Monthly Archives: January 2014

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January 26, 2014

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Events, Great brands and producers

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Meet the Baker – fun and informative. Thank you.

Last night was fun. And really informative for us all. Declan, Joe and Josephine did a wonderful job of sharing the passions that drive them and educating the audience on the importance of real bread. And the taste – with samples constantly being cut and distributed :-).

Thanks to Alec Taylor for shooting this fixed camera video of the event so that a wider group can enjoy this event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIA91eA238c

Thanks to Ken McGuire for shooting some photos and allowing us to use them.

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Some thanks

To Sarah and Eleanor in The Littler Green Grocer, Ken McGuire and finally Padraic and Irene from The Gourmet Store who encouraged and advised me on this first event setup. Josephine’s breads are stocked in The Little Green Grocer and The Gourmet Store and Declan’s breads in The Gourmet Store on Fridays and Saturdays. 

 

Mick Burke who provided the stage which allowed everyone to see what was going on. To my brother David and friend Larry who helped on the night.

To the 60 of you who booked tickets and turned up last night – you made it great for the 3 bakers with your interest and questions 🙂

Finally thank you to Julie & Rod – my good friends and organic producers who made their wonderful premises available to us and did so much to make this event so wonderful.

Keith

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January 5, 2014

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Ethical Food, Funding, Startups

Snippets – US online speciality food and an Irish Organic sector challenge

These have been kicking around my inbox for a month or so now.

Mouth.com

They don’t aggregate products and pass fulfilment back to producers. And they have a lovely definition of their core focus:
“Included in the “indie food” category are artisan, small batch, handmade, organic, gluten-free and other packaged specialty foods that are “made by people not corporations, and typically involve a recipe,”

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I am liking that a lot. Funding in place, great design and strong core. Picked up via a piece in the Wall Street Journal.

Hope they succeed 🙂

An Open Letter to the Organic Movement in Ireland

Ollie Moore is someone I like a lot. A journalist and musician he juggles a lot of pies. And hats. At his core is organics and the importance of a healthy sector in Ireland. His post is about stagnancy and what can be done to overcome that.

Much more debate needed around this tbh.

Keith

 

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January 4, 2014

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25th January – Bread and Cheese?

Ailish from Knockdrinna Cheese Co very nicely contacted me to point out that they are running one of their cheese making courses on Saturday 25th January, the day of the first BiaBeag Meet The Makers events.

So for foodies this has the makings of a lovely day out.

Head to Stoneyford for 11am and enjoy being shown how to make cheese by Helen Finnegan (award winning cheese maker) , a cheese tasting lunch, teas & coffees.

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That finishes at 3pm and then you can hit town for a browse around some of our great independent food stores like:

Gourmet Store (Arbutus and Spelt Bakers)

Shortis Wongs (Spelt Bakers, Knockdrinna)

The Little Green Grocer (Spelt Bakers, Knockdrinna)

The Good Earth Health Store (Spelt Bakers)

and maybe grab a bite to eat in Zuni, Cafe Sol, Grapevine or Mugshot before coming out to the RealBread event at 6pm 🙂

Keith