Gordon Ramsay Three Star Chef

Posted: 21 October '12 by Niall and Kelly

Gordon Ramsay Three Star Chef Book Review

In two parts, Gordon Ramsay 3 Star Chef looks at what it takes to deliver the 3 Michelin star experience and the recipes which have taken Gordon to the top of the culinary profession.

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Categories: Books for Cooks


Two Greedy Italians Eat Italy

Posted: 17 May '12 by Niall and Kelly

Two Greedy Italians Eat Italy

Those Two Greedy Italians are back on our screens, as Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo Eat Italy. The thought of another Italian cookbook might fill you with dread – or maybe just indifference – but this is a cookbook with a difference, and definitely worth a place on your bookshelf.

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Win a signed copy of Michael Devlin’s The Taste Diaries

Posted: 10 May '12 by Niall and Kelly

Win a signed copy of Michael Devlin's The Taste Diaries

We recently got our hands on a cookbook with a difference, Michael Devlin’s The Taste Diaries. Well, Michael has been good enough to give us 5 signed copies of his book to give away!

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The Taste Diaries by Michael Devlin

Posted: 13 April '12 by Niall and Kelly

The Taste Diaries by Michael Devlin

We picked up a copy of The Taste Diaries the other day. Written by Michael Devlin, the food columnist for The Ulster Herald newspaper, the cookbook aims to try their hand at cooking – so expect good, solid recipes without too much faffing around. As good as the recipes are, though, it’s Michael’s stories that had us coming back for more!

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Books for Cooks: Catherine’s Italian Kitchen

Posted: 30 June '11 by Niall

Books for Cooks – Catherine’s Italian Kitchen

Hot on the heels of her RTE TV series, Catherine Fulvio’s “Catherine’s Italian Kitchen” is a collection of over 100 Italian recipes gathered from across Italy and perfected in her cookery school in Wicklow for the home cook. Buon appetito!

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The winners of Theo Randall’s “Pasta” cookbook are..

Posted: 03 September '10 by Niall and Kelly

As you may know by now, “Pasta” by Theo Randall is one of our favourite Italian cookbooks. Our competition to win one of three copies has just ended, and we’re happy to announce that the three lucky winners are: Grace M Stuart H David Q Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter, and..

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Pasta by Theo Randall

Posted: 13 August '10 by Niall

Just looking back through our recipe-list it’s pretty obvious that Italian cuisine is a big favourite of ours. I think I’ve bought most of what Antonio Carluccio, Giorgio Locatelli, and Elizabeth David have written on the subject. So it says a lot about Theo Randall’s abilities that we became such huge fans of his so..

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Willie’s Chocolate Factory Cookbook

Posted: 20 April '10 by Niall

Willie Harcourt-Cooze is an eccentric entrepreneur, the star of the Channel 4 series Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory, and on a mission to teach a nation of chocoholics how wonderful real chocolate can be. Twelve years ago, Willie and his wife Tania sold everything they had to buy a cacao farm in the Cloud Mountains of..

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