Author: Michael Kelly
When you have been growing your own food for a few years, it’s easy to forget what it felt like when you started out first. I am talking about that sweaty, daunted, vaguely frightened feeling - afraid to start, afraid to make a mistake, afraid to look foolish if it goes wrong.
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Author: Georgina Campbell
A hymn to rural Ireland - that just about sums up the Irish Food Writers' Guild Food Awards 2016, which are dominated this year by dedicated producers in the midlands and the stunningly good food and drink that they create. Now in their 22nd year of celebrating indigenous food, the Awards were announced at a showcase lunch at Dublin’s Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud on 2nd March.
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Author: Just Ask
With a reputation for excellence that includes the deservedly successful Winding Stair and Woollen Mills restaurants on Dublin's quays, Elaine Murphy brought some of her magic to leafy Glasnevin when she added yet another 'W' to her portfolio in 2015. And, at The Washerwoman, she also rejuvenated a landmark building once again, bringing her winning combination of stylish casual dining (in a pared back Scandi style setting) and honest, flavoursome food to an established neighbourhood.
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Author: Kristin Jensen
In 2014, Geoff Fitzpatrick opened his brewery in his hometown of Drogheda, County Louth. It’s the first brewery in the town for over 50 years, ever since William Cairnes closed in 1960.
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Author: News
Seanad Candidate Ross Golden-Bannon explores the all-encompassing CETA & TTIP treaties and their many worrying provisions, which bode ill for the Irish food sector.
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Author: Anne Marie Carroll
Anne Marie Carroll finds that East meets West at Wa Café. For the majority of the population of the world, it would be unthinkable to sit down to dinner without a pot of hot rice on the table. Put there to soak up sauces and juice, sitting at the centre of the plate, making it a meal. Long-grain, short-grain, brown, black and red, there is a rice for every dish, from a classic risotto or paella to biryani and kedgeree.
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Author: News
Nessa Robins introduces a terrific cookbook that the students and staff of An Grianán National School in Mount Temple, Co. Westmeath, have produced to help raise funds for the school.
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Author: Darina Allen
This month Darina shares her coveted London List!
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Author: Martin Dwyer
This month Martin tells a curious tale of coincidences bound up with famous chefs, writers, and an unlikely would-be-chef writer...
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Author: Rachel Gaffney
The famous foodie who's flying the tricolour for us in Texas finds that some of her wealthy clients understand better than most the value of rural Ireland, and the appeal of a farmhouse holiday.
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