Despite the fact that mutton is having a terrific revival in the UK, it is still very difficult to find mutton in Ireland, so use hogget instead (the name for more mature lamb between Christmas and Easter.)

Slow Food Limerick for Babies & Toddlers: Mothers and fathers mark your calendars; Slow Food for Babies will take place at the Hunt Museum on Sunday, February 1, at 3pm.

Recipe for Dark Chocolate Icing

Makes 12

Don’t shop when you are hungry — you will spend more…

East Cork Slow Food upcoming event.

For the past decade virtually every cookbook, food magazine and cookery article I picked up was concentrating on meals in minutes and assuring us we could whip up delicious food in a flash.

A frittata is an Italian omelette. Unlike its soft and creamy French cousin, a frittata is cooked slowly over a very low heat, during which time you can be whipping up a delicious salad to accompany it.

Seville oranges are now in the shops so pick some up. These bitter sweet oranges produce marmalade with a unique flavour.

Recipe for Eggy Bread