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Spud Sunday: Food, The West Cork Way

As part of the new West Cork Food initiative, I got to fillet & smoke fish with the fabulous Sally Barnes; back at home, I made this potato and lentil stew to go with it


The Pickle Of The Crop

These slightly sweet pickled redcurrants are one way of making the short redcurrant season’s bounty last the year ’round


Once Upon A Mustard

Need mustard? Have mustard seeds? This spicy homemade beer mustard recipe might just interest you then…


Spud Sunday: ‘Twas The Day After Christmas

Redcurrant chutney, a new addition to the Christmas table


Spud Sunday: Star Of The Seaweed

Dillisk or dulse, a wonderfully savoury seaweed found on the shores of the North Atlantic, goes down a treat with spuds, a fact ably demonstrated by this dillisk-seasoned garlicky potato gratin.


The Good, The Bad, And The Perishable

The Stop Food Waste campaign launches with demos from Rachel Allen, Kevin Thornton & Donal Skehan, and provides the inspiration for a quickly made Asian noodle soup and much else to chew on besides.


Spud Sunday: The Late Edition

Take some boiled potato, mash it, dry the pieces out in the oven until golden and crunchy, et voilĂ , potato crumbs. Scatter wherever you think crunch, gluten-free or otherwise, is needed.


Oats, Glorious Oats

A hamper of oats from Flahavan’s means that I’ll have this coconut soup with oatmeal high on my winter menu, alongside an awful lot of porridge