At this year’s Great Taste Awards, James Whelan Butchers’ Beef Dripping not only picked up the Golden Fork Award for Ireland (which is given to the best product in the country) – but was then also awarded the Supreme Champion Trophy. Boom! Seeing the upsurge of interest in heritage foods and traditional ingredients, Pat Whelan (a […]
I am SUCH a fan of vinegar-based dressings. There’s something about the sharpness that makes even a basic salad come to life. Thinking that sentence through, you’d be forgiven for jumping straight to an oily-Italian style concoction – but in fact one of my ALL-TIME-FAVOURITES for that kind of combination is a warm superfood salad […]
At the weekend, I had some rather good cider. Continuing my quest to try as many of the 3 star winners of the Great Taste Awards as possible, I’d contacted Apple County Cider Co, and they were kind enough to send me a bottle of their award-winning Vilberie Medium Dry. I don’t drink cider very […]