Archive for February, 2007

Amalfi Fly Drive – driving notes, hotels, pics

February 22, 2007 No Comments

Notes on driving on the Costiera d’Amalfi. The roads are narrow but, in comparison to Irish roads, well-signposted. Many country roads have high stone kerbs, prone to scuff wheel trims if you get too close. The Italians are brisk drivers and they have a low tolerance of bumbling tourists. That’s their problem and you should ...

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Amalfi Fly Drive – part 1

February 22, 2007 No Comments

Arguments start in April. The bone of contention is the same every year: on our summer jaunt to the continent do we (a) go by ferry and take the car? (b) fly in and hire a car? or (b) shun driving and, instead, use whatever public transport we find? In the event, we’ve done all ...

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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...