Archive for April, 2005

Les Gourmandises

April 23, 2005 No Comments

So that’s alright then. Dining this out this month has taken on a French flavour what with ending my feud with L’Gueuleton – a coup de grace of diplomacy though I say it myself. I did my bit by sneaking in for a late lunch and downing a plateful of blanquette d’agneau with lip-smacking relish ...

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Bordeaux For Beginners

April 6, 2005 No Comments

A STARTER GUIDE TO THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS WINE REGION Appellations Appellations d’Origine Controlée, to give them their full title, operate at 4 levels: Generic regional AC – Bordeaux, covers red, white, rosé and sparklers from the region. Slightly posher is Bordeaux Superior – to achieve this a grower has to squeeze out an extra ...

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RESTAURANT REVIEW: Alexis

American business psychologist Warren G. Bennis, described by Forbes magazine as ‘the king of leadership gurus’  is on record...

‘YOU DON’T NEED A POSH CANON” – blogpix for newbies

I’ve been a photo hobbyist since I got given  my first serious camera as a fourteenth birthday present. A...

YOU’LL NEVER BLOG ALONE – the day I discovered I’m a blogger and other stories

There are now over 400 food bloggers in Ireland. Though www.forkncork.com my food and drink website, Ireland’s first, has...

Natural Wine: Dog’s bollocks or the King’s new clothes?

Natural Wine Tasting at Fallon & Byrne, Dublin  by Le Caveau My first encounter with what has come to...

BLOG – variations on a sweet-and-sour theme

I cooked my first sweet and sour dish in 1984. Pork, of course. The recipe came from Ken Hom’s...

BOOK REVIEW Dunne & Crescenzi – The Menu

“We really cook very simply. Remember that the methods and ingredients have been used for generations and in the...

BLOG – 2 good blends tested but why is most coffee in Ireland shit?

  I’ve just been road testing a brace of quality coffees from a small and relatively new Irish supplier,...

That’s Amarone – Masi & Serego Alighieri tasting

Valpolicella is a viticultural zone of the Italian province of Verona, east of Lake Garda, ranking as the second...

BLOG – of store cupboards and other matters

Yesterday I set out to clean out my store cupboard – well, not exactly ‘clean out’ but at least...

RESTAURANT REVIEW – Lee Kee

My first encounter with Chinese food was in Manchester way back in the last century.  I was doing evening...