At first hearing, ‘the Richard Corrigan story’ sounds like a Celtic version of The American Dream; the young lad from the poor bogland farm who, through talent and diligence, graduated to win not only the acclaim of notoriously hard-to-please food critics, but the coveted accolade of two Michelin stars. A choir and orchestra hymn John ...
Food5th April Damn Frank Hederman! Went up to Temple Bar market, bought heaps and heaps but alas Frank didn’t quite put the lid on his smoked mussel tub so I now have smoked mussel carrots, smoked mussel sausages, smoked mussel goat cheese, smoked mussel rucsac and smoked mussel digital camera! Still he did give me ...
FoodTwenty years ago if you offered the ma and da a nice bowl of rice when they came round to Sunday tea they’d be as astonished, nay, dismayed as if you’d quit your religion. How times have changed. Today’s parents drag their toddlers kicking and screaming to the Chinese or the curry shop soon as ...
FoodGot to be the best job in the world? People actually pay you to go out and eat and drink, lucky beggar! But before you fill in the application form, consider… You arrive at the restaurant on time and spend twenty frustrating minutes in reception while they find you a table. This means the restaurant ...
FoodEVER READ A WORD IN A RECIPE INSTRUCTION AND NOT KNOWN WHAT IT MEANT? RELAX, HERE’S THE LOWDOWN aioli The garlic-flavoured mayonnaise known as the ‘butter of Provence’ which is an essential accompaniment to many of the fish and vegetable dishes from that region. a l’anglaise Vegetables, meat and fish prepared in a plain, straightforward ...
Foodminestrone A substantial Italian vegetable soup. Again, a word debased by menu writers – we’ve even seen ‘minestrone of white, light and dark chocolate’, a total nonsense. mignonette pepper Very coarsely ground black pepper used in dishes such as steak au poivre. The simplest way to achieve the correct texture is to loosen the nut ...
FoodOnce upon a time I owned a café. I bought a going – well, limping – business in a street where swanky Dublin 2 glares at iffy Dublin 1, separated only by the murky Liffey and by differing aspirations. The connecting bridge is named after a religious fanatic who enjoyed the peculiar hobby of hanging ...
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