Darina Brennan is the executive chef for Dalata Group, the single largest hotel group in Ireland, now fast expanding in the UK and Europe. If you’ve stayed in a Clayton or a Maldron, you’ve stayed in a Dalata and have sampled Darina’s work. I’m fascinated by careers where people go from the bottom to the top. It’s not the case... Read More
“I’ve got forty-eight hours to kill so let’s book a trip to Monaghan” said no one ever. As it happens I was told that Monaghan is the second least visited county in Ireland so I took it as a bit of a personal challenge. Will I bring the masses to Monaghan and single-handedly bring it into the limelight? Probably not!... Read More
This is a back of the press and left-over kind of soup. The goodness comes from the warmth of the spices and the comforting chewiness of the dumplings. The added pleasure of the warm, juicy chicken slivers is just an added bonus. It was my first time making dumplings and based on this one experience, it won’t be my last... Read More
Fiona Staunton is a Chef and Home Economics teacher and owner of Fiona’s Food For Life. She presents live cookery classes in the workplace, as well as online classes. Her philosophy is Cook, Eat, Nourish – she will teach you to cook from scratch, nourish yourself and those around you while reducing time spent in the kitchen. Her recipes are... Read More
Pauline Cox is the Managing Director of Gather & Gather Ireland who are essentially a workplace catering group. Born in Birmingham to Irish parents (from Down and Roscommon respectively) she moved back to Ireland when she was 13 when her parents decided to buy a pub just outside Strokestown. She worked in a local hotel during her final years in... Read More
You’ve roasted a chicken or a big joint of good meat. You may have even cooked a whole fish or boiled a ham or some good eggs. It could be that you’ve just decided to have roasties and a whole lot of vegetable side dishes to pick from. It’s the kind of dinner I love to cook and to eat.... Read More
Jocelyn Doyle is a freelance food writer, content creator and editor. For the last eight years, she’s been working for Easy Food magazine – in recent years, as Deputy Editor – as well as being Food Content Creator for Easy Food’s parent company, content agency Zahra. Since joining the Easy Food team in 2014, Jocelyn’s passion for artisan producers has... Read More
Eva Pau very literally grew up in the Asia Market store on Drury Street, Dublin, that is owned by her parents, Helen and Howard Pau, and which last year celebrated its 40th anniversary. When she was a child, her mother worked on the shop floor as a Cashier and in her formative years, the store became Eva’s playground – popping... Read More
As I’m working from home these days, I’ve a lot more time to cook dinners from scratch. Slow and low is how I’m cooking a lot these days. When I talk about slow-cooking, it can mean one (although sometimes both) of two things, the first being, of course, a meal cooked using the slow-cooker or the crockpot, whatever way you... Read More
It’s here, it’s arrived, it’s soup season and I love it. From January onwards, I am a soup fiend. I used to hate soup and saw it as a punishment but as a card carrying member of the grown-up community, I love a bowl of soup. With this post, I wanted to round up some of my winter warmers with... Read More
French expat living in Dublin, particularly happy when cooking with fresh, seasonal and locally sourced products.
