Ballymaloe Lit fest
A terrific line-up of speakers at Ballymaloe for the weekend of 3 May sounds like a good way to spend a few days. Food and wine writers and producers in … Continue reading
Bagged Salads
Examiner 050413– for this article click here or go to http://www.examiner.ie Pic: Arna Runarsdottir Farmers have had it tough this year. Waterlogged acres have meant that even hardy potatoes, beetroot … Continue reading
Easter egg survey featured in Feelgood, Irish Examiner 22 March 2013
Cocoa beans come mainly from South America and Africa and are made into chocolate often in Belgium and France. The last stage of forming chocolate into various shapes is what … Continue reading
Chocolate, but not as you know it
Shana Wilkie is quite amazing. Importing criollo cocoa beans from small farmers in Peru, toasting and grinding it herself, she ensures Wilkie’s Organic Chocolate is kept as pure as possible. … Continue reading
Madrid with a Madrileno
It’s hard to beat being shown around by someone who has lived in a city for years. A visit to Madrid in May of last year to visit my friend … Continue reading
A Weekend in Renvyle House. Hours in Kylemore.
130 years of hospitality in Renvyle was a good excuse to join friends at the weekend in this welcoming hotel on the wild shores of Connemara. Renvyle House has an … Continue reading
Dining deskside
Some ideas here from my Irish Examiner article on dining deskside. See http://www.irishexaminer.ie for complete article with pic. In is the new out. Desks are the new dining stations. … Continue reading
How to make a chocolate mousse cake
Roz chocolate mousse cake article 080213 file://localhost/Users/rozcrowley/Desktop/Roz%20chcolate%20mousse%20cake%20article%20080213%20.pdf Chocolate Mousse Cake Adapted from The Jocelyn Dimbleby Collection published by Sainsburys in 1978 Serves 8 I love the simplicity of this … Continue reading
Jerusalem Yotam Ottolenghi book review
This is the second book by this talented chef which has added staples to my repertoire. I cannot stop making his root vegetable slaw with labneh, a perfect starter made … Continue reading
Chocolate Mousse Cake
See Dan Linehan’s video of me in action now on You Tube (Roz Crowley Chocolate Mousse Cake) and the Irish Examiner Feelgood section on Friday 8 February for the recipe. On … Continue reading


