Hot tips

Cookery demonstration by Darina Allen of Ballymaloe Cookery School, in aid of Tsunami Disaster Fund, at Garryvoe Hotel on Thursday, February 3, at 8pm.

Tickets €20 from Ballymaloe Cookery School (tel [phone]); Garryvoe Hotel (tel [phone]) and the following outlets:

The Crawford Art Gallery Café, Cork; Hurleys Newsagents, Main Street, Midleton; Brodericks Supermarket, Shanagarry; Murray’s Shop, Garryvoe; The Village Greengrocer, Castlemartyr.

What’s in season: Savoy cabbage - delicious and full of vitamins. Cook buttered cabbage, use in stir-fries or finely shredded into a green salad. Seville oranges - now in the shops. Time to get out the marmalade recipes or freeze for later use. Root vegetables - see recipe for oven-roasted winter vegetables or make delicious soups and serve with freshly made soda bread for a nutritious lunch or supper on cold evenings.

The Irish Food Market Traders Association is hosting a conference in conjunction with the Farmers Journal - Farmers Markets - a Positive Story - at the Silver Springs Hotel, Cork, on Monday, February 14, 2005.

Contact Caroline Robinson for further information, email: [e-mail]