Pan-fried Scallops and Spanish Albarino
I picked up some scallops last weekend from the fabulous Glenmar Fish Shop in Union Hall, West Cork, and reminded myself just how easy they are to cook and so utterly divine to taste.
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Healthy Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup
Home-made soup is so underrated as a meal and this super-healthy hot and sour soup from Look and Taste had me salivating at the thought of all those Thai flavours and spices, with big juicy prawns as the meaty filler.
Prawns, Prosciutto & Prosecco!
With the kids out in the garden at every opportunity this time of year, the last thing I want to be doing is spending a lot of time cooking. Even picking up the ingredients for this beautifully simple appetiser from Niall couldn't be easier, as there's only three.
The 3+1 to picking the perfect wine glass
Straight from the Look and Taste kitchen, we have yours truly on the 3 essentials to picking a wine glass, with the '+1' on how much wine you should put into it (if you're into your wine etiquette!).
Wild Mushroom Pasta with Zucchini
As a lover of all things Italian, this devastatingly simple recipe jumped out at me, particularly for the main ingredient of wild mushrooms. If you can't get fresh, don't worry about it, dried mushrooms are great and available in any decent grocer.
Cod with Panko & Wasabi Crust
This week we asked Sean Fee, CEO of Look and Taste, for his favourite recipe from the ever-expanding Look and Taste video library: I’ve had a good couple of years to try out a few of the video recipes we have on lookandtaste and there’s a few that have become part of my limited repertoire, one o ..
The Look and Taste Show: Tips on storing wine
We've been having great fun in the last few months with the guys from Look and Taste, and Niall's recipes matched with wine are now a firm fixture on this blog.
Home-made Chipper-style Fish & Chips
With people having to tighten their belt and watch their spending these days due to the dreaded "R" word there is no better way to save a few Euros than by cooking at home instead of eating in fancy restaurants.
Beef and Black Bean Sauce
This week I have a recipe that has a little heat and some unusual flavours in there to try and confuse the boys as they have just been getting the matches spot on.
Pasta With Spinach, Red Onion and Blue Cheese
Posted by NiallThis is one of the recipes I have designed for busy professionals for when they get home and just want to throw something together super fast. It is made with the one complaint that I hear from people all the time in mind: "I don't have enough time to cook".
Wine-matching with carrot and coriander soup?
Posted by NiallI love food and I love wine but even though I know a lot about food I have never really been an expert on the wine front. My biggest problem, and this is a problem that a lot of people suffer from in my opinion, is that I know what I like and I tend to stick to it.
Look and Taste joins the Curious Wine Blog
Those keeping an eye on us in the last couple of weeks will have seen my contributions to the new wine blog on Look and Taste.