Food & Drinks - West Cork People

Raspberry pancakes

Karen Austin July, 2019

We have a rabbit in our garden. It has been hopping about devouring beans and kale and now it’s systematically chomping through a row of cauliflowers. This is an unusual problem for us as the garden’s walled and although birds cause devastation the rabbits usually stay out. It’s not easy […]

The sunshine vitamin

WCP Staff June, 2019

By Eoin Roe It has been a fantastic week to be living in West Cork, the sun is shining and that has got me thinking about Vitamin D. Vitamin D is a vitamin and also a hormone that is produced in your body by exposure to UVB rays from sunlight. […]

In anticipation of peas

Karen Austin June, 2019

It’s a busy time in the garden, lots to sow, transplant and weed but not a vast selection to eat. There are plenty of green things – salad leaves, herbs, baby spinach, a few bolting leeks but for the rest we are waiting. This month’s recipe is in anticipation of […]

Where does your bacon come from?

Mary O'Brien June, 2019

Senior Research Officer at Teagasc based at Moorepark in Fermoy, Dr Laura Boyle, was recently awarded the prestigious 2019 British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) award for Innovative Development in Animal Welfare. Dr Boyle received the award in recognition […]

The next chapter at Eccles

WCP Staff May, 2019

PEccles Hotel in Glengarriff is well on the way to becoming the destination resort that its General Manager David Manning envisioned when he set himself the challenge just over a year ago. New life has been breathed into this beautiful old building – you can almost hear Thackeray, Shaw and […]

Time for a seasonal change

Karen Austin May, 2019

Photo : Tagliatelle with Asparagus and Shiitake Mushrooms I’m just about all ‘kaled’ out. We have eaten some amount of kale and spinach in the last six weeks and I am almost happy to see the plants bolt. We will miss them but the new baby salad leaves and rocket […]

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