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Bridge for Nintendo DS

photo credit: unoguy I’m off to bridge tonight for the first time in ages and am looking forward to it. My mother taught me years ago when she played in Wicklow and I was in my early teens. I guess she wanted someone to practise with at home. Just the basics: how to count your [...]

Review of O’Conaill’s Real Milk Hot Chocolate Kit

  When I was in O’Conaills Chocolate shop and cafe last week, I spotted this kit and couldn’t resist purchasing it. As previously mentioned O’Conaill’s make devine hot chocolates in their shop and I was interested to replicate these at home. The kit contains a jar of pure unalkalised cocoa powder, a jar of milk [...]

Fionn’s still got a lump

Despite having ultrasound and eventually a MRI towards the end of last year, we still are none the wiser as to what’s causing the lump on the 2 year old’s back that continues to grow. Or whether it will have any impact on his health. Thankfully though it apparently is not a tumour and may [...]

Does anyone like cauliflower?

It is in my humble opinion a gawdawful vegetable. Euugh. photo credit: bunnicula Was watching the second episode of The Great British Menu last night and neither of the fish courses did anything for me, especially this one as at the addition of cauliflower I just had to turn off.

Review of The Bosun

  Last Sunday we weren’t really in the humour for cooking and fancied heading out en famille for some late lunch. We wanted something more than fastfood but with 5 young kids haute cuisine isn’t often an option. So off we headed to The Bosun pub in Monkstown. The location of this pub/restaurant is great, overlooking the harbour in Monkstown with a [...]

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