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Spud Sunday: The Charge of the Spud Brigade 26 Aug 2013 | 09:31 pm
With the sincerest of apologies to Alfred, Lord Tennyson, I was inspired by events last Friday to pen this slightly less than epic variation on his Charge of the Light Brigade: Spuds to right of them...
Spud Sunday: Early Days 19 Aug 2013 | 03:16 am
Nugget of edible gold: a fine Wicklow spud, straight from the ground “It’s like panning for gold, except you can eat what you find,” said Laura, and there spoke the voice of a true potato enthusiast....
Spud Sunday: The Loy Of The Land 13 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
Champion Spuds: Bord Bia Potato Champion 2013, David Curran, from Fethard, Co. Tipperary (centre) with John Donohue, Tullamore Show Horticulture Organiser (left) and Lorcan Bourke of Bord Bia (right) ...
Spud Sunday: The Best Possible Taste 6 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
Ah yes, the eagle-eyed among you will observe that this week’s Sunday installment is suffering from two day delay syndrome. What can I say except that a week spent in the U.K. will do that to a body, ...
Spud Sunday: Subtropical Spuds 29 Jul 2013 | 03:52 am
Given the image above, I may as well get straight to the point: National Potato Day is, once again, on its way. Started as an initiative by Keogh’s, it’s two years since the inaugural National Potato...
Spud Sunday: Mexican Fave 22 Jul 2013 | 03:02 am
Tequila Mockingbird Cake: a coconut tres leches (3 milks) cake with chilli caramel shards, pipettes of tequila, lime and cardamom bitters, plus toasted coconut crunchies coated in dark chocolate with ...
Spud Sunday: An Spud-Off Mór 15 Jul 2013 | 12:41 am
One word to say it all: signage for the Spud-Off Mór at Tigh T.P.’s in Baile na nGall (Ballydavid) on the Dingle Peninsula That’s pure true. That was T.P.’s response when it was suggested that the s...
Spud Sunday: Recipes From A Jewelled Kitchen 7 Jul 2013 | 12:02 pm
The funky old Battersea Arts Centre, home to this weekend’s London Food Blogger Connect conference This weekend finds me in London, in the thick of the Food Blogger Connect (FBC) conference. There’s ...
Spud Sunday: Mashing Machine 1 Jul 2013 | 03:26 am
In what might just have been the ultimate way to spend a Spud Sunday, I was, this past weekend, in far West Kerry, immersed in Féile an Phráta and An Spud-Off Mór (that’s the Festival of the Potato an...
Spud Sunday: A Few Of My Favourite Things 24 Jun 2013 | 02:12 am
When Expedia asked me about my favourite places to eat around Ireland, a lederhosen-bedecked part of me could hear Julie Andrews singing about a few of her favourite things in an alpine, Sound of Musi...
