London at rush hour heaves, its rhythm stymied by pavements packed with blinkered pedestrians that abruptly grind to a crushing halt at each traffic crossing and tube platform, before a green […]
I’m fascinated by the idea of flavour: of playing with flavour, and playing with people’s expectations of flavour. I had long had an idea of deconstructing people’s preconceptions of a […]
Last month I received the tremendously exciting news that I was a finalist in the baking category of The Young British Foodie Awards (The YBFs), which ‘seeks out and celebrates new, visionary […]
One of the very first accounts that I won when I started Wildflour Bakery was an espresso bar in Maynooth, then named Boss Hogg and under the ownership of one […]
Salt: one of the most base and essential compounds, dialectical in nature, alchemical by design. Salt is essential to the human body. Too little will kill you. Too much will […]
Roasted white chocolate is the sophisticated alter ego of the flaccid, frumpy, sugary stuff we have come to know and hate. Think of it like the secret self of the […]
My fondest food memory is of coming home from school to sit with my mother at the kitchen table to drink tea and eat cake. Sometimes she listened as I […]
The new year sees the beautiful and resilient Lilliput Stores returned to its original location at 5 Rosemount Terrace, on Arbour Hill in Stoneybatter. It is arguably the most perfectly formed […]
In the intimate setting of a walled, roofed garden nestled in Dublin 7, a fire shall be burning, candles and lights shall be twinkling and the cool, crisp winter’s chill shall […]
Christmas is nearly upon us and this year I have designed a bespoke range of festive cakes to add a touch of glamour to the Christmas dinner table, all of which […]
