UCC courses
Funding is possible for courses in UCC on cheese making and icecream production. Follow a long line of successful food manufacturers who have benefited from UCC courses. Worth exploring. http://www.ucc.ie/en/fitu/courses/shortcourse-icecreamsciencetechnologycourse/
A Crop of Cookbooks
Read my reviews of this year’s cookbooks and tell me if you agree with my comments. Happy Christmas! http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/cookbooks-the-gifts-with-taste-that-will-keep-on-giving-371464.html
Christmas gifts @ €5. Possible?
Christmas gifts up to €5 Published 4/12/15 Irish Examiner This year the recession is not quite over on this page, and the task set for me was to find delicious … Continue reading
Lidl x 2 Wines
Favourites from a recent wine club tasting of Lidl wines include the Champagne from Bissinger which is a premier cru and tastes like one too with some toasty notes, a fresh … Continue reading
Eats Shoots and Leaves and a few berries
From July’s article in the Irish Examiner. Each season brings its own bounty. http://www.irishexaminer.com/…/foraging-for-food-leads-to-some-tasty-treats- 343967.html
Kurt Elling Velvet Overground
A QUIET CHAT WITH KURT ELLING ROZ CROWLEY Irish Examiner May 2013 Pic Roz Crowley Tired from a chest infection in his hotel room in Norway, Kurt Elling was a … Continue reading
Michelangelo results out. Great winners in South Africa
In August I spent five days tasting some terrific wine close to Stellenbosch in South Africa. It was all of eleven years since I had judged at this competition, at the … Continue reading
Wine of the Week: Château Montrose
I seem to have been indulged a lot this month with a generous gift of the 2004 Château Montrose from JL Charmolue in St Estephe a real treat. From a … Continue reading
Pierre Lawton comes back to his roots in Cork
http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/the-wine-goose-flies-back-352336.html. The return of this member of one of the original wine geese was a treat for members of a Cork wine club recently. See my article above for some … Continue reading
Who Cuts the Best Mustard? Survey
This survey appeared in the Irish Examiner Friday 14 August 2015. Tell me what I missed! http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/…/top-8-mustards-tested-348074.html
Pat Neville at Domaine Aonghusa – wines to live for
This article first appeared in a different form as part of a longer feature on four winemakers with Irish roots in the Sunday Times 4 May 2014 entitled THE GRAPE … Continue reading
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