Having shirked the bad weather for the last 2 months I finally got back to Bandon Farmers Market last week and was delighted to find Sonia Bower had returned. Sonia, who is based in Glandore makes a range of sweet, spicy, oil based roasted vegetable pickles that she sells as Sonia’s Inner Pickle. She has [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Sonia’s In a Pickle
Posted in Food producers, tagged farmers market, fuchsia brand, pickles on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Champions in Defence of Food
Posted in Food producers, tagged cheese, cheesemakers, raw milk, regulation, risk assessment on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to Bill Hogan and Sean Ferry of West Cork Natural Cheese Company in Schull on being presented with the Observer Food Monthly annual Judges Award for Outstanding Achievement. The judges made to the award to recognize the invaluable service that Mr Hogan and Mr Ferry have given in protecting our food culture and heritage [...]
Lamb suggestions from Michael Twomey, Butcher
Posted in Food producers, tagged butcher, lamb, macroom, meat on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Twomey’s butcher shop is on the entrance to Macroom from Cork and is marked by a special commitment to supporting local agriculture. Firstly, this is Ireland’s only Guaranteed Irish butcher shop, to use the logo Michael cannot sell any meat from overseas. He tells me that he started down this path in 1996 when [...]
Spring has Sprung
Posted in farmers, tagged butchers, farming, lamb, sheep, sheepdogs, spring on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spring has finally sprung, there is warmth in the sunshine and life in the fields. The liveliest of springing is from lambs, most of which have been born in the last few weeks. Early lambs, born in January are just reaching maturity now and from this week on Spring Lamb should be available in our [...]
