On a trip to South Africa a few years ago I encountered the ‘braii’ for the first time. My wife, who lived in Capetown for a few years had told me about these events. Initially, I was slightly less than whelmed, reasoning that a ‘braai’ was in fact a barbecue and I had one of
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Match of the Day – Barcelona hosts Wine & Culinary International Forum
Last weekend (29th September-1st October) Barcelona was the venue for the Wine & Culinary International Forum, the first international congress on the harmony and interaction between wine and cuisine, as well as the complementary nature of both on gastronomic menus. The event, sponsored by Bodegas Torres and aimed at professionals, took place at the
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 been up and running almost ten years I never considered myself a part of the blogosphere. Though the term ‘blog’ had been coined in the early noughties it certainly wasn’t in common usage, at least not
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
TASTING AUSTRALIA 2012 – “Bring it on!”
Just received the news that the next Tasting Australia – April 26 to May 3, 2012 will be the last, at least in Adelaide. Amazingly, next year will be the eighth time this biennial festival has been held. I’ve been at the last four and, if I get the call, I’ll be in ‘The City
ANOTHER CRAP PIECE OF BEEF
It does seem churlish to moan about a bit of meat while the cities of Britain are on fire. Still, I’m fed up to the back teeth – the front ones are pretty sore too – with eating average-to-bad steak as well as having to listen to my food writing friends extolling the quality of
LAVENDER ICE CREAM AND A FAVOURITE DESSERT
Now the lavender in the garden is in bloom it’s time to make one of my favourites and certainly one of the most intriguing ice creams. Lavender ice cream, being quite perfumed, is not to everyone’s taste. That said, I love it, particularly teamed with home made aniseed cookies or shortbread biscuits spiced up with
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
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
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