I love, love, love Chinese New Year – in fact I love it more than the Western New Year, there’s something more spiritual and magical about it and as a long time martial artist it has an extra-special meaning for me. This year is the year of the Goat a sign that represents calmness and… Read More Chinese New Year: Spicy Pork Ribs
I spent an incredible weekend in Galway City recently and was blessed…literally blessed twice with two incredible foodie joints that literally blew the socks clean off my feet. The first was The Pie Maker on Cross Street which is a teeny weeny little gaff that serves the most incredible pies, mash and mushy peas – check… Read More Insane Nduja and Porchetta Pizza
A cold kitchen floor at 3am is a strange place to spend Christmas morning………especially when that floor is the one you mostly work on. Why am I on the floor? Why is there there a egg-lifter in my mouth? Those a good questions…..and they’re pretty much down to bad luck and money…or more accurately to… Read More Whiskey Glazed Christmas Ham
Someone once called this a French Pizza and I reckon they have a point because it has all the hall-marks of a Pizza and all the components of a French Gallette. So, I’m happy to roll with that..French Pizza it is! I’ll put my hands up here and admit that this particular recipe was not… Read More The ‘All in’ Gallette……
The Bicycle Thief 