Cork Food Web are organising a series of events around Cork City for The Big Lunch on July 19th. What is The Big Lunch? Imagine a summer’s day on which millions of us, throughout the UK and Ireland, sit down to have lunch together, with our neighbours in the middle of our streets, [...]
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The Big Lunch
Posted in Community Food, Events on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Picnic at Gort na Nain
Posted in Events, tagged organic, slow food, Vegetarian on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s really starting to feel like summer, this just in from Slow Food Cork City:
Hi all,
There are still some places left for the next event of Slow Food Cork City on Saturday 20th June, 11:30. This time, we are visiting Ultan Walsh at his organic vegetable farm followed by a picnic.
Ultan is well known in [...]
National Famine Commemoration Week
Posted in Events on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By the way, I should have mentioned this before now but Declan Waugh and myself are presenting on food security and famine as part of the National Famine Commemoration Week in Skibbereen. Details below.
Food & The Famine
A set of presentations examining our ability to feed ourselves in extreme circumstances, both here in [...]
Food Writing Workshop with John McKenna
Posted in Events, West Cork, tagged food culture, food writing on May 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This sounds brilliant – just in from the West Cork Literary Festival. I have to see if I can get free at work and get along there. John always has things so well thought out:
There will be a unique chance to learn about the art and craft of food writing from Ireland’s “leading food [...]
Talking Chickens!
Posted in Events, tagged chickens, grow your own on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This just in from Hosfords, sounds interesting:
TALK – SHOW – SALE OF PURE BREED CHICKENS!!!
This coming Sunday 10th May at 12 O’clock, Hosfords Garden Centre & Cafe, Bandon
If you are interested in learning more about the possibilities of having your own hens or perhaps in adding a few pure breed Chickens to your flock, then do [...]
Slow Food West Cork Celebrates Slow Food International Grandmother’s Day
Posted in Community Food, Events on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hosford’s Garden Centre, Cappa, Enniskeane Co. Cork
Sunday 26th April 2-5pm
Demonstrations designed to pass on heritage skills to the youngsters – from the generation which knows best!
Bread and Scone Making with Ballinascarthy Bakers Mary Collins and Chrissie Flynn (children can join in)
All About Bees with Award Winning Beekeeper Bob McCutcheon, Secretary of County Cork [...]
Launch of the new Rural Development Programme
Posted in Events, tagged rural development on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Below is my press release on the new Rural Development/LEADER Programme. For anyone interested in food projects there’s great potential under the progamme…
…West Cork’s newly integrated local development company, West Cork Development Partnership launched the much anticipated new LEADER Programme on March 5 in Dunmanway. The launch is great news for community groups and local [...]
In Praise of Irish Pork
Posted in Events, tagged Events on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To start the New Year and to celebrate the fabulous Pork products that we have in West Cork, your West Cork and Cork City Slow Food Conviviums are holding a Pig Extravaganza somewhere in Bandon on Sunday January 18th.
A 3 course lunch (€35.00) will be served with talks and demonstrations from artisan [...]
Cork Food Web
Posted in Community Food, Events, tagged community supported agriculture, cork, csa, Local food, safe food on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy New Year and apologies for not having posted since early December – the Southern Star went into Christmas shopping ad mode and I took a holiday. Trying to walk that off now – that’s the price of full fat principles! Anyway whilst walking I’ve been thinking about what foods, farmers and producers I’d like [...]
Let the Sunshine In
Posted in Events, tagged festival, food events, skibbereen on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The food festival in Skibbereen was great as usual and as usual was blessed with unseasonally fine weather. I took lots of pics at the fair on Sunday but there were many more fine sights to be savoured like the fabulous creations of local students in the schools cookery competition or the spread of cakes [...]
