The Firehouse Bakery & Bread School is now offering one day courses designed to take the fear out of bread making. Run on beautiful Heir island, off West Cork by TV chef and author, Patrick Ryan, the courses allow newcomers to roll up their sleeves and “prepare to get floured!” By the end of the day bakers will have produced authentic soda bread in a wood fired clay oven,...
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Curran's have launched a new Sunday Lunch menu, available from 12pm -5pm. Kick off proceedings with Seafood Chowder, Grilled Goats Cheese Bruschetta or Tempura Salmon Goujons before digging into Roast Loin of Bacon with Savoy Cabbage, Confit of Duck Leg, Warm Chicken Salad or Classic Mussels Mariniere. Reserve a table on 021 422 3954.
Fenn's Quay has launched a selection of €2 tasters to enjoy over a glass of wine. The miniature dishes include Goats Bridge Trout Cavier with Irish Micro Herbs, Seared Scallop with Rosscarberry White Pudding and Fenn's Homemade Beetroot Fudge.
Pub owner Benny McCabe's own brewed stout MiDaza is proving a hit with the locals, but even non stout drinkers were raving about it this week when it turned up in a signature Beef and MiDaza stew at The Bodega on Cornmarket St. Try it yourself this week, €10.90.
The clever folk at The Half-Door Sweet Company are now making candy popcorn - it's not just coloured either, the orange ones taste like... wait for it... orange! €2.50. The Half Door Sweet Company, Maylor St. Cork
This year's Kinsale Arts Festival 2012 will feature an eclectic menu of cultural events based on the theme ‘Vice & Virtue’. One of the more intriguing is called This Meal Will Change Your Life; Charlotte Jarvis and Zelda Di Blasi want to make you happier and give you a delicious dinner. Collaborating to create an evening that draws on psychological research and food art, they...
Donald Morrissy's new seafood restaurant Oysters is doing a roaring trade on Lapp's Quay. Having remodeled the premises vacated by Augustine’s earlier this year, the former Deputy General Manager of the Clarion Hotel's decision to create a menu that is 80% fresh seafood, 20% meat, poultry and other items is already paying off.
"What I really pride myself on is using entirely...
To ripen unripe avocados, them in a brown paper bag with a tomato or an apple. This traps the ethylene gas they produce and helps speed up the process; a firm avocado will ripen at room temperature in about three to six days this way.
Just as the weather begins to get too warm for hot coffee, Kinsale's Blue Haven Café launches a new summer drinks menu! Their 'Chill Out' range includes Coconut Delight (milk, vanilla, coconut and ice, €2.90), Ice Green Tea (strawberry, mango or lime, €2.90) and out favourite; Blue Detox Juice, a combination of blueberries, apple, pineapple and aloe vera (€4.25).
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Cafe Gusto's hot Lamb Kofta Wrap (hummus, tomato, red onion, tzatziki and harissa) is one of their biggest sellers at lunchtime. Pick one up at Lapp's Quay or Washington St.
The Extravaganza Weekend at the Blue Haven Collection in Kinsale will include no less than two barbecues, one at 8pm on Saturday and another at 5pm on Sunday. Both will be followed by a night's free entertainment as well as Bacardi Oak Heart and Coors Light promotions.
The Menu team of would-be wine buffs is currently enamoured with the Bodegas Terra Gaudas range of Spanish wines. The winery lies in a privileged landscape in the O Rosal valley, close to the mouth of the river Miño in the A Guarda area. There the vineyards, which are...
A Korean, rice-based liquor has emerged as the world's best selling spirit, selling more than double the volume recorded by vodka-maker Smirnoff. Jinro, a sweet, clear liquor commonly consumed in quick shots, sold 61.4 million 9-liter cases to Smirnoff's 24.7 million cases last year.
Here are the world's top spirit and liquor brands, from 2011 (number of cases):
1. Jinro Soju (61...
The Cornstore Restaurant is bringing the ocean to the city this summer with the launch of a special Gourmet Fish Summer Menu. Five delicious fish dishes will be available every day throughout the summer months of June, July and August, and keeping with the Cornstore ethos of “quality food sourced locally”; all fish will be freshly caught by local fishermen, highlighting the finest...
An evening of Turkish food and tradition will take place in the Half Moon Café, Blarney on Thursday, June 28th. Hosted by Bia Sásta events, the event will include a five-course tasting menu. The fun begins at 7pm and tickets, €25, are available from www....
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