Rocking Grass Archives: September 2007
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25 September 2007
As It Is: Market Burgers
Michael Charlton has worked with Rick Stein and Terrence Conran, in restaurants in London and Cornwall, and in Chapter One here in Dublin. Now he’s striking out on his own with a market stall business selling organic beef burgers under the name As It Is.
I went to talk to Michael at his stall in the […]
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24 September 2007
Autumn Food
For all that I cook happily year-round, there’s something about autumn that makes me want to cook more. I think it’s probably to do with being brought up in the country, for one thing, when you could actually see harvests coming in. Sure, in Wexford it was grain, sugar-beet, and sometimes potatoes, and not a […]
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15 September 2007
Jalebis
I’ve just discovered to my delight that one of the local Middle Eastern shops - Spiceland - sells jalebis. Jalebis, for those who have never heard of them, are the unhealthiest food in the whole world; they’re essentially deep-fried sugar. Variants on them are called jangiri and emarti. I understand they’re North Indian originally, but […]
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10 September 2007
The Witchery by the Castle, Edinburgh
For my 30th birthday, Nina brought me to Edinburgh, to stay in the Witchery’s Library Suite. It was fantastic beyond belief, and I recommend it to everyone. We’ll be going back as often as possible, I think, and not least because of the food in the restaurant. It’s often deemed the best restaurant in Edinburgh.
We […]