eminent Scandinavian designers to come to Ireland to [...]

RecipesChocolate Biscuit CakeWhite Chocolate , Walnut and Banana LoafItalian Venison – AgrodolceCasserole Chocolate FlapjacksWhen Green and Black’s was launched in 1991 they marketed it as the world’s very first organic chocolate. Green and Black’s gave chocolate lovers a way to indulge their tastebuds without having an environmental impact. Conventionally grown cacao is still one of [...]

The streets of Seville and many of the villages in Andalucia are lined with orange trees. In Spring the fragrant perfume of the orange blossom fills the air in a most [...]