What would Christmas be without the waft of turkey? I love turkey and a recent visit to a turkey farm only made me realise just how good this much-maligned bird can taste. But to get a good bird you need to rear it with care and attention to detail. Well I think I’ve found a turkey that can satisfy the harshest critic of the golden bird.
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I was delighted to receive a copy of Niamh Shields’ new cookbook “Comfort & Spice”. I know Niamh personally but knew her well before meeting her as leading food blogger eatlikeagirl. Her new cookbook captures her personality and warmth perfectly and the recipes come with the tips and witty writing we’ve all come to expect from her blog. But would they stand up to the test in the kitchen? What do you think!
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When I lived in Ireland yoghurt was generally thin and sugary and quite unpleasant. It wasn’t until I had travelled to France, Belgium and Germany that I first had lovely sour yoghurt. Combining it with stewed fruit or fresh honey opened my tastebuds. For a very long time one could only dream of decent yoghurt in Ireland. In recent years Glenilen Farm has led the way out of the yoghurt wilderness and expanded into other fabulous dairy products. Here I catch up with co-owner, Valerie Kingston, as she talks about how the company she and her husband, Alan, was started and how it developed.
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Just in time for annual trade show Speciality Fine Food Fair 2011 which starts this Sunday 4th September in London I’m introducing a couple of irish food producers I hope you’ll find interesting. I’ve taken this opportunity to ask them some questions about their business so you can find out more about them before your visit to SFFF2011. These are some of my personal favourites and hopefully you’ll get a chance to see why.
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Everything is a couple of weeks early this year in the garden and it’s no exception in our neighbouring Common. We went foraging today and a short 20 minutes later we had gathered enough fruit for a quick cobbler (plus some sloes I’ll make into some sloe gin!). We plan to go back and forage properly but today’s short outing meant we had a lovely pud to round up our Sunday with.
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