We’ve just planted a few drills of potatoes in our garden, three different types Orla, Pink Fir Apple, Golden Wonders – not too many of any variety but a selection of old-fashioned varieties to tantalise [...]

RecipesCrab Pate with Cucumber and Dill SaladCucumber and Dill Salad Carpaccio with Rocket and ParmesanMustard sauceServes 4Bramley Apple Sauce Carageen Moss PuddingRhubarb and Banana CompôteRhubarb and Ginger JamThe highlight of this past week was the visit of the founder of Slow Food International, Carlo Petrini to Ireland. This organisation which was officially launched in 1986 [...]

Chocolate, chocolate everywhere – Easter wouldn’t be quite the same without chocolate eggs and bunnies, hyper children and guilt ridden parents. Only the sweet-toothed Danes munch their way through more chocolate than the Irish who spent a cool €20 million on chocolate eggs last Easter, [...]

I adore rice for a myriad of reasons, apart from being a basic store cupboard staple this little grain comes in a wide number of varieties, shapes, flavours and textures which lend themselves to an endless selection of both sweet and savoury uses. The [...]