I spent last weekend at Savour Kilkenny 2014 and in my opinion, it was the best Savour yet. Exactly one year ago, at Savour Kilkenny 2013, I launched “Food from an Irish Garden”. A couple of days later I set up this website http://www.fionadillon.com. This week I have time to reflect.. This past year has … Continue reading
If you’re a regular reader of this little old blog, you may recall that earlier this year, I wrote about my collaboration with Slow Food Ireland and our competition to put Chickens in Schools . In the past week, I have visited two of the winning schools with Emma from Old McDonalds Farm Store to deliver the … Continue reading
Recently I have had a lot of email queries about homemade gifts -in particular the packaging. Being the Queen of recycling I have no end of suggestions for those used jars, tins and cartons. Over the coming months, I will have lots of blog posts that will focus solely on homemade gifts and wrapping and no doubt you’ll see … Continue reading
I have noticed since “Food from an Irish Garden” was published almost a year ago, that at more and more events I attend, people increasingly feel the need to justify what they eat to me. Be it a private get together, an event at which I’m a guest or even a demonstration, people feel they have … Continue reading
