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Kilkenny residents feature in new ‘Nursing Home Bake Off’ recipebook Some lovely recipes - some stretching back generations Reporter: sam.matthews@kilkennypeople.ie Brid Dowling is one of the 51 kitchen-savvy pensioners who contributed recipes to the Nursing Home Bake Off publication ); ); Kilkenny nursing home residents are flavour of the month after contributing to a new recipe book backed by celebrity chef Darina Allen. Brid Dowling and Nancy Murphy are among the star chefs of the ‘Nursing Home Bake Off’ publication by Mowlam Healthcare, along with two other residents, Tom, 78, and Vera, all based in Archersrath Nursing Home. The idea to gather a collection of residents’ favourite recipes was inspired by the trailblazing baking skills of a 91-year-old woman in Ennis Nursing Home, County Clare. ....
Nursing home residents who spent lockdown baking their favourite desserts have published a new cookbook. Recipes from the residents of a Co Clare nursing home will be remembered in Nursing Home Bake Off, which has been backed by celebrity chef Darina Allen. It was inspired by the trailblazing skills of 91-year-old Cissie Collins in Ennis Nursing Home where she makes scones and apple cakes for fellow residents. Ms Collins is one of the 51 kitchen-savvy pensioners in Mowlam Healthcare nursing homes across Ireland who contributed recipes, some dating back three generations, and features on its front cover. The grandmother said: “I haven’t got a minute. Every Wednesday, I give a demonstration and we usually have people after lunch with some time to spare, and they come and watch it.” ....
Margaret O’Gorman shows off her Chocolate Biscuit Cake at St Martha’s Nursing Home in Co Cork. Ms Collins is one of the 51 kitchen-savvy pensioners living in Mowlam Healthcare nursing homes across Ireland who contributed recipes, some dating back three generations, and features on its front cover. The grandmother said: “I haven’t got a minute. “Every Wednesday, I give a demonstration here and we usually have people after lunch with some time to spare, and they come and watch it. “I like it because I know it’s giving comfort to the other people who are waiting anxiously for it and that’s what gives me the joy.” ....