Yesterday I set out to clean out my store cupboard – well, not exactly ‘clean out’ but at least have a good fossick around and see what I have, what I’m nearly out of and what I’m missing. Like…. 3 bottles of dark soy sauce, all opened. A bottle of Peychaud bitters that must be
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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 – founder of significant Margaret River winery Cape Mentelle but perhaps best known as The Man Who Gave us Cloudy Bay and turned on the tap that led to the deluge of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. David
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 I’ve really felt confident with it. This was due in no small measure to the calming presence of Leslie Williams who is further down the pizza trail than me. The building of the oven is fairly
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 x 18 feet long + one of those old-fashioned clothes drying racks that winds up to the ceiling. Fresh, homemade pasta is so much better than anything you can get at the shops. In Ireland, at
KITCHEN HERO? KITCHEN DEVIL? IRISH FOOD BLOGGER’S TV SPLITS OPINION
There’s a fine old ding-dong going on over on the forum pages about Irish food blogger Donal Skehan’s ‘Kitchen Hero’. Irish TV production companies have never been noted for giving us anything that resembles creativity. Lack of imagination, low budgets, whatever… .. something always seems to get in the way. RTE like to genuflect towards
L.MULLIGAN GROCER WHISKY NIGHT Ernie Whalley is reunited with an old flame
Years ago, a friend and I were in The Oxford, famous Edinburgh pub. Surprise, surprise as the night wore on the craic turned to whisky - the Scottish spelling seems appropriate here. The landlord, who by the look of his ruddy visage had clearly stopped a fair few drams from going bad, joined in the
COOLEY & Olivier Quenet WHISKEY Masterclass
Olivier Quenet’s fine restaurant Olivier’s at The Schoolhouse occupies a great room, made even better by the warm, bright afternoon sun as I found out last Friday when I breezed in to partake of a whiskey masterclass during which some of Cooley Distillery’s finest were teamed with Olivier’s creative and tasty cuisine. In fact we
GOOD NEWS!!! Authority decides Margaret River coal is the pits
ABC Radio WA – 21 March Anti coal mine protestors from Margaret River WA have a win In Western Australia. The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended against a coal mine being established near Margaret River. East coast based LD Operations had an exploration licence and was proposing to build an underground coal mine about 15
YE’LL STAY FOR A BITE
Episode One of forkncork’s even lower budget answer to the Irish version of ‘Come Dine With Me’ YE’LL STAY FOR A BITE? Episode One Scene: Interior, night. A kitchen in a semi-d in Harold’s Cross. Concepta Mary is whisking Marie Rose sauce while keeping a weather eye on the pan of rhubarb on the stovetop.
SOPHISTICATED SPUDS MY A….
Journalists, like politicians work on the theory that if you say something, preferably loud or long, people will believe it. Here’s a typical piece of thick-cut tripe from the Grauniad, penned by one Lia Leendertz (surely an anagram?) “It’s time to buy and chit potatoes so consider these French varieties – they’re more sophisticated than
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