One thing that has struck me since I started this site is that I have become some much more aware of where our food comes from. Sadly, this leads to some serious disappointments. The next time you go to your local shop – look at the origin of the fruit, vegetables and meat. An unfortunate … Continue reading
A traditional Irish Halloween description, complete with Irish Barmbrack recipe. Continue reading
Win a 50 euro groupon voucher from Cakeinthecountry. See post for details! Continue reading
A review of Neven Maguire’s astoundingly good restaurant, MacNean house, and ode to my granny, whose 87th birthday was the reason we got to spend a Sunday afternoon in foodie heaven. Irish ingredients, Irish chef, Irish food. It does the Irish proud. Continue reading
Learn how to make delicious homemade Irish truffles in this post. Perfect post dinner party treats, these little bites of goodness will impress your friends and family. Just don’t tell them how easy they are… Continue reading
So recently (actually quite a long while ago but I’m nothing if not a procrastinator), we had a 20 mile cookalong. I had Jennifer down to sample all the delights of the locality, but whilst we had a gap in the cooking time, we decided to have a wee stroll around the gardens. It just … Continue reading
Hello hello my lovely readers. You may not recognise me any more, but I’m still here! I’ve been ridiculously busy lately, and thus haven’t been trying many new recipes, and haven’t had a minute to blog! However, am finished on my attachment at the minute so I plan to get this back on track. I … Continue reading
Thursday the 2nd of June. Possibly the most wished for day of the year for me, bringing to an end the last of 4 weeks of rather harrowing exams, 8 papers/osces in total. It was a pretty tough 4 weeks, but waht was driving me through it was undoubtedly the knowledge that I had a … Continue reading
Crackbird. I don’t know how many of you made it to Jo’Burger’s pop up restaurant, who created a chicken loving monster within me. Jo’Burger’s take on addictive chicken was the phrase being bandied around. Their take was a pretty good take. I visited no less than 5 times I believe, dragging along people by the … Continue reading
Well hello there. It’s been a bit quiet around here recently due to my four weeks of exams which are almost almost over. But I must alert you all to the fact that it’s that time of the year again- time for Bloom in the Park! It runs in the Phoenix Park from next Thursday … Continue reading
Cake in the country 