Observer Food Monthly Awards 2010
Posted: 22 June '10 by Niall
We’ve just noticed that voting for the Observer Food Monthly Awards is open. The competition closes at midnight on Friday, June 25th – so get voting now! The categories include Best Restaurant and Best Food Blog (hint, hint), but we think that Co Couture, those marvellous gourmet chocolatiers located on Chicester Street in Belfast, deserve..
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Mud, sweat and tears
Posted: 17 June '10 by Niall
One of my favourite childhood memories is of sitting on our back step, shelling and eating the peas that we grew in our garden. I’ve always wanted to relive those halycon days by growing my own veg – fresh, ripe, and not a plastic tray or piece of cling-film wrap in sight. Now, Kelly and..
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Carluccio’s now delivering to Northern Ireland!
Posted: 22 February '10 by Niall
When Kelly and I visit London our itinerary always includes at least one meal (and a bottle of wine or two) at a Carluccio’s restaurant. Aside from the delicious, authentic Italian food, the friendly staff, and the pocket-saving prices, the in-store deli is a treasure-trove of mouth-watering treats: from truffle butter to dried porcini, imported..
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Exciting times at Chilli & Chocolate – with Direct Wine Shipments
Posted: 09 February '10 by Niall
These are exciting times here at Chilli and Chocolate! We have a lot of things planned for 2010, but the newest development and one which we’re most excited about is working with Direct Wine Shipments. The main reason for starting Chilli and Chocolate was to let you know about what was available out there –..
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Swearing, with some cooking thrown in
Posted: 19 January '10 by Niall
I have to confess – Kelly and I like Gordon Ramsay. Behind all of the swagger and media-courting I think there’s a great chef with a lot of talent, drive, and ambition. So we settled down to watch “Gordon’s Great Escape” with some expectation. The basis for the programme certainly sounded good – Gordon was..
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Drum-roll, please..
Posted: 09 December '09 by Niall and Kelly
Over the last couple of weeks we ran a competition to win 1 of 5 copies of the Leon cookbook. After a lot of interest, and some great recruitment of new members from all concerned, we have the results! The five lucky winners are: Elham R Sarah B Bernadette McI Ciara G Maura W Thanks..
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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..
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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,..
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