The menu: Book signing in Waterstone’s, Cork
This is a splendid new cookbook and culinary tome from the Belfast-born writer who became a culinary superstar in France but has now transplanted herself to West Cork.
Meanwhile The White Horse Beer & Food Festival (Oct 15-18) in the wonderful Ballincollig venue returns with yet another weekend of craft beers, fine local foodstuffs and some top gigs, including a beer and curry night featuring Eight Degrees Brewing and Green Saffron Spices ( www.whitehorse.eventbrite.com ).
The Menu shall be a-shakin’ and a-stirrin’ at the Dublin Cocktail Fest (Oct 12-17) with 36 venues serving drinks with an Irish spirit or liqueur as the primary ingredient and with 30% discounts available to all sporting €5 festival wristband. ( www.greatirishbeverages.com )
The very wonderful Oxfam have launched Coffee4Change, an initiative to support the peasant farmers who invariably gain least from our pressing need for the cuppa joe, with a range of virtual coffees to be ‘bought’ online and all who donate before Oct 31 will be entered into a competition to win an Illy coffee machine ( www.coffee4change.oxfam.org ).
The venerable Kelly’s Resort begin their series of autumn midweek theme breaks combining accommodation, dinner, lunch and B&B in the lovely Wexford seaside hotel with a number of informal courses scheduled over the coming months, kicking off with Gardening with Helen Dillon (Oct 11-16) ( www.kellys.ie ). The Cork-based Annam Indian supper club return with a vegan night (Oct 16) with booking essential ( www.facebook.com/Annam )
The Baking Academy of Ireland offer some very excellent certificate level courses in Craft and Technology of Baking, beginning with the fundamentals and then graduating to advanced level. www.bakingacademyireland.ie
