In the last few weeks fishermen have quite rightly forced their way to the top of the agenda in discussions about how we feed ourselves. With their backs to the wall, they have turned their anger to resolved action and their internal disagreements to a unified campaign. We are hearing a clear and reasonable message [...]
Archive for June, 2008
To have our Fish and Eat it
Posted in Food producers, tagged fish, smoked salmon, wild salmon on June 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
EAT SHERKIN! A CELEBRATION OF ISLAND FOOD 5TH-6TH JULY 2008
Posted in Events, tagged Events, Festivals, Sherkin Island, Workshops on June 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Provided by Dianne Curtin: Sherkin Island is the pearl in West Cork’s crown of culinary beauty. This nugget of rock has a gastronomy all its own. Atlantic waters off the island are famous for finest oysters, mussels, periwinkles, shrimps, crabs, and an array of fresh fish. Come and join us to celebrate all these and [...]
Can cook, will cook!
Posted in Food producers, tagged chef, farmers market, kinsale, producer on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Through all the great years of the Good Food Circle in Kinsale it had always puzzled us at Fuchsia why the area remained a blank on our maps of food producers. The gourmet capital of Ireland heaved with culinary talent and energy but you wouldn’t find the name Kinsale in your fridge or cupboard. Gladly [...]
To Live Alone in the Bee-Loud Glade
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bandon, beekeeping, biodiversity, farming, honey on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Every summer in my youth during our annual holidays in Dunmore East my father’s extended family would make a pilgrimage to Rocketts of the Metal Man in Tramore. Seated on long benches we would feed on bacon ribs, crubeens and the flouriest spuds on earth. An important part of the ritual was that at some [...]
