Sherry Trifle and Christmas go hand in hand in my home. I remember every Christmas Eve as a child watching my mother make the trifle. Trifles sponges soaked, and I mean soaked, in sherry put into the special trifle bowl, jelly poured over and a tin of fruit. The sponge sort of disintegrated into the […]
You know how some people get excited about a good film or their favourite TV show? Well, I get excited about food. Food and the fact that Eddie Vedder is playing in Cork this year. But mostly food. So when I saw one lonely bunch of rhubarb in the market last weekend I pounced on […]
Having finally fallen in love with chorizo I seem to be looking for a way to stick it into every meal! It regularly appears in our breakfasts, be it in a hash or cooked in a tomato sauce, for dinner in this salad or cooked with pasta. I think this however is my favourite use […]
This is my 100th blog post! I know what you’re thinking, “She’s taking her time!” I’m still more or less meeting my goal of one post a week so I’m happy with that. My first post was for Mushroom Risotto so it seems fitting to have Mushroom Soup for this one.