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GREASE ENLIGHTENING
I recall my late mother telling me that as a child they had a special room on the side of the farmhouse for making butter and that as a...
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gfmeade7
Jun 6, 20233 min read
STARS AND GRIPES
One thing about cooking is that even the glitterati need to eat and over the course of a cooking career one will get to cook for many...
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gfmeade7
May 30, 20233 min read
ORANGE TRUTH
An older generation will tell you how once upon a time oranges were so rare on these islands you might even have one in your Christmas...
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gfmeade7
May 23, 20233 min read
ROLLING BACK THE SPEARS
Asparagus has to be one of my favourite veggies and it is at this time of year that our local variety is available for its very short...
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gfmeade7
May 16, 20233 min read
GOOD AFTERNOON TEA
Afternoon tea conjures up lazy summer days, lounging around a lovely garden, nibbling on dainty sandwiches and followed by sweet treats...
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gfmeade7
May 9, 20233 min read
GARLIC TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY
I recall my very first taste of garlic when having my dinner cooked by a family friend we stayed with for a few days as a child. She had...
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gfmeade7
May 2, 20233 min read
DON'T SCREAM ABOUT ICE CREAM
I started to notice the ice cream vans doing their rounds lately and the odd ninety nine being licked at the seaside so summer is here....
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gfmeade7
Apr 25, 20233 min read
BESIDE THE SEAWEED
As an island we are not more than a couple of hours from a beach and if we had the sun all year imagine what Ireland would be like. We...
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gfmeade7
Apr 18, 20233 min read
LAST SUPPERS
I have been privy to the kitchens of care homes a few times over the years in the course of my work. I even ran one once for a weekend...
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gfmeade7
Apr 11, 20233 min read
BRING HOME THE REAL BACON
We do like a good rasher and where would the full Irish breakfast be without it. I had one lately in a guesthouse and between it and the...
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gfmeade7
Apr 4, 20233 min read
JUST DESSERTS
Easter can be all about sweet treats and growing up in the seventies sweets were a proper treat and desserts consisted of my mother’s...
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gfmeade7
Mar 28, 20233 min read
GONG HO
With the Oscars and award season over us now, everyone can get back to doing what they do best or worse, be it making movies or whatever...
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gfmeade7
Mar 21, 20233 min read
COOKING TIME UP FOR STOVES
The one piece of kit us chefs always fret about is our stove or plain old cooker as we Irish would term it. This essential bit of...
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gfmeade7
Mar 13, 20233 min read
FIELDS OF GREEN
With the week that is in it there is one food that is synonymous with Ireland and that is our humble spud. St. Patrick would surely have...
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gfmeade7
Mar 7, 20233 min read
NOT SO LITTLE LAMB
I always get excited about this time of year with spring lamb soon coming over the hill and the historical tradition it brings to the...
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gfmeade7
Feb 28, 20233 min read
KITCHEN CLOTH
There is a great history to chef uniforms that led to what became the norm until relatively recently. The traditional stereotype image is...
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gfmeade7
Feb 21, 20233 min read
LOAD OF CREPE
Today is the annual ground hog day when you will hear all the chefs across the media being interviewed about making the perfect pancake...
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gfmeade7
Feb 14, 20233 min read
LAP OF THE GODDESSES
It’s that time of year when pulses are set racing with everyone in a tizzy to find or satisfy a soul mate. I have always been as...
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gfmeade7
Feb 7, 20233 min read
HATCHET JOB
I always had a soft spot for butchers. My father’s family ran a shop back in the day where he often got drafted in for a few shifts as a...
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gfmeade7
Jan 31, 20233 min read
A FRIEND IN KNEAD
Our daily bread was very much in the news last year when the pandemic lockdowns had just turned a whole new generation into home bakers....
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