Woodcock Smokery Web Links

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Useful Web Links

On this page we have included links to other web sites that you might find useful and interesting:

Food Sites

Food Culture West Cork

http://foodculturewestcork.wordpress.com
Personal stories, news and photos from food people in West Cork, Ireland by Ivan McCutcheon.

A Taste of West Cork

www.fuchsiabrands.com/food.asp

Fuchsia Brands food listings for producers in West Cork.

Bridgestone Guides

www.bestofbridgestone.com

Real food, real people, real places, real guides.

Slow Food

www.slowfood.com

Non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organisation that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. The Woodcock Smokery workshop is a 'Centre of Learning' for the Slow Food University of Gastronomy, in Pollenza, Italy.

Slow Food Ireland

www.slowfoodireland.com

Slow Food Ireland, for the right to taste, pleasure and slow living.

Guild of Fine Food

www.finefoodworld.co.uk

Promoting excellence in speciality food, see also their site for The Great Taste Awards www.greattasteawards.co.uk

Local Food Advisor
www.localfoodadvisor.com
Website listing over 4000 award winning producers and over 800 Farmers Markets across the UK & Ireland.

Starchefs.com

www.starchefs.com

The magazine for culinary insiders.

Darina Allen’s Ballymaloe Cookery School
www.cookingisfun.ie
The only cookery school in the world located in the middle of its own 100-acre organic farm.

Richard Corrigan
Bentley’s Oyster Bar and Grill – Dublin and Mayfair, London.
www.brownesdublin.com
Lindsay House Restaurant and Bentley's Restaurant – London.
www.lindsayhouse.co.uk

Richard visits Woodcock Smokery in West Cork for the RTE programme ‘Corrigan Knows Food’ (Apologies for the awful picture quality though, that’s RTE not us!)
www.rte.ie/tv/corriganknowsfood/20070723.html

Rick Stein
www.rickstein.com
Four restaurants in Padstow, Cornwall. A great champion of Food Heroes and Woodcock Smokery is listed as one of them in one of Rick's books.

Ardkeen Quality Food Store
www.ardkeen.com
Specialise in sourcing the best fresh produce and local foods from artisan food producers that they know and trust. Woodcock Smokery is listed as one of their Food Heroes.

Neal’s Yard Dairy
www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk
Farm cheese and produce, shops at Covent Garden and Borough Market, as well as various markets around London. Woodcock smoked salmon available from them.

Sheridan's Cheesemongers
www.sheridanscheesemongers.com
Retailers and wholesalers of quality Irish and other European foods, committed to sourcing excellent quality artisan products. Many of their farmhouse cheeses and foods are handmade locally in Ireland but they also bring back new and delicious artisan produce from trips to Europe.

Mortimer and Bennett
www.mortimerandbennett.co.uk
Shop in Chiswick for real, quality food for people to taste, buy and cook.

The Kitchen and Food Hall
http://kitchenfoodhall.com
Owned and managed by Jim Tynan in Portlaoise, Co Laois. The Kitchen is a restaurant, committed to delivering the best quality food, with first class service to match. Jim has a long history, not only of supporting local producers and speciality food makers, but promoting top class products. Hence, the best of Irish and some European food produce are for sale alongside his own products in The Food Hall.

The Winding Stair
www.winding-stair.com
Restaurant and bookshop, specialising in simple Irish cooking with an organic direction and extensive wine list.

Gwen’s Chocolates
www.gwenschocolate.com
Artisan Chocolatier in Schull, West Cork. Delicious, hand-made chocolates and seasonal delights.

Clodagh McKenna
www.clodaghmckenna.com
Chef, media presenter and food consultant.

The West Wing Café
www.westwingcafe.net
Situated within the grounds of Bantry House and offers food with a difference using high quality, locally-produced food sourced within a 50 mile radius where possible. Bantry House itself supplies a variety of the leaf salads, vegetables and herbs, and meats are provided by both of Bantry’s local butchers. Breads and cakes are baked fresh every morning.

Café Rua
www.caferua.com
Café Rua in Castlebar, Co. Mayo opened over 10 years ago with the aim of producing uncomplicated food using seasonal and local ingredients. Last year, the McMahon family opened ‘RUA’ which has another café and also a deli where you can find most of the Woodcock Smokery products.

Stratta
www.stratta.org
Stratta products are lovingly made in Sussex using the finest ingredients. Luscious soft fruits are steeped in white wine vinegar to extract their full flavour and colour then filtered and sweetened. Extra virgin olive oil is inspiringly flavoured with herbs and aromatic ingredients. Happy marriages of the two form a range of dressings. Oranges, pears, lemons and garlic are preserved in North African, Mediterranean and old English methods. Salts and sugars are herbed and spiced. Mary and John Stratton have gained Gold Awards annually in the Great Taste Awards since 2005.

Irish and Local Sites

Castletownshend, Co Cork
www.castle-townshend.com

Talk Ireland
www.talk-ireland.com
Eclectic mixture of news and views.

Skibbereen, Co Cork
www.skibbereen.ie
Business and tourist directory of Skibbereen town and surrounding areas with information on history, accommodation, restaurants, pubs, business and sport.

Skibbereen Bookshop
www.skibbereenbookshop.com
Books, maps, local history, artists' materials.

The Woodburning Centre
www.thewoodburningcentre.com
Stoves, fireplaces, flues and excellent advice.

Ballymacrown Homestead
www.ballyhoocottages.com
Ballymacrown Homestead provides the ideal setting for a self catering holiday in the stunning scenery of West Cork.

The cottages are set in an acre of grounds with views to the mountains and across countryside to the sea and Mizen Head. Situated between the popular harbour village of Baltimore, with regular ferry services to Sherkin Island and Cape Clear, and Loch Ine (Lough Hyne), Ireland's first marine nature reserve.

Barbara’s Cottages

www.barbarascottages.com

Self catering cottages situated in West Cork in a very peaceful, rural, wooded area about half a mile from Castletownshend which is a quaint little village with stunning coastal views and beaches nearby. It has two pubs one of which is a well renowned seafood restaurant called Mary Ann's. Skibbereen is the nearest town which is a 5 minute drive away.

Irelands Web Services Links

Here are some of the other businesses and organisations that make use of Irelands Web for their web presence. Browse through them to see the variety and range of businesses and organisations, and if you’d like to join them in receiving professional web support at a price you can afford then please contact us.

The All Empowering Hub

Empowering individuals to accomplish all-important changes in their state of health and personal well-being

www.allempowering.com

Ballydehob Union of Parishes

www.ballydehobunion.com

Bandon Special Children

Parents of children with special needs in Bandon and Kinsale

www.bandonspecialchildren.com

Boss the Painter

Artist and sign writer in West Cork (Site managed by client)

www.bossthepainter.com

Castletown Residents Association