Archive for November, 2009
Win a copy of “Leon: Ingredients and Recipes”
Posted: 21 November '09 by Kelly
Those nice people at Octopus Publishing have given us 5 copies of the “Leon: Ingredients and Recipes” book to give away to our members. You can read our review of “Leon: Ingredients and Recipes” here. Competition Terms: The five site members that recruit the most new members on the Chilli and Chocolate website will win..
Categories: Competitions and Promotions
Leon: Ingredients and Recipes by Allegra McEvedy
Posted: 21 November '09 by Kelly
“Leon” was founded by Allegra McEvedy,Henry Dimbleby, and John Vincent, and voted the “Best New Restaurant” by judges Rick Stein, Gordon Ramsay, Nigel Slater, Heston Blumenthal and Jay Rayner in the 2005 Observer food awards. The restaurant, now part of a 9-strong chain of London-based eateries, was created to provide customers with fast-food that looked..
Categories: Books for Cooks
Chef-spotting – Antonio Carluccio visits Dublin
Posted: 12 November '09 by Niall
It’s very late notice, but we’ve just heard that Antonio Carluccio, the genial grandfather of Italian cooking, is visiting his Dublin restaurant today for a book signing and cooking demonstration. Signore Carluccio’s new book, “Simple Cooking”, is all about that very Italian obsession of feeding one’s friends and family, and feeding them well. includes recipes..
Categories: News
Belfast Christmas Continental Market 2009
Posted: 12 November '09 by Niall
If you’ve walked past Belfast City Hall in the last week you can’t have helped noticing that it’s time for the Belfast Christmas Continental Market again! Kelly and I love seeing the market come to town – apart from the chance to taste food from around the world, the atmosphere is usually fairly festive. It..
Categories: Things to do
The Roasting Plank – make the most of your meat
Posted: 09 November '09 by Niall
With all of the cooking programmes on TV at the minute, it’s rare to come across something new for the kitchen, particularly something that could revolutionise the way that you cook. The roasting plank is just that though. Plank-cooking works by charring a pre-soaked piece of wood during cooking and they can be used in..
Categories: Product Reviews
Pork with prunes in mustard sauce and cheesy mash
Posted: 09 November '09 by Niall
While I was flicking through the channels on television a couple of weeks ago, I saw that one of the contestants on MasterChef had made Pork with prunes in a creamy mustard sauce and thought that it looked pretty tasty, and a change from our usual Italian cuisine. We were also lucky enough to receive..
Categories: Recipes
Easy Raspberry Tart
Posted: 05 November '09 by Kelly
Niall and I went to my mum and dad’s house for some Hallowe’en celebrations at the weekend. Everyone was bringing a dish and I decided to make a dessert. This raspberry tart was delicious and surprisingly easy to make. You can see more photos hereImage 1Image 2 Ingredients: 220g (1 cup) caster (superfine) sugar 300g fresh raspberries..
Categories: Uncategorized
Left room for dessert? Giant Tiramisu makes a world record
Posted: 04 November '09 by Kelly
Chef’s rustled up the world’s biggest tiramisu at a food festival in France on Friday 30 October 2009. The dessert was assembled in an ice rink set up specifically to keep the tiramisu chilled at the fair in Villeurbanne near Lyon. A dozen chefs worked through the night on the dessert, whipping together buckets or eggs,..
Categories: News
