My favourite book to recommend to people with dietary limitations is "What to Eat When You Can't Eat Anything" by Luke & Chupi Sweetman. These two teenagers from Dublin wrote this book out of frustration with cookery books that were dairy free, wheat free, gluten free, or lot of other things..free, but which didn't help people who are sensitive to ...

For anyone who likes beautiful celebration cakes that actually taste good instead of just being a concoction of artificial ingredients made to look pretty, you should check out A Slice of Heaven in Co. Kilkenny. Mary Mc Evoy who was head pastry chef in The Ormonde Hotel Kilkenny for over 7 years and prior to that Derry Clarke's pastry chef ...

At the Kilkenny Food Innovation Network product launch last Saturday in the Castleyard in Castlecomer, 12 food producers unveiled new products to an invited audience of industry experts, restauranteurs, food writers, and food lovers! All were presented as tasting plates and each producer then made a presentation about the product during the tasting sessions. The venue was amazing a real assest ...

A group of food producers have been working together with Kilkenny Enterprise Board for the last 8 months or so to develop new products. We will be launching them on Saturday at Castlecomer as part of the Savour Kilkenny Food Festival. There is a fantastic range of products from Goatsbridge Irish Trout, A Slice of Heaven, Two Little Chefs, Sowan's ...

  What's the big deal with seasonal food? Why not eat whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it? Who cares about strawberries in December flown in from Egypt or Kenya? Why would anyone want to live on turnips for the winter? Well seasonality is a talking point at the moment. Firstly if we insist on eating food out of season ...

http://www.examiner.com/x-4791-SF-International-Travel-Examiner~y2009m3d25-Taste-Consciousness-What-is-Culinary-Tourism Bob was here last December as part of a group of 8 International food & travel writers. I cooked lots of things, but sort of traditional Irish with a modern edge..ie there was no hairy bacon, grey boiled lamb, or gloopy vegetable soup...why on earth is that the sort of sludge that's served up as "Traditional Irish Food" to so ...

Christine Jordan, owner of Tasteworks Cookery School Interview Click on "Play Now" below to listen to the interview.

Last year while travelling in the USA I spent some time in the Eastern Shore of Virginia. For anyone who thinks that there's nothing left in this vast country but highways, fast food, and concrete this part of the world demonstrated that there still is an untouched, traditional, genuine America. I got a local recommendation as to where to get ...

At last the new site is up, so we are celebrating this very disruptive time by offering a 10% discount on all classes that are booked and paid for by October 31st. All names booked on courses will be entered in a draw for a basket of fantastic local and home produced produce, plus organic fruit and vegetables. Prizewinner will ...

Hurrah I don't have to hide anymore... I finally got my new website finished so that is news to be honest. It is amazing how an ugly site can affect how you feel about promoting a business...it's like having a grubby shopfront! Anyway this is a picture of the item which inspired the new logo amongst other things. It is a butter press ...

From the 23rd to the 26th of October there's  lots going on over the Bank Holiday weekend. In Castlecomer on Saturday 24th there is a launch of new artisan products from producers around the area - one of which is me! There are restaurant events, tasting menus, Halloween games,  a big foodmarket in Kilkenny Castle, Cookery Demonstrations by Kevin Dundon and Anne ...

Mix all the dry ingredients together thoroughly - a simple balloon whisk is often the best utensil to use instead of a spoon. 2. Grease a loaf tin well. 3. Make a well in the centre of the flour mix, and pour in the buttermilk all in one go, hold back a little bit in case you don't need it all. 4. Mix ...