Cookbooks

Spud Sunday: The Why Of Cookbooks

In which I give a recipe for potato, cheese & mushroom pie from the new Pieminister cookbook a whirl, but not without making a few changes and having a few things to say on the subject of cookbooks first


As Cheesy As One, Two, Three

I’m celebrating my third blog birthday with three recipes appearing in the newly published book, Farmhouse Cheeses of Ireland

Topics: Cookbooks

Good Afternoon, Mr. Skehan

Donal Skehan’s new book may have been launched to the clink of afternoon tea, but it was Kitchen Hero’s toast with homemade white beans in tomato sauce that caught my eye


Spud Sunday: The Irish-Italian Job

Italian cooking may be more about tomatoes than potatoes, but Catherine Fulvio’s new book – Catherine’s Italian Kitchen – does have some Irish-Italian ideas for combining the two. Her potato and tomato bake is a case in point.


Spud Sunday: Strawberry Elephants Forever

Gastroanthropologist’s slow roasted strawberries meet Miss Jane Bury’s potato pancakes – each one worthy of attention


Let’s Do Launch

An invitation to the launch of Donal Skehan’s Good Mood Food cookbook. Don’t mind if I do…

Topics: Cookbooks, Events

Let There Be Chocolate And Giveaways

In anticipation of the upcoming Temple Bar Chocolate Festival, I have copies of Willie Harcourt Cooze’s Chocolate Factory Cookbook to give away and a recipe for a decadent chocolate biscuit cake. Bring it on.


Surely You Zest!

My adventures at the launch of the Zest! cookbook, where I do my best to avoid interviewing Kevin Dundon…