The Wild Atlantic Way has been a great success. Every year thousands take to our lovely roads and boreens. But a word of caution for those heading out this summer. West Cork roads are sneaky. West Cork roads will bring you back exactly where you started from. A road can […]
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I obviously didn’t consider the basil when I was trying to reduce our vegetable growing this year, as we have a dozen healthy plants all growing like the clappers, enough for a small restaurant not a downsized family! The thing about basil, or any other herb, is that if you don’t […]
In his ‘Special Report on Surnames in Ireland’, Robert E. Matheson published a list of the 27 commonest surnames in Co. Cork, based on their incidence in the index of births for 1890. This is a great source of genealogy, as is Diarmuid Ó Murchadha’s authoritative ‘Family Names of County […]
Iran is headline news right now. By the time this article goes to print, the incessant bombing of Tehran and its ten million occupants, by Israel, could be over, or have boiled into a war of greater dimensions. Both the USA and Israel see Iran as an evil country that […]
I don’t often notice the latest skincare trends, but one caught my eye recently and made me reflect on what I’ve learned over the years about natural skincare. The obsession with Korean-inspired ‘glass skin’ – that impossibly smooth, pore-less, dewy look – is completely unrealistic for those of us with […]
This month’s recipe is based loosely on pisto, a Spanish dish that is related in a Mediterranean way to the ratatouille of France and Caponata of Italy. It’s an everyday dish using summer vegetables cooked slowly, without fuss and often served with a fried egg on top. The runny yolk […]