Posts Tagged ‘Pat Whelan’

If there is one berry we associate with Christmas it has to be cranberries. Maybe it’s because they have been on my mind that I am suddenly coming across so many recipes, sweet and savoury that call for the little fleshy fruit in all its various forms; fresh, dried and frozen. For some reason I […]

How about giving a Christmas gift this year that would benefit for a lifetime? Thanks to award winning James Whelan Butchers at the Avoca Food Market in Monkstown, it’s now possible with the launch of the January evening Butchery Courses. Choose from three evenings in January 2013 for this inspired informative lesson that is the […]

Life can be quite funny in many ways. You can spend a great deal of effort on an idea that you think will change the world and everyone will love only to find few really care. Then again you can do something and suddenly it catches the imagination and you’re inundated with interest. It’s happened […]

A new phenomenon is sweeping the land and gaining in popularity and that’s the new craze for craft beer. Now I know that beer drinking isn’t necessarily new, but it’s the type of beer we are drinking and when and how we are drinking it, that’s clearly a recent trend. While our love affair with […]

Tipperary butcher launches world’s first Beef Bonds Delicious dividends guaranteed with novel new investment idea An innovative Tipperary butcher is giving Irish investors an alternative to the financial markets by offering them the opportunity to put their money into Beef Bonds! Pat Whlean, of James Whelan Butchers in Clonmel,  launched the World’s first Irish Beef Bonds on Tuesday November 13th – […]

Further coverage of our Beef Bonds in the Business and Leadership website. Here’s what they had to say, “Pat Whelan of James Whelan Butchers in Clonmel, Co Tipperary has launched what he claims are the world’s first ‘Beef Bonds’, giving investors an alternative to financial markets. The Beef Bond is a boxed certificate giving a share […]

We’re getting a lot of coverage for our new Beef Bonds at James Whelan Butchers, I even had a chat with Hector on the radio about it and this is what Hector had to say “We’ve all heard of jail bonds, bank bond and gold bond but this morning BWH focused on a meaty return on […]

Writing a food column often leads one to make huge assumptions about the people who read food columns. You assume it is the same handful of people each week and that by now they know you and know your form. What you forget is that the person reading might not be a cook or is […]

Looking out my window today I watch as the elements enjoy a high octane party. Leaves are bobbing around on the wind, swept into swirling dancing groups, moving at a terrific pace into mini tornado shapes and then disappearing quickly past my first floor window. The sky is ominously dark and I have no doubt […]

“Street Food” is something I’m hearing and reading a lot about and I’m still not sure I fully understand what it is, but it has certainly elevated the standard of food-to-go generally and it seems to be creating great excitement. On a recent trip to America you can imagine my excitement when I not just discovered […]

*  The Tipperary Food Producers are invading Dublin with a once off Pop-up restaurant Marie Antoinette would approve! Tipperary’s top food producers are to let them eat more than cake when they showcase the best of the county’s traditional, wholesome food at a special pop-up dinner to be known as, “Eat Tipp” in Avoca, Dublin. […]

After meeting Patricia Michelson last year, I’m delighted to announce I’ve  been invited to speak at the upcoming Beaujolais Noveau event at La Fromagerie, Moxon Street, London on November 15th. The  La Fromagerie is run by Patricia and Danny Michelson and as the name suggests, they specialize in farmhouse cheeses and have been doing so since […]