Archive for September, 2009

'Rising Stars' – Spanish Wine Tasting

September 5, 2009 No Comments

Like football, the wine-tasting season is back in full swing. Today Spain, tomorrow, the Adelaide Hills. I do hope everyone planning to organise an event this year poked their head through the door of The Great Room at The Shelbourne during the Spain ‘Rising Stars’ tasting, which was simply the best-organised tasting in the history ...

Coppinger Row

September 3, 2009 No Comments

I touched briefly in ‘Whalley’s World’ last week on the rise-and-rise of bistro cooking in Dublin. Pat O’Reilly from the excellent Alexis in Dun Laoghaire told me that there was a similar movement in Paris in the mid 90′s when “bistronomique” became the buzzword when sous chefs from 2 and 3 star restaurants started opening ...

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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...

Superquinn Wine Sale and a good bottle from the Rhone

The Superquinn French Wine Sale, an annual event, is upon us. The list is a mix of old...

BLOG Eatin’ & Drinkin’ in it – a long day

Wednesday 12th October 2011 Kicked off with a wine tasting in the morning. With Aussie icon David Hohnen –...

BLOG – RANDOM THOUGHTS ON PASTA & PIZZA No.2 Pizza

I’ve had my outdoor pizza oven for a year now and I think last Saturday was the first night...

BLOG – RANDOM THOUGHTS ON PASTA AND PIZZA No.1. Pasta

Whalley’s First Law of Pastatherapy: To make pasta successfully you need three arms + a table 12 inches wide...

RESTAURANT REVIEW – Rustic Stone revisited

The year 1947 became a culinary landmark when the first Betty Crocker cake mix hit America’s shelves. This...

TASTING AUSTRALIA 2012 – “Bring it on!”

Just received the news that the next Tasting Australia – April 26 to May 3, 2012 will be the...

ANOTHER CRAP PIECE OF BEEF

It does seem churlish to moan about a bit of meat while the cities of Britain are on fire....