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Epic Chocolate, Porter and Potato Cake and a story of spuds 22 Aug 2013 | 02:16 am
I didn’t eat potatoes until I was 30. Not voluntarily at least. Like almost every other Irish child I was weaned on milk-and-butter-rich pandy. But it wasn’t too long before I began to assert an early...
My homemade Crème de Cassis in The Irish Times and other blackcurrant ideas 13 Aug 2013 | 06:06 pm
It’s been a good year for blackcurrants. Normally I have to battle it out with the blackbirds to get a share for my kitchen but this year they have been able to gorge themselves – as evinced by the pu...
Lyric fm’s Culture File: Miso making with Junko Hamilton 2 Aug 2013 | 04:17 pm
Sandor Katz has a lot to answer for. After interviewing him and attending his classes at the Ballymaloe LitFest, I got stuck into The Art of Fermentation, which led me down a number of new rabbit hole...
Irish Examiner | Taking baby steps through Hanoi 23 Jul 2013 | 02:39 pm
In 2010, while coming back from Little Missy’s first NZ visit, the Husband and I were fortunate enough to get an invitation from a friend based in Hanoi. Take a 10-month-old baby to Vietnam? Why not! ...
Devilled Eggs for summer eating 18 Jul 2013 | 02:37 am
We were at a pre-wedding family get together in New Zealand some years ago, right before one of the Husband’s sisters got married – and I was checking out the buffet table. It was the first time that ...
Summertime beer: Sunburnt Irish Red and Elderflower Ice Pops 11 Jul 2013 | 01:46 am
It had to be done. The sun – sun! – was shining all the time, the forecast was saying crazy things like “exceptionally warm, sunny period with temperatures in the high twenties”, I had carved out a co...
Summer holiday eating: 7 simple self-catering meal ideas 5 Jul 2013 | 06:54 pm
One tin crammed with Chocolate Buckwheat Cookies. One (small) bottle of homemade cassis. A couple of tubs of frozen hummus. One still-warm loaf of Cinnamon Raisin Bread, carefully wrapped in a tea t...
Food for free: elderflower vinegar, cordial and champagne 2 Jul 2013 | 05:45 pm
It’s taken a while. For heaven’s sake, we were drinking homemade elderflower cordial in West Cork more than two weeks ago! Finally North Cork has caught up and this past weekend was the perfect weathe...
Food writing in the digital age: Irish Examiner feature 28 Jun 2013 | 05:21 pm
My feature article on food writing in the digital age for Irish Examiner is now online from this link: Developing a taste for digital delights Putting things online is never an exact science! The pane...
Food writing in the digital age: Aoife McElwain, I Can Has Cook 21 Jun 2013 | 05:16 pm
Part three of a three-part series of interviews on inspiration, trends and recommended reading that I did with Irish food writers and bloggers for a recent Irish Examiner feature. Food writer Aoife Mc...
