(Coffee) bean-age kicks…

Two cups of energy-giving goodness…

It took me a long while to get into the pleasures of coffee… but now I’m a convert to the helping hand that a freshly-made long cup of frothy caffeine can provide first thing in the morning.

It’s Friday, it’s the end of a long week, and I really needed that kick up the keister today. Some might consider it sacrilegious to adulterate coffee beans with chocolate, but for me a good mocha as a pre-breakfast drink is the perfect start to the day. Roll on the weekend…

The Ultimate Roast Potato?

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I am almost comically stereotypically Irish in my love of potatoes.…

Swedish Apple Cake

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The weather may have warmed up in the past day or so, but it…

Get stuffed…

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The cold and icy weather has made me less than enthused about…

Hare today, gone tomorrow…

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It's game season. Living in the countryside is giving me…

Making Damson Gin

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I discovered that it's not hard to make a fantastic spirit to…

Going for goat

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After all the rich roasts and traditional tastes of Christmas…

Breast is best… a plump woodpigeon starter

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Here's a perfect woodpigeon breast, wrapped lovingly in locally…

Really, eely good…

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Oh missus, what a chopper… Mister North and Miss South…