Laura Meets: Niamh Shields
Niamh Shields is the food blogger behind Eat Like A Girl, posting tasty recipes, photos and food-related reviews. “If I am not eating, I am planning my next meal” she says, and her passion shines through - ELAG may be just over a year old but has a loyal following and has already been mentioned on numerous occasions by Word Of Mouth - The Guardian Food Blog, no less!
I sat down with Niamh this week to talk about why food inspires her, get the lowdown on the best places to eat out in North West London and discover the best way to get reinspired by food.
Interview Notes
2:11 Check out Niamh’s recipe for soda bread - dairy free version coming soon!
3:20 Niamh has been mentioned on The Guardian Food Blog a number of times, click here and here to have a look.
4:19 Many of Niamh’s favourite recipes are on her blog, including her chickpea and prawn curries.
5:48 Favourite restaurants include Sushi Say in Willesden, Baker And Spice in Queens Park and Fernandez and Welles in Soho.
6:29 Niamh’s best eating out experiences were at Sushi Say and River Cafe.
8:12 For groceries Niamh heads to Marylebone on Sundays to visit the farmer’s market, the Ginger Pig and La Fromagerie. She also loves Borough Market, the Middle Eastern food stores and Lebanese restaurants of the Edgware Road, especially the Maroush Deli.
8:58 Great shops near her workplace include Spanish deli Brindisa and Italian shop King’s Cross Continental Stores.
11:08 Favourite food blogs include VeganYumYum, Foodbeam, La Tartine Gourmande, Rasa Malaysia, Just Hungry, Mahanandi and Oswego Tea, and she recommends visiting the UK Food Blogger’s Association for links to lots of other great blogs. Trusted Places favourites Aidan Brooks (recent video interview here) and Silverbrow On Food (recent email interview here) also get a mention.
May 6th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Really enjoyed watching your video, Niamh, and appreciate your kind words. Although in some ways we are at very different points of the food blogging spectrum, I really like your blog because your genuine passion for food just shines through.
Don’t be embarrassed by cooking simple food. What you did with that simple Welsh rarebit shows a great understanding for ingredients and their textures and flavours. One of the best dishes I ever ate was the deconstructed version of pa amb tomà quet shown in the first photo here: http://aidanbrooks.blogspot.com/2007/12/lunch-with-alchemist.html
You can’t get more simple, or more exquisite.
If you are in London in July, I’d like to take you out to eat to my favourite restaurant in Marylebone. Email me nearer the time if you can make it.
May 6th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
[…] from the Trusted Places Blog […]
May 7th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Hello Aidan! Thankss.
I adore simple food (I think that comes across as you say
No need for shame, it’s what sustains us. I shall be in London in July, that would be great. I’ll email you.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Niamh, thanks very much for the mention. Just to prevent some confusion - I’m not actually a member of the UK Food Bloggers Assoc.