I once received a postcard from a friend in Greece which showed a fisherman bashing an octopus against a pier wall. Jane Grigson wrote, in her excellent ‘Fish Cookery’, that fishermen in the Mediterranean insist an octopus has to be beaten 99 times before it is fit for the pot. I […]
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Urru Culinary Store Bandon celebrates 20 years this year. The woman behind Bandon’s beloved food emporium, Ruth Healy, chats to Mary O’Brien about the highlights and challenges in reaching this milestone, her foodie roots and how the combination of a good idea, hard graft, luck and optimism have paid off […]
If you’re travelling along the Wild Atlantic Way, in the vicinity of the Galley Head lighthouse and Long Strand at Castlefreke, you may have noticed the appearance of a small herd of pigs in recent years. Shane Kenneally and his family started breeding pigs on the small holding they have […]
When Lettercollum Kitchen Project retired at the end of last year, Clonakilty mourned the loss of its healthy gourmet go-to. The space sat empty for a spell and tummies rumbled and grumbled but then the arrival of spring brought hope of a new artisan bakery and deli moving in. After […]
What spurs people into action? For Bridget Sheeran, finds Moze Jacobs, it was a wonderful moment: becoming a grandmother. Bridget Sheeran is no stranger to the phenomenon of birth and the processes that surround it. For over 30 years, she was a midwife (with an MSc in Midwifery from Trinity […]
When Clonakilty Black Pudding’s Colette Twomey, the sponsor of the town’s rugby club, cut the red ribbon to open their brand new 4G pitch recently, the hard work of all at the Clonakilty Rugby Club was felt. Club chairman Eoin Hurley was happier than anyone to see it open, as […]