While on my yearly holiday in beautiful West Cork last year, I spent a lot of time eating and shopping in one of my favourite shops in the whole wide world: Mannings Food Emporium in Ballylickey. This 70 year old shop has it all, amazing food, wine, service and the charmiest of owners. It exemplifies, in my humble opinion, all a specialty shop should be about: quality, local produce, provinance and most of all, knowledgable, friendly staff. We practically live there every year while on holidays! 

Last year, Andrew and Laura, the shop keepers, asked us would we come and do a demo and pop up. We of course said yes and despite all the craziness of the month, the date finally arrives this week! If you are in the area, pop in and enjoy an afternoon demo and an evening pop-up of Mexican food and local ingredients. We'll love to see you there!

Salsas and their Role in Mexican Cuisine

Saturday, August 9th, 2014

2 pm - 4 pm

Mannings Food Emporium

This two hour demo will concentrate on showing you six amazing Mexican Salsas, 2 dipping, 2 marinades and 2 cooking salsas and we'll talk about the use of fresh and dried chilies in Mexican cooking and heat vs flavour in chilies.  There will be salsa tastings of course and you'll get all the recipes during the demo.  Spaces are limited so booking is essential on 027-504-56. There will be a small fee of 10 euro for this to cover costs.

Mexican Pop-Up

Saturday, August 9th, 2014

6 pm - Until Tacos Last

We'll be serving a selection of Mexican Tacos using Picado Mexican Special Ingredients combined with Mannings amazing cheeses and cured meats. Rumour has it Andrew is even sourcing some good tequila and mezcal for the evening!  

Bookings directly with Mannings Food Emporium on 027-504-56

This promise to be a great Satuday in West Cork! See you all there!!!