Skiing.

Just back from a week skiing in Austria.
I'm just past being a beginner. I've been once before but that was a bit of a disaster. My mission this time around was just to improve and I'm pleased to say I managed that. In fact I'm still not very elegant but I got over alot of fears and am happy enough to go off into the unknown as long as I don't have to do any black runs ! We were incredibly lucky with the weather, there were two stunningly sunny days and then a few with snow falling. I find snow so magical I loved it even though it was so so cold. My face was entirely numb for one of the days.
Not much to write about the food. Up on the mountain it's purely fuel. Back in the village, at least it wasn't all cheese.
Check out the lovely Aldi ski suit. It's a little beyond me but it attracted sizeable attention from the locals... Must be the pink trim making them blink excessively..

I have a bit of a crusade going on. I think it's in my genes...
I love a proper bakery and there are so few around any more that I feel the need to alert people to the good ones. I just hate crap bread, we all know that fluffy, not-cooked properly stuff.
I have a few favourite haunts but always have room for a few more. I drove by this place last week and had time today to go and investigate a bit more closely. It's called the Corner bakery and it's in Terenure. It's a lovely little place lined with loaves of bread with character and lots of baked things. I bought two gnarly ( I mean that as a compliment ) bagettes, carried them home under my arm feeling very french. I devoured almost the whole of one of these beauties, the texture was dense and delightfully chewy, I'll definately be back for more.
The corner bakery is 17 Terenure Road North, D 6

INTRO

I’ve thought about blogging for some time now and have decided in 2010 it’s time to take the plunge, feet first…

Can seasoned bloggers please forgive the newbie for any unintentional guffs, faux pauxs or any abuses of the system. I’ll get the hang of it.

My hopes and dreams are that this will be an amusing commentary on food affairs , life in general and also an archive of my researchings….!

To give some background I am self-employed in the catering trade. My job has many facets, I cater for all occasions, I teach cookery lessons, I chef for cook books and cookery shows among other bits and pieces.There’s hardly ever a dull moment..although as a contractor the flip side of that is the constant angst of “where the next job is coming from” I’ve learnt, or more honestly am learning, to ride the waves and there is the thrill of potential job mana around every corner.. For example working on the TV shows this year was an unexpected delight and with a bit of luck I may do a few more.

I spend a good bit of my time trawling around our various food outlets for ingredients both exotic and familiar and hope I might be able to direct some foodies to sought after items.

When not cruising around the shops or on a job I’m often to be found testing recipes and ingredients, I nearly always have a back log of new cook books and clippings of things to try. At the moment top of the list is some Butterscotch cream pots from a blog I follow. Mmmm or as my sister would say Nnyummy. So I can filter through some recipes and offer some short cuts.