Well this HAS been a busy week! In a delightful change to the usual recession treadmill of lots of work and very little play, I have been treated to a nyummy
seafood feast with the wonderful Stephen Calveston of
Matt the Threshers (ramblings to follow) and have also...
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And the prize for the most blindingly obvious and utterly useless medical research goes to a team of boffins from the US who have discovered that...drumroll please..."being on a diet makes people more likely to feel irritable and angry".
Altogether now.....’DUH’. The results of this crucial and highly innovative research...
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Yes, it’s rich. Yes, it’s fattening. And yes, it’s gorgeous. This is in fact the evening supper that prompted Mr Gastronomics to rub his tummy contentedly, plonk a kiss on my cheek and tell me he's glad I'm doing this "blogging thing". Praise indeed, eh?
This recipe for pasta with...
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This is a standard casserole, which I then add cover with pastry. The pastry recipe is the
one I gave to Gastrogirl when she was making her
Guinness Pies. If you’re making pastry at all, make a big batch, it freezes great, and can then just be...
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I get regular calls from my 3
rd kid, he’s in UCD and cooks to attract the women. He goes to parties armed not with wine but Apple Crumble or the famous pastry tarts. He recently rang me in France for a quick dish, a new girl was on the...
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We needed someplace quiet, peaceful & relaxing to make some major decisions before
Christmas. I read the great reviews and rang Reception at
Waterford Castle, asking for good views and a four poster bed. I wanted dizzy heights. However I soon discovered that there is not a...
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Oh crap. The half price Easter Eggs are here. That means that my tired resistance-devoid brain will reckon that instead of spending €3.79 on a bag of Maltesers I’d be muuuuuch better off, and farrrrr more frugal if I just bought an Easter egg instead. Or two. Or three....
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I’m not going to lie. This is not one of my proudest recipes.
However, having had my first day off in, well, ages, I was reluctant to give up much of its remnants to cooking for the week. So I basically blitzed chipotle chillies (I love 'em, so much...
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This week the offers at Supervalu include 33% off Irish Leg of Lamb (fair play for allowing us to stock up on our Easter joints early!) priced at just €8.97 per kilo, not bad going. A little less interesting are the reduced round roast (€7.03) and pork steak (€6.44)...
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Anybody who’s dipped into this blog before will recognise that I don’t bake. The fact that I can’t bake has something to do with this. But ne’er to be deterred, I thought I’d attempt to do my patriotic duty given the week that was in it and make something...
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