Archive for May, 2009

Koh

May 14, 2009 No Comments

Given the nature of my calling, I get to stay in hotels quite a lot. Sometimes it’s a pleasure; at others, a chore. The best hotels envelop you like a silk dressing gown, helping you endure the stresses of air travel, which are, as I’m sure you know, considerable. The worst are like a penitent’s ...

Tags: , Restaurant Reviews

Corrigan calls for abolition of Bord Bia

May 9, 2009 1 Comment

 I’m sure many of the journos who found their way to Richard Corrigan’s press conference last Friday imagined the big man’s impending rant to be just a publicity stunt to publicise his restaurant and his new TV programme. Maybe that’s why the event wasn’t as well attended as I thought it might be, with several ...

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Power to the Pig

May 5, 2009 No Comments

See the amazing Flaming Bacon Lance of Death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9dskxN10N0  See prosciutto cut through steel. Food for thought for you molecular gastronomy lovers out there. The power of bacon unleashed on an unsuspecting world. Find out the real reason why American rashers suck.

Tags: , BLOG

BLOG – IDIOSYNCRATIC OR WHA’?

  Found this on an (Irish) blog today – “Big brands are capturing increasingly large shares of the market,...

RECIPE Bacon ribs, cabbage and butter beans – The Big, Big Compromise

My old man and I had little in common but we did follow the same football team and we...

BLOG – Albert Zenato in Dublin

My good friend Maureen O’Hara who runs Premier Wine Training sends me news that  Alberto Zenato will present a...

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,...