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
Great design – Airvase
Torafu Architects in Japan have designed a set of three paper bowls which can be changed into different shapes. In a pack of three in a flat pack, they are … Continue reading
Party food – easy and quick
LET’S PARTY! Roz Crowley This article first appeared in the Irish Examiner 28/1/12 I’m going all retro for this New Year’s Eve, bringing back the great taste of sweet and … Continue reading
Soups tested 12/1/13
This article first appeared in the Irish Examiner 12 January 2013. I hope you will join me in 2013 in discovering what is in shops and markets so we can … Continue reading
Mitchell and Son wine tasting
If you ever get a chance to hear Peter Dunne of Mitchell and Son in Dublin talk, take it! As entertaining as he is informative, his 40 years as a … Continue reading
Kai Café and restaurant
Restaurants Kai Sea Road Galway. 091 5260033 My happy author Liz Nolan and her husband Joe took me, Bill and book designer Tony O’Hanlon to Kai after the launch of … Continue reading
Cookbook reviews Christmas 2012
The Cake Café Bake Book by Michelle Darmody. The most original design of a cookbook of the year, most surprising is the lack of photographs – not one – and … Continue reading
Coal Quay Market Cork
Simone Crotty hard at work in the cold in her happy hat serving delicious winter salads and a spicy, hot chickpea soup and top rate hummus. Despite the weather, the … Continue reading
Mince Pies with a Difference
Roz’s Mince Pies 680g packet ready made puff pastry 400g mincemeat 1 large cooking apple 1 egg white, beaten 115 g caster sugar 100g feta cheese 1. Preheat the oven … Continue reading
Curious about Spanish Wines
A tasting of mainly Spanish wines last week was a revelation with the introduction to Cork of producer Tom Puyaubert by Michael Kane of Curious Wines. Mike is a relatively … Continue reading
Early supper in Dingle
Early supper in Dingle in June was a welcome escape from the constant driving rain typical of the brutal summer in Ireland in 2012. Out of the Blue served the … Continue reading


