Events

February 18, 2011 in Events

Martin Dwyer, blogger, chef and now guesthouse proprietor in the Languedoc, is running a Taste of Languedoc Food cookery classes in June and September at his Chambre d’Hôte in Thézan Lès Béziers. For more information go to www.lepresbytere.net and for a flavour of what to expect, check out Martin’s blog at martindwyer.com.

The Castlemine Farm Shop is officially opening on Saturday, 19 February and is offering 10% off everything to celebrate. Call in to see them on the Athlone Road in Roscommon town, or you can order online from them here.

On Tuesday, 22 February, Nick’s Warehouse in Belfast is hosting a Slow Food event revolving around chocolate. Tickets are £12.50 and there will be a meal with a chocolate theme, a taste of Boozeberries fruit liqueurs and a talk by Choyca Chocolates. Click here for more details.

Have you ever thought about keeping a few hens? Or maybe trying your hand at butchery? The Ballymaloe Cookery School is running a one-day course on how to keep a few hens in the garden on 5 March and also offers a range of butchery courses, from lamb butchery to making your own sausages.

If you want to take things one step further than just keeping a few hens or making your own charcuterie, the Belvedere Self-Sufficiency Show, based on John Seymour’s Complete Guide to Self-Sufficiency, the bible for all smallholders, is taking place on 16-17 April in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.