CLAIRE PTAK makes wonderful cakes. It all started when she was little girl in Point Reyes, California – every time her Irish grandmother visited they baked cakes together all day long.

These are like Oreo cookies. This recipe makes six logs. You can scale it – icing quantities would need to be adjusted also.

Claire Ptak’s Candied Flowers

Ponaire Coffee Limerick: Ponaire (Irish for bean) import their own raw coffee beans from around the world and roast, blend and package them in their roastery in Annacotty, Co Limerick.

I’VE BEEN backwards and forwards to London a lot recently to work with my long-suffering editor doing the final tweaking on the manuscript of my Forgotten Skills book.

Serves 4 as a starter, 2 as a main

SlowFood East Cork Summer Events: Learn how to butcher a lamb; what to do with the various cuts; learn how to identify different cuts of lamb; how to find and recognise the best quality meat; and match cuts to cooking methods at the Ballymaloe Cookery School, Wednesday July 15 at 7:30pm, €45.00.

Recipe for Magdalen’s French toast, Marmalade and Vanilla Ice Cream

Work up an appetite for Sunday lunch with 4FM’s Davis on 4. Derek Davis talks to Ireland’s greatest chefs, food writers and bloggers every Sunday morning on 4FM, from 10am-12pm.

Popsicles are the new cupcakes — all the rage, we used to call them ice lollies, but these are not made from cordial, they are made from pure strawberry purée — a revelation and lots of fun.