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Sep 24th, 2010
The Friday video: introducing… the fabulous Jamie Oliver!
So Jamie’s releasing some new products soon called Jamie Oliver’s Kitchen Kit. I’m going to be reviewing them (I know, selfless devotion to finding the best stuff for you, my loyal reader).
Here’s an brand new and exclusive look at the new Kitchen Kit, ably demonstrated by the man himself, and giving you a brilliant take on Eton Mess to boot:
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Sep 22nd, 2010
Review: Catherine’s Italian Kitchen by Catherine Fulvio
Irish people really love Italian food. The Irish lifestyle of good, simple food, family and, of course, the archetypal Irish Mammy at the heart of every home echoes that of Italy in so many ways. Catherine Fulvio is an Irish girl married to a Sicilian, who also runs a successful cookery school (Ballyknocken in County Wicklow), so she has the perfect CV for creating an amazing Italian cookbook.
And what...
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Sep 21st, 2010
Dressed fleas, the Disreputable One and free Pizza Hut pizza
When we were little, the Disreputable One (and I’m sure he wouldn’t mind me saying this), wasn’t around all the time. He worked in foreign countries for long periods, and we missed him a lot.
When he was back, though, there was always great excitement at the mention of ‘a trip’. These trips were legendary. Oh, they weren’t holidays or vastly expensive days out (although...
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Sep 19th, 2010
”Mum, what’s a prostitute?”
So the youngest decided he wanted a Twitter account. Oh yes, The Death Wish Child has his new iPhone and one of the first things he did was bloody well get on Twitter and steal all my friends.
Anyhoo, we were sitting on the sofa with the laptop, having a little Twitter 101: ‘don’t say anything embarrassing, be nice, don’t ever swear, don’t click on links, remember Twitter comments are...
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Sep 15th, 2010
A teeny weeny creamy chicken and ham pie
So I might have mentioned that, along with one child, the only other stuff I could bring when we set sail for the fair Emerald Isle was whatever I could fit in the car (oh, and the Cat of Death – but you’ve heard that story). We squeezed in a few pots and pans, my scales, some cups and plates, but not a great deal else. All the rest of it will be arriving with the shippers some time the week after...
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Sep 14th, 2010
Review: Dizeo – safe social networking
Okay, so hands up whose kids are mad on Facebook? Yes, thought so. And hands up who has concerns about what their kids are watching/reading/talking about online? Yep, thought that too.
Officially, there’s a lower age limit on Facebook of 13, but if your child is at all creative (or good at maths), they can soon invent themselves a whole new date of birth, and voila, the world of Facebook is opened...
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Sep 12th, 2010
Rowan, Eucalyptus, Silver Birch, Beech and a lot of digging
When we bought English Towers – during the peak of the ol’ Celtic Tiger (yes, yes, I know… it’s worth about 50p now), the builder had planted (at great expense I should imagine) a Beech hedge that went all the way round the perimeter of the site.
The trees were tiny but David, our lovely tree expert and all-round garden guru (you may remember that he created the raised garden at the back...
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Sep 9th, 2010
In which our hero is a painting legend, with short bouts of hysteria
So as you know, dearest reader, I’m generally of a calm and vey vey placid demeanour and not at all prone to bouts of hysteria *cough*.
Okay, so I might be a bit of a rabid hysteric, but generally I have good reason. That good reason of late was the general state of our house when we moved back in. I won’t go into detail, but I’ll just say the tenants loved it a great deal less than we do....
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Sep 7th, 2010
The Sheridans Cheesemongers 50 mile Harvest Festival
Local to us here (and I mean literally just along the road – result!) is a fabulous cheesemongers called Sheridans. They’re great supporters of local and artisan production and held a brilliant Irish Food Festival back in May (which I sadly missed), so when Poppy’s Mum stopped me on the boat road while I was out blackberry picking and handed me a leaflet for their Harvest Festival this weekend,...
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Sep 5th, 2010
Easy paprika chicken with garlic roasted vegetable couscous
Easy peasy one, this. Tomato sauce forms the basis of a large number of our meals as it’s one thing that everyone really likes. I tend to buy the large jars of passata (sieved tomatoes) as de brevren are not over fond of lumps (insert your own joke here). You can use this sauce for masses of other things, or keep the chicken, ditch the paprika, and just serve with rice or potatoes. Oh and if...
