In our brand new Cookbook Review section we will bring you the very latest in Irish and international food writing. All the new cookbooks from top cooks, chefs and foodies will be reviewed.
We will also have our intrepid team of writers road test their recipes and lay out the ups and downs of real cookbook cooking.
Chocolate and Christmas go hand in hand and this chocolate Christmas bombe recipe is, well – the bomb. This recipe will surely make everyone happy at the dinner table. Ingredients: – 400g good-quality chocolate...
Caramelised calvados apples and granny Smith purée with vanilla ice cream and a filo triangle recipe. This is a really simple dish to put together. If you want, you can have everything made a...
Quick, easy to make, super-tasty, moreish – we are aware that’s quite a promise, but these burgers will deliver! It’s hard to get good-quality breadcrumbs, so we usually make our own by putting a...
Cerys Matthews may well be better known for the distinctive singing voice that her Welsh upbringing has gifted her, but like many celebs (or people in general), her talents and interests far exceed her...
This Classic baked New York cheesecake recipe is one of my all-time favourite desserts. I’ve had cheesecakes all over the world – set cheesecakes, deconstructed cheesecakes, etc. etc. – but none, and I mean...
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Wild Sea Trout, Red Pepper Orzo and Glazed Beetroot with Baby Vegetables recipe by Chef Adrian. I love sea trout. It’s flavour is very subtle and sweet. We can eat lots of this fish...
This Penne Pasta Recipe From The Currabinny Cookbook, is another variation – an elevation, we go so far as to say! – of bacon and cabbage. Leftover ham is one of the most useful...
Jane and I often struggle to find great places to go to on our days off, so when Dervla Conlon opened Pudding Row in Easkey it was a little slice of heaven on our...
Such a refreshing dish, perfect alongside some poached fish, grilled meat and fresh crusty bread. This is one to make at the height of summer, when cucumbers and tomatoes are at their best. Serves...
An Irish food stylist taking the London scene by storm, mark my words you will be hearing the name Kathryn Bruton a hell of a lot more in the coming years. As is so often...
Food trends come and go, and arguably ‘bowl food’, the comforting, warming kind of food we all crave, is one of those flash in the pan fads destined to fall out of fashion. One...
Ever wondered what it is like to live with a chef? Marcus at Home promises the reader a little peek into the home kitchen of one of the UK’s most celebrated chefs. Whether Marcus...
Henrietta Inman is a Professional Patisserie graduate who perfected the art of classic patisserie in a number of award winning kitchens, including the Michelin-starred Lanesborough Hotel in London. A desire to open her own...
As popular as Donal Skehan is, I have to admit I had never sampled any of his recipes before the opportunity to review his new book, Eat, Live, Go! arose. The boisterous Howth native...
Simple: Effortless Food, Big Flavours is Diana Henry’s tenth book and in it she revisits many of the themes that were first set out in an earlier book – Cook Simple, which she wrote...
Nurturing milk kefir, burping jars of saurkraut and using the sniff test to suss out whether an accident has occurred – being a cultured club member is quite motherly work indeed, I can confirm...
Say what you will about Rosanna Davison, but you can’t deny she is a stunningly beautiful woman. In her first book, Eat Yourself Beautiful, she spilled the beans (and my god there was a...
I imagine being an Olympian is hungry work. While a few brisk walks a week is my idea of a fitness regime, anything more intensive than this needs a diet designed to fuel energetic...
One wonders whether Dan Doherty was having a little bit of fun when he named his latest cookbook. As a title, Toast Hash Roast Mash is a bit of a tongue-twister but in many...
Sharon Hearne-Smith has a CV that would turn any kitchen lover into a green-eyed monster. Food stylist to the culinary gods, the face behind the ‘here’s one I made earlier’ on TV cookery shows...