Foodie’s Guide to Ireland: A Collection of Posts & Links

Posted by Evin

I have four blogs and three manage to include posts about food, which begs the question… Do I think about anything else? Um, no, not really. If someone asks me what color something is, I’ll likely answer with a food. Mention you’re visiting a certain country or city and I’ll literally be chomping at the bit to tell you my favorite dining spots there. It is rather comical how predictable I am when it comes to food but it is also somewhat handy because it drives my food photography, cooking, and travel adventures in a pleasant and delicious direction. So for those like me who start thinking about dinner as they are nibbling on the last bits of lunch, here is a list of my favorite food information, resources, and places in Ireland so you can plan your next trip.

All my 40 Shades of Life blog posts about Irish Cuisine & Restaurants

More 40 Shades of Life posts about Irish food:

Eat Locally, Shop Locally in Cork City

Exotic Beers and Microbrews in Cork City

O’Conaill’s Chocolatier

Dublin Dining

Dining at An Canteen in Dingle

Good Food Ireland Cork Week Kick-off

Milk Delivery Services

Cork City Survival Kit

All my Cooking Peas & Qs blog posts about Irish Cuisine & Restaurants

More Cooking Peas & Qs posts about Irish food:

An Evening of Food & Beer at Cornstore

Cork Food Forum 2011: Event Wrap-up

Kate’s Beetroot Fudge (Fenns Quay)

Make It An ELECTRIC Night Out

Market 57 in Westport, Co. Mayo

Jarred Cranberry Sauce Comparison

Celebrating ‘The Country Cooking of Ireland’

Good Food Ireland kicks off Cork Week

Eat Locally, Shop Locally

Luck O‘ The Irish

Delicious Blogs & Websites

• Cork Food Blog (Billy, Co. Cork)

• Ballymaloe Cookery School (Darina, Co. Cork)

• Cooking Peas & Q’s (Evin, Cork City)

• 40 Shades of Life (Evin, Cork City)

• Bibliocook (Cork City)

• Good Mood Food Blog (Donal Skehan, Dublin)

• Beer Nut (Dublin)

• The Dublin Gobbler (Dublin)

• Boho Kitchen (Candi, Waterford)

• Val’s Kitchen (Val, Limerick)

• Limerick Post Food Section (Limerick)

• Irish Craft Brewer

• Beer Geek in Ireland

Restaurants & Local Culinary Creators

Fenns Quay Restaurant

FarmGate Restaurant at The English Market

Crawford Gallery Café

Ristorante Casanova

Café Paradiso

Orchids Restaurant at Hayfield Manor Hotel

Franciscan Well

Bierhaus Cork

Luigi Malones

•   Alternative Bread Company
•   Ardsallagh Goat Farm
•   Baldwin’s Ice Cream
•   Ballymaloe House
•   Ballyvolane House
•   Cafe Paradiso
•   Cronin’s Pub
•   Fishy Fishy
•   Glebe Café
•   Gubbeen Smokehouse
•   Hayfield Manor
•   Liberty Grill
•   Lorge Chocolatier
•   McCarthy’s Family Butchers
•   Nash 19
•   O’Brien Chop House
•   O’Flynn’s Gourmet Sausages
•   On the Pig’s Back
•   The Poachers Inn
•   Seymour’s of Cork

An Evening of Food & Beer at Cornstore

Posted by Evin

Tonight, Cornstore in association with Heineken will present Food & Beer Night starting at 7:30 p.m.. Attendees will enjoy a carefully selected three-course menu (you get to choose your starter and main) with beers matched to each of course options.

If that’s not enough to get you salivating, Master Beer Sommelier Marc Stroobandt will also be there. I know! Have you been dying to ask a Master Beer Sommelier something while enjoying a gourmet meal? Well, tonight that dream can come true. I personally would ask how temperature fluctuations at the consumer point impact the beer’s flavor. What would YOU ask Marc?

Tickets are €24.95 per person for this three-course evening for your taste buds. Spaces are limited (did I mention its TONIGHT?), it’s best to contact reservations now at 021-4274777 to secure your place.

I went to the last Food & Beer Night back in October and have to say it is a great way to spend an evening. Here’s an image promoting the event and detailing tonight’s menu:

Cornstore January 2012 Food & Beer Night

Cork Gourmet Trail – Every Delicious Detail in Words & Photos

Posted by Evin

A few weeks ago, I enjoyed participating in the Cork Gourmet Trail. A the time, I posted a detailed account of the day with photos (oh, they’re yummy photos too), but forgot and only posted it on my new blog EvinOK.net – so here’s a link so you know where to find it and three teaser photos (food by Greenes, Electric, and El Vino respectively) to entice you come over and check out what I have to say about the Cork Gourmet Trail. Trust me, every bite is worth the trip.