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17 May 2008
Breakfast Portraits
I just stumbled across a wonderful gallery of pictures of people and their breakfasts, by Jon Huck. I love these collections of glimpses into other people’s habits. I’d also love to know if there was some effort toward variety from the photographer, or if people carefully chose what breakfast to show him. I’m seeing a […]
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25 February 2008
Carbonara
There’s something immensely pleasing about getting the hang of a new dish. I can’t quite say I’ve mastered it, but I’m getting there: carbonara. There are hundreds of variants, but the basic idea is that you have pasta, to which is added some pancetta and some Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. And while this lot is still hot […]
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5 February 2008
Shrove Tuesday treats
The thought that particular foods are associated with one single day only intrigues me. Things associated with major festivals, say, mince pies or gingerbreads at Christmastime or hot cross buns at Easter, tend to be enjoyed probably more during the run up to the festival itself than during the days themselves. Turkey or lamb are […]
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4 February 2008
Eggs for Breakfast
I’m not sure when the idea of eggs as an essential part of breakfast took root in my mind. I was raised with boiled eggs for breakfast at weekends, and if I recall correctly, fried eggs occasionally. We had our own chickens, so supply wasn’t a problem. But I don’t recall thinking that eggs were […]
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6 October 2007
Review: Dunne and Crescenzi
Imagine an awful of of dramatic handwaving for the following paragraph.
Ah, Dunne & Crescenzi. How you are truly my amore! But why, why must you be so disorganised? You know I adore your smoothest coffee and most delicious antipasti, but let me be honest with you: even on the best of days, you leave me […]
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6 October 2007
Fishing in the Irish Sea
Last Saturday, I went fishing with my brothers and a few other people on a chartered boat trip out a little way into the Irish Sea (or the Atlantic, at that point, really) from Kilmore Quay in Wexford. Bear in mind, now, that I hadn’t been near fishing tackle since I was about sixteen, and […]
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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 […]