Food and Drink Spotting
Tempting
West Cork Break
In June, West Cork Food have a fantastic Food Break
lined up for you or for your friends and relations who might be coming for a
holiday. You will meet some of the area’s top producers, see how they operate
and sample the top class products. You’ll find all the details here.
Macroom’s Castle Hotel is Trip Advisor’s “Best family
hotel”
Congrats to Macroom’s CastleHotel who last
week announced they “had beaten off stiff competition and
was voted best family hotel by Trip Advisor in its annual Trip Advisor Travellers’
Family Hotel Choice Awards.”
Owner
Don Buckley: “We are
delighted to receive a second Trip advisor accolade and to be voted by the
travellers themselves is what it’s all about at the end of the day. This award
is quiet timely as we recently celebrated our Guaranteed Irish status.”
Marketing Manager, Rachael
Kohler: “Only 1% of all hotels on Trip Advisor receive awards, so to have two
is a fantastic achievement.”
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Garden
Talk
Elke
of Bia Sásta is a busy lady and she has a great gardening evening lined up
for 25th April.
“Kitty Scully of RTE's 'How to create a Garden' will be joining us for an evening on Kitchen Gardening. Everything you always wanted to know. This is your event. We will learn all about seeds, how to care for them, store them and plant them. What vegetables to plant when and how to 'feed' them.
Make
sure you book your ticket soon as this is an event not to be missed. Ticket
per person €15 which includes information material and tea/coffee with
homemade scones. Email biasasta@hotmail.com to book your ticket.”
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New Lager, wine date
Eight
Degrees Brewing have just launched their Czech style Barefoot Bohemian Pilsner.
Scott tells me it has a subtle biscuit malt base balanced by a generous lashing
of Czech hops giving a nice spicy hop aroma.
”We
stored it for 2 months in our conditioning tanks to give a nice crisp finish.
Like always: no chemicals, additives and preservatives.” If you the Czech
lagers, such as Staropramen and 1795, you’ll like this. I picked up a few
bottles from Bradley’s at the weekend and enjoyed them very much indeed!
The Côtes de
Provence, how I loved my wine trips down there last summer, comes to The Twelve, Bearna, Galway. Check it out here.
Shorts
Very disappointing to find
that an English Market stall put their price label across the use by date label
on a packet of rocket that cost 2.99. I bought it on the 13th and
the expiry date was the 11th. Opened it on the 14th and
the rocket, as you’d expect, wasn’t exactly at its best. It stank. It was then that I peeled off the
top label and saw the expiry date. Not nice.
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Springtime salads, courtesy of All Recipes UK and Ireland
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Springtime lettuces and greens like rocket, spinach and
watercress are at their best – time to enjoy fresh tossed salads for a lovely
light lunch or dinner!
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