Forkncork.com

Wednesday, December 24. 2008

Forkncork.com

This is my mate Ernie's food and wine site. Ernie and I met by accident some years ago in the Dame Tavern. They used to have a singer-songwriter night, and as my brother was fond of penning depressing songs about life, I went along for support. Ernie is a transplanted Mancunian with a line in humourous songs about Volvo drivers, and we hit it off. At the time he was running a small cafe on Tara Street, and I soon discovered that a) he made the perfect hangover cure for a Saturday morning, and b) he liked to close up at 12 on the saturday and go for pints, and c) and the back room in Mulligans around the corner was always quiet. There's been a lot of beer, food, and wine since. And stories.

He wrangled me a ticket for some food awards some years ago, just after the Berlusconi and Caravaggio incident. Wandering out of the reception, I went looking for a bathroom, spotted him talking to someone, and interupted to ask. Later it transpired that the person he was talking to was the journalist who I duped with the Caravaggio and reportedly had come close to being fired by the Indo. I'm sure she would really have liked to be introduced to me.

Eventually I built him a website, using Vbulletin as a CMS to power it. Clunky as hell but it worked, kinda.

Anyways it's just been redone, as a freebie, and will still be getting some tweaks - forkncork.com. Trot along, he's an entertaining writer without being too dry on the subject matter. And somewhere in the archives, you'll find me. And join the forums.