“The Only Thing to do with Good Advice is Pass it On” Oscar Wilde Clodagh McKenna’s Cork Beef Stew from The Irish Farmer’s Market Cookbook is a real favourite of mine and is a frequently made winter warmer of a dish. Generally I’d served a big bowl of it alongside some fluffy mashed potatoes or [...]
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Will you be cool as a cucumber? Fresh cucumbers are simple to add to salads. For an easy salad just toss diced cucumbers with sliced red onions, red tomatoes and your favourite vinaigrette. This can be a fast way to make a refreshing salad that reaps some great benefits of cucumber. Not merely is the [...]
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ODE TO A HAGGIS Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great Chieftan o’ the Puddin-race! Aboon them a’ ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye wordy of a grace As lang’s my arm The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, You pin wad help to mend [...]
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Lamb took centre stage for me this week. The rarity of having the house to myself for the evening was occuring and this could only mean one thing – the cooking of a solitary feast that the rest of the family simply wouldn’t have cared to join me in; in other words a meal that under [...]
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The first time I came across stifado was a young teenager on holiday in Corfu, from the first taste I was hooked. Strangely enough though until yesterday I had never cooked the dish at home. I don’t really recall much else from that trip to Corfu, other than a great many hill walking trips, but [...]
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Not so long back I joined Twitter, some of you might even have noticed the “follow me” widget in my side bar Twitter is something I’ve put off and put off; do I really need to cram what I’m doing into 140 characters and spout about daily life to the rest of the world? Is [...]
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The above flag is the flag for New Orleans, also nicknamed Crescent City. Dinner the other evening came by way of Nigella Express (Nigella Lawson), in however a slightly adapted way. Please note here that the recipes following are my adapted versions and not Nigella’s original. We had buttermilk chicken with New Orleans coleslaw which I [...]
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My lovely Israeli friend Francesca has just sent me the most delightful parcel full of gorgeous spices, cupcake cases and a stunningly beautiful plate which is an example of traditional handmade Israeli pottery. I felt so overwhelmed it brought a tear to my eye. Thank you Francesca, you really do spoil me Ok so armed [...]
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When I was fourteen I went on a holiday to Gumbet in Turkey, at that time the resort was rather quiet with just a few local shops and a couple of restaurants but from what I can gather it is now a thriving tourist resort – I’m glad I went when I did, although I [...]
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