Megabytes Awards

Artisans of the Year:
Avril and Willie Allshire, Caherbeg Free Range Pork
Ballymaloe House for Organic Free Range Pork.

Caherbeg Free Range Pork is awesome stuff: fantastic sausages; brilliant bacon, superb pork cuts, foods so good they demonstrate the sheer nobility of the pig. Avril and Willie started by taking over Roscarbery Recipes pork products and re-energising those splendid sausages, but their own range of pork products should not be missed by all those who seek a true porcine treat.

Website: www.caherbegfreerangepork.ie

We asked Elizabeth Field if what she would nominate as an award winning food for 2001, and she also chose real pork. This is how she described her choice, and see Cookery Bibles for her review of Darina Allen's new book:

'If I were voting for food-related awards, I'd pick the organically raised pork from Ballymaloe House. We sampled it at a launch for Darina Allen's new book, at O'Connells Restaurant in Bewleys Hotel, Ballsbridge. It was roasted with gooseberry sauce. Never have I tasted anything sweeter, tenderer, and the crackling was to die for!'