Food and Drink Spotting
Taste of the Week.
Did you know that the Cornstore are now dry aging their own beef with Himalayan salt and that means their steaks are extra special at the moment. "Imported Himalayan salt is used to absorb humidity in the aging unit over a period of up to 35 days resulting in the most tender, flavoursome beef one is ever likely to taste."
Real Wine - Celebrating the Artisan
Grower
Wine talk
and wine tasting with Eric Narioo, of Les Caves des Pyrène, and Pascal
Rossignol, of Le Caveau, in The Grain
Store at Ballymaloe
Sunday 26th
May, 6.30pm
This is a
great opportunity to listen to two passionate and experienced wine experts in
this area, over a very pleasant, informal, yet educational talk, and a tasting
of different artisan wines
Eric from
Les Caves de Pyrène and Pascal from Le Caveau both specialise in artisan wines
sourced from individual growers, that are 'true to where they come from, which
are made by hand with minimal interventions in the vineyard and winery, and
which show maximum respect for nature and the environment'.
Sunday
26th May, 6.30pm €15 (includes wine
tasting of eight different wines)
Further
information & to reserve places
colm@ballymaloe.ie
Tel: 086
0859034
Sage
Expands!
Midleton’s
award winning Sage Restaurant will be closed for renovation from June10th to 15th.
Kevin Aherne explains: “We will be re opening with a new Cafe/Wine & craft
beer hub AKA The Greenroom next to the restaurant. The Greenroom will
be open Tue-Sat from 9 am till late . We will have all your morning needs from
coffee to scones to light bites. Lunch will be from 12-4 with Sandwiches, wraps,
organic salads, soups,cakes, tarts & more. With a large emphasis on local
as always . From 4 o’clock on, the craft beers and wine will be flowing with
local cheese and producer platters. We will be running our mug club where you
can personalize your own mug with Susan from Crafty Hands. We will also be
running a take away service at lunch time if you don’t have time to sit down
and join us.”
Irish???. Maybe. Maybe Not!
Did you know that we import over €5 billion worth of
food and drink every year? Many of our well knows brands that we presume to be
Irish, in fact are not!!
Siucra, Lyons Tea, Kimberley Biscuits, HB Ice-Cream and
many of our meats, fruits and vegetables are all imported.
Imagine the affect on our economy if we were to actively
seek out Irish alternatives? Supporting Irish food producers means we enhance
local economies, create jobs and reduce's our carbon footprint.
Shorts
EXTENDED SUMMER HOURS AT CAFÉ
PARADISO! · 13 MAY 2013
“Here’s some good news for a
Monday, and for every Monday in this coming summer. To better use the long
balmy evenings and the expected harvest bounty from Gortnanain Farm, we’re
extending our dinner service to six days all summer long, including Mondays.
From Monday 3rd June and until
24th August, our summer hours are:
Dinner – Monday to Saturday from
5.30pm;
Lunch – Saturday noon to 2.30pm.
Don’t know if many of you saw
this bit of fun with Julia Childs on twitter during the week. Like sharing a
laugh or two so here goes again:
Kate Lawlor of Fenn’s Quay has her first
book coming out next month:
Another Rhubarb Tip: