RecipesCáca Risíní Inis Meáin Restaurant & Suites Brown Bread Cáca Tanaí Ruairí Blacam’s Island Crab with Celeriac Remoulade Marie Thérèse de Blacam’s Inis Meáin Apple Sponge Periwinkles I’m sitting with my back to a stone wall on Inis Meáin – on Ireland’s western seaboard – watching islander Padraic McDonagh hand threshing rye in the time [...]
National Organic Food Week, now in its sixth year continues to gather momentum. The raison d’être for the week long campaign from Monday 13 to Sunday 19 September is to raise awareness about organic food and where to buy and enjoy it.During the Celtic Tiger era in Ireland the demand for organic produce grew year [...]
Slow Food has brought me to many remote places around the globe in search of ancient cultures and indigenous foods. Recently I found myself in Sápmi (Samiland) in northern Sweden – the land of the midnight sun; it was bright almost all night. Since time immemorial an indigenous race called the Sami have lived in [...]
Recipes Raspberry Buns Joshua’s Carrot, Coconut and Sultana Muffins Cream Cheese Icing India’s Candied Orange SquaresCandied Orange PeelAmelia Peggy’s CrumpetsLucca’s Almond Macaroons Willow’s Tropical Fruit Smoothie My goodness, it’s the end of the world as I know it! Last week my two and half year old granddaughter Amelia Peggy came along clutching an iphone and [...]
Recipes Chicken and Coconut Laksa My Fish in a Flash Amatriciana Penne Pasta Bake How to Make Risotto Hearty Spiced Bean Stew with Sausage Epic Greek Lamb Burger Tsatsiki Tiffany Goodall was dragged kicking and screaming to the Ballymaloe Cookery School by her parents in September 2004. They earnestly hoped that their ‘wild child’ would [...]
Recipes Coconut Broth with Squash or Potato Couscous with Broad Beans Aubergines, Walnuts, Mint and Yogurt Cashew Nut Curry Lamb, Okra and Tomato Tashreeb Tandoor Chicken Chocolate, Hazelnut, Brandy and Espresso Cake Madelines St John-style A few months ago I wrote a piece on a new young chef called Stevie Parle who is making waves [...]
The British Guild of Food Writers was founded on April 12th 1984 when a small group of food writers met over a superb lunch, amongst them Jane Grigson, Elizabeth David, Arabella Boxer and Michael Smith. The purpose was to start an association of Britain’s culinary scribes. 25 years later there are almost 400 members who [...]
While there are lots of delicious Irish currants and berries around, let’s have a ‘jam-session’. Even if you’ve never made a pot of jam in your life, I promise if you follow these few basic rules you’ll manage to turn out batch after batch of fresh tasting jam better than virtually anything you can buy. [...]
RecipesGooseberry NectarGooseberry, Elderflower and Strawberry CompoteMeringue with Raspberries and Rosewater CreamBlackcurrant FoolBlackcurrant CoulisStock Syrup Red Currant Jelly Rustic Peach Tart with Summer BerriesRock or Marsh Samphire with Melted Butter Strawberries, raspberries, loganberries, tay berries and now lots of black, red and white currants. A few weeks ago we feasted on green gooseberry and elderflower tarts, [...]
All over the country people are rediscovering the joy of growing their own vegetables, a little soft fruit, an apple tree or even a few fresh herbs. It’s not just about the economics; there is the sheer thrill of digging your own potatoes, carrots or beets and it is certainly is a thrill having waited [...]