Healthier nibbles from Mackle Snacks – they’re All Yours!
Posted: 29 November '11 by Niall and Kelly
Mackle Snacks from Dungannon have launched a range of healthier nibbles called All Yours. Available in three flavours – blueberry and yoghurt, cranberry and yoghurt, or chocolate and cranberry – they’re a great alternative to the office vending machine! Fancy trying them for yourself?
Categories: Local Food Heroes
Abernethy’s butter is REALLY tasty.. Spread it around!
Posted: 30 August '11 by Niall and Kelly
We stumbled upon Abernethy Butter, a husband and wife team from County Down, who make delicious, hand-churned butter. It’s so good, more people deserve to know about it. So come on, spread it around!
Categories: Local Food Heroes
Extra-virgin oils from Harnett’s
Posted: 27 July '10 by Niall
One of my favourite programmes on TV in the last couple of years was “The Urban Chef” in which Ollie Rowe opened his Konstam restaurant in London and attempted to source all of his ingredients from within the M25. One of the most difficult tasks was finding cooking oil. I’d never seen that many olive..
Categories: Local Food Heroes
Fresh cupcakes! Luvverly fresh cupcakes!
Posted: 16 July '10 by Kelly
Niall and I are regulars at St. George’s Market and love going to find some tasty ingredients for a dinner party or some tasty snacks – it’s always a great day out, what with the live music and the many, many food stalls. We’ve even entertained thoughts of getting our own stall – so, when..
Categories: Things to do
They’re tasty, tasty, berry berry tasty
Posted: 28 June '10 by Niall and Kelly
Kelly and I are constantly amazed at the number of great local producers that are out there and that we rarely hear about. Getting the chance to talk to them and tell you about their products is one of the main reasons why we started Chilli and Chocolate. When we noticed that Boozeberries were following..
Categories: Local Food Heroes
We visit ‘Clydesdale & Morrow’
Posted: 26 February '10 by Kelly
Niall and I recently visited Clydesdale & Morrow, Belfast’s only fromagerie. It wasn’t our first time there – we go there when we need a particular cheese for a recipe, or as a treat for ourselves – but this time we thought we’d tell you all about it. When we first walked into the Lisburn..
Categories: Local Food Heroes
Tell us about your local food heroes
Posted: 07 September '09 by Niall
During our all-too-short holiday in Portugal we saw how much fresh fruit, vegetables and fish was easily available and used daily. Well, if other countries can do it, why not us!? We’ve decided to champion some of the local producers that we’ve come across in here Northern Ireland. It never ceases to amaze us how..
Categories: Local Food Heroes
