Or chocolate for the non Irish speakers amongst you, sometimes you just need a chocolate fix don’t you and Thursday was one of those days, after the chaos of the previous couple of days — floor fitting, new patio doors, work; oh yes I needed chocolate and it had to be chocolate cake. So I set off [...]
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A wee while back the lovely Brenda sent me a wonderful book The Best of Irish Breads and Baking: Traditional, Contemporary and Festive by Georgina Campbell. The book is full of delightful recipes, both traditional and modern with a history behind them too, which is always lovely to read. There are collections of mouthwatering photography dotted throughout as [...]
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It’s not often I visit my local supermarkets, most of my shopping is done at small local stores, farmers markets and over the Internet. However, the other day out of desperation I popped into my local Sainsbury store. I’m very pleased I did because hidden away between boxes and boxes of ‘battery hen’ eggs were [...]
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Heinz Classic Tomato Soup was always one of my ultimate childhood comfort foods when I was feeling poorly. It probably wasn’t so much the soup but the accompaniments, staying in my pyjamas, lying on the sofa being given steaming hot soup; so comforting. Eating it made me feel that I’d been enclosed in a cocoon [...]
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The other morning I received a fabulous gift from my Israeli friend Francesca; a bundle of four spices. Why is this cryptic? I bet you’re wondering. Well all the packets were labelled in Hebrew and contained no English, and within the packets was a postcard from Francesca with a note with a cryptic clue – [...]
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Reading Nigel Slater’s Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table made me crave Tunnock’s Tea Cakes. Nigels wonderful writing brought back fabulous memories of friends birthday parties. Not unlike Nigel Slater, I never ate these at home, they were something my parents would just not buy, despite my pleading. For those of [...]
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Yesterday I got a lovely parcel from a wonderful friend of mine in Northern Ireland (Brenda). She’s a great friend of mine even though we’ve never actually met, we only know each other through online forums, but it feels like I’ve known her for ages, which is always good. Now, back to the parcel – [...]
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