September 11, 2011
by Conor O'Neill
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Category Archives: Cooking
July 25, 2010
by Conor O'Neill
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Our Food Past or Our Food Future?
The Country Cooking of Ireland I was given this heavy tome by the publishers to review and months later I’m finally getting my thoughts down. Whilst it is a fantastic collection of recipes and information that all Irish cooks should … Continue reading
March 21, 2010
by Conor O'Neill
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A Kitchen Paradise in Bantry
The Cookware Company, Bridge Street, Bantry, Co Cork, Ireland We recently discovered this shop as it seems to be the only one in a few hundred miles of Bandon that sells Sodastream gas refills. Catherine popped down a few weeks … Continue reading
March 20, 2010
by Conor O'Neill
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Live Pre-packed Mussels – Genius Idea
Fastnet Live Irish Mussels I popped into the fish shop in Bantry today and spotted these. A fully sealed pack of live local mussels. I have long lamented the lack of fresh shellfish in shops in Cork and now they … Continue reading
October 31, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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Good Things Cafe should be called Awesome Things Cafe
The Good Things Cafe Fish Orgy Course, Ahakista Road, Durrus, Cork, Ireland Two days of fantastic fish recipes by a wonderful teacher in a perfect setting. Not much more to say than that. But I will. Three years ago I … Continue reading
May 19, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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New Competition For Amateur Cooks, Growers, Bakers and Smallholder
This is just a superb idea, well done to everyone involved! Why not enter? The inaugural Grow Bake Cook Awards Ceremony honours and celebrates the skills of amateur cooks, growers, bakers and preservers – in fact anyone with a talent for creating … Continue reading
January 11, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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Pork & Sons Review
Pork & Sons I was given this lovely book for Christmas 2007 and finally finished it last month. What initially appears to be a coffee-table resident turned out to be one of the best books on food I’ve ever read. … Continue reading
August 31, 2008
by Conor O'Neill
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Think your killer recipe would sell in a supermarket?
Aisling from RTE in Cork contacted a bunch of Irish bloggers about a new show they are doing. I’m thrilled she did, considering it’s exactly what I recommended only a few weeks ago in the context of my “Heat” review. … Continue reading
August 11, 2008
by Conor O'Neill
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Fun Food in Arthurstown
Dunbrody Cookery School, Arthurstown, Co Wexford, Ireland A brilliant gift of a cookery course in Dunbrody by my fabulous sister-in-law Paula led to one of the best day’s out I’ve had in ages. Interesting and enjoyable in every way without … Continue reading
January 29, 2008
by Conor O'Neill
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Review of Guerrilla Gourmet (Ep 02)
After the first travesty of an episode I swore I’d never watch another but the lure of Denis Cotter in Bandon was too much. This is Gimmicky Garbage TV with a half decent programme buried somewhere far far underneath. In … Continue reading