Yes it's that time of year again, Combines everywhere blocking up the roads so take it easy. But the good news is British Queen New potatoes are in the shops (Cully's Favourite). There is fantastic Irish tomatoes at the farmers markets and of course all the usual summer salad leaves, herbs and vegetables so get a good bottle of olive oil, some nice white wine vinegar and a jar of mustard and start eating loads of really delicious healthy salads. Yumm! you gotta love it.

Please come along to our latest performance: "A Light Summer Lunch"

We'll be doing cookery demonstrations in the Pettitt's Supervalu's over the coming few weeks. The dates are:

Pettits Athy - Cookery Demo at 4pm Thursday 29th July
Pettitts St Aidans Wexford - Cookery Demo at 3pm on Friday the 30th of July
Pettitts The Quay - Cookery Demo at 4pm on Thursday 5th of August

Pettits Gorey - Cookery Demo at 4pm on Friday 6th of August
Pettits Enniscorthy - Cookery Demo at 4pm 12th of August
Pettits Arklow - Cookery Demo at 3pm 13th of August

Fawny... our nutritionist (who last week jammed the campervan under a bridge!!) is making up for the trouble she caused last week by doing a soup tasting in Hurley's SuperValu, Midleton today.

Ivan and I will be doing a cookery Demonstration there this evening at 6pm for about an hour.

The recipes are all about a Light Summer Lunch;

New Season Carrot & Coriander Soup with Spiced Mint Oil & White Soda Bread Scones

Mozzerella, Avocado & Green Salad with a Lemon Balsamic Dressing

Summer Strawberry Fool with Janes Biscuits

Tastings available afterwards.

We were invited to provide some decent tucker at a serious private party in Stradbally last weekend. 800 people turned up on Saturday night!!

We did pies on slates with Ballymaloe Country Relish and Cucumber pickle. We got in Paddy with his excellent O'Granola to do breakfast.

What a party!!

I was out fishing for Sea Bass last night on the rising tide with Ted, Roops and Laurent (A Swede, A Brit and a French man.) So besides giving Laurent loads of grief over the rugby we also actually caught some fish... Well they did while I just threw weights into the sea; Let's just say it wasn't a good weekend for the Irish!!

We caught about 8 fish, 2 of which were too small so were let go, 4 that we ate there and then on the fire, an unlucky flat fish (Flounder I think) and Ted caught Monster which we're having for dinner tonight.

I'm doing an interview with Shane who is training with Radio Kerry every week which is a bit of fun. You can visit their facebook page on http://www.facebook.com/pages/Z103-Online/111977488826324?ref=ts and it shows you everything that is going on.

2 weeks ago I recommended cooking wild garlic which is growing in all our woodlands right now, see the picture!! WHO SAID THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH!!

I haven't worked out how you listen to them online if you've missed them live but I'll try and get them up on the website asap.

Bridgestone Guide entry
Ready Meals
Cully & Sully

Cully & Sully give prepared foods a good name. The consistent excellence of their soups and pies is unmatched by anything in the wider commercial market, and they bring both an organoleptic creativity and rigorous self-discipline the business of producing food on a large scale. The chicken and vegetable soup is the fave of the Mc Kenna children, just in case anyone asks you.

I just put up the recipe for Lasagne that inspired ours... It takes a full day but it's worth it.

The Camper is back from France so look out for it again on the Irish roads. Ivy, our chef just collected it with Ted and after a quick stop off at Char a Banc for a tasty dinner and a restful night, Mont St Michelle, for the cultural education and a wine shop for Chocolate!! they took the ferry home.

ps. Char a banc is a great little ferme auberge run by a fantastic Irish women and her French husband's family where nearly all the food is produced on the farm.

We have had a few enquires to what exactly a cup is. (That is in quantity!!). Thanks to a friend and Nigela Lawson I have an official Nigela Lawson cup in my repertoire so I've taken a photo of it for yee!! CULLY