Japanese food made easy by Fiona Uyema
It's exactly one week since I went to Bloom festival for the very first time. I wasn't entire sure what to expect but I ended up having such a wonderful day there in sunny Phoenix Park! I discovered a lot of fantastic products like nettle syrup and wild garlic oil,…
Delalicious by Sinéad Delahunty
Sinéad Delahunty, better known as the blogger behind Delalicious has just released her very first cookbook! It always makes me so happy to see fellow foodbloggers release their first book as its one of my biggest dreams as well. I've been following Delalicious for a little over a year now…
Move, Train, Nourish by Dominic Munnelly and Grainne Parker
Even though I was very active as a kid and practiced a couple of sports, all of that faded away over the years to the point where any workout is a serious struggle for me. It doesn't really help that i'm cooking and tasting food all the time so I…
Pan Sheet cooking by Jenny Tschiesche
101 recipes for simple and nutritious meals straight from the oven I love cooking but boy do I hate cleaning up! Especially after creating a new recipe, which tends to leave my kitchen destroyed and the sink filled with all kinds of pots and plates that I used to try…
Mezze by Ghillie Basan
Ireland is currently battling both Storm Emma and the Beast from the East, with a lot of snow all over the country but that's not going to stop me from bringing some sunshine into your kitchen with my new book tip of the month! Mezze, with recipes by Ghillie Basan…
Greta’s Herbs
No cookbook this month for my monthly book tip, but a herb book from Greta McCarthy O'Brien who lives on the Dingle Peninsula, the West of Ireland. At the base of each meal is the choice of herbs. Add too much and they'll overpower everything, don't add enough and your…
Dingle Dinners by Trevis L. Gleason
If there's one thing I will be focusing on even more in the new year, it's Irish local and seasonal food. There is so much to offer, from locally caught fish on our shores to honey made from bees in the Golden Vale, from our freshest beef and lamb to…
Japanese Patisserie by James Campbell
Forget about classic French patisserie, this Christmas it's all about discovering Japanese influences! Asian cuisine has become increasingly popular all over the world, so when I saw this book I just had to give it a read. Each recipe is a mix of East meets West so they are not…
Basics to Brilliance by Donna Hay
Donna Hay, Australia's award-winning food stylist, author, tv chef and magazine editor, was someone I didn't know much about until recently when I read the announcement of her new book: Basics to Brilliance. I straight away got intrigued by this one sentence: "Each basic recipe is followed by clever variations and…
5 Ingredients by Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver is one of my absolute food heroes, he’s one of the people I turned to (well not in person obviously) when I started cooking – for recipes, inspiration, tips, .. so it should come as no surprise I have almost all of his cookbooks and watch all his…