A brilliant gift of a cookery course in Dunbrody by my fabulous sister-in-law Paula led to one of the best day's out I've had in ages.  Interesting and enjoyable in every way without a dull moment in a gorgeous location. We did our annual...

I had written off this series by the third episode but it still showed glimmers of quality. Luckily those glimmers shone through to beat off the bozos and tooth veneers. The final gave us the two best chefs who were clearly passionate and capable. ...

After starting with dodos and publicity whores, the final was a joy. Two great chefs with two great mentors. Ace!

Atrocious food reality TV. This episode in particular showed 2 contestants who had no ability, drive or will. Awful.

Ching-He tries to take Ken's crown. Too many Euro-insertions. Packet ham! Will watch more. Duck good.

A decent enough reality tv cookery show but nothing to grab you. Not as good as Top Chef or as bad as Hell's Kitchen.

Spicy, high pork content, smoky and delicious. Hard to believe they are Irish, not Spanish. Worth every penny!

One of the many stalls we visited whilst at the Taste of Cork festival was Declan Ryan's Arbutus bread one. After sampling the delicious bread we decided to purchase a few bags of his West Cork Brown Soda Mix to take home. Finally got...

Really needed the pick me up and some espressos from this stand got me going for another few hours. Why did itaste better than any place i've tried that sells their coffee? There's more to it than beans!

These guys were on the English Market stand and had some lovely wine. I tried and enjoyed several. The iki br was worth a go and the sake went very nicely with some oysters from the ajoining stand. I thought their prices were a bit high compared to...