Health & Lifestyle - West Cork People

Nuts about carrots

Karen Austin April, 2023

Looking out of the glasshouse the other day, thinking about which recipe I could write this month, it came to me how much tastier our lives would be if everyone could grow their own salad and herbs. I know this may sound problematic for people that live in small spaces […]

Burgers with attitude

WCP Staff April, 2023

If ambition is the path to success then Alex Nowotynski, 28, is surely on it. The good-humoured mountain biking fanatic born and bred in Drinagh, who learnt the gourmet burger trade from the late Frankie Murphy of Frankie’s Badass Burgers and has been carrying on his legacy since 2018, is […]

The best things in life are free

Louise O'Dwyer April, 2023

Coco Chanel is reputed to have said, ‘The best things in life are free, the second-best things are very, very expensive’. I must admit that the second part of that quote is up for debate. Rising costs have been hitting us squarely in the jaw for sometime now, leaving many […]

Food & Drinks

Passionate about cacao

WCP Staff April, 2023

Clonakilty chocolatier Allison Roberts was just 12-years-old when she first dipped her finger into making and selling chocolate. While she took a break to study Globalisation and Consumerism at University, a subject she says that left her lost and jaded, after moving from Canada to Ireland in 2008, her passion […]

No ‘knead’ for anything else

WCP Staff April, 2023

Called the ‘staff of life’ because it is a basic food that supports life in almost every global culture, the world of bread is vast and varied. However, by using only the highest quality ingredients, Wildflour bakery in Innishannon has risen above the fray to become a West Cork favourite. […]

The best of Breton in a West Cork crepe

Mary O'Brien April, 2023

‘Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans’ is a saying that is particularly true of West Cork, which has a way of often drawing people down unexpected life paths! For Linda Shaw-Hamilton and Sebastian (Seb) Carava of La Creperie, when they moved their family from […]

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