Aoife Carrigy talks to Seamus O’Hara of Drinks Ireland Cider about why Irish cider is at a seriously exciting stage in it millennia-long evolution more...
As the country's restaurants reopen, Aoife Carrigy revisited one of Dublin's finest for her first post-lockdown outing - an experience that, after months of home cooking,“felt like waking up in a rainforest after slumbering in a savannah.” more...
Aoife Carrigy asks how have Irish crafts drinks producers, purveyors and consumers been responding to the lockdown – and finds a buzzing scene of innovation and imagination more...
As more restaurants gear up towards reopening this summer, Aoife Carrigy highlights three very different Dublin eating places where they’re testing the waters and keeping regulars happy with call and collect options. more...
“Imagine 40 Hookers racing out from that bay.” We’re sitting outside Tigh Chadhain pub on a lesser-travelled stretch of Connemara’s Wild Atlantic Way. It’s gone noon on a Saturday straight out of a brochure and there’s not a cloud in the sky as we tuck into bowls of creamy chowder and glasses of Guinness. more...
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Maybe it's an islander thing, but we Irish have always had a curiosity for what lies beyond our shores. Marry that with our loyal love of the land – another islander quirk – and its world-class meat and dairy, and perhaps it was inevitable that an Irish take on continental-style charcuterie would eventually become the latest food trend to take our collective fancy. more...
Aoife Carrigy meets two pioneers who are producing fine Irish fruit wine. Their new elderberry and blackberry flavour, launched in October, is based on wild elderberries foraged in the Wicklow Mountains during autumn 2015; blended with luscious Irish blackberries, it’s a perfect match for autumn and winter food. more...
A selective companion guide to our famous broad-based online collection, the ‘glovebox bible’ includes a uniquely diverse range of Ireland's greatest places to ...