Articles about Ireland Travel, Food & Hospitality

Cookery Feature - A Taste of the Sea

Author: Georgina Campbell

While home baking seems to have become the new national sport during the lockdown, all home cooking is seeing a welcome revival and it’s good to see so many producers upping their game to offer online shopping with collection and/or delivery services in their locality or, in many cases, nationwide.
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Cookery Feature - Maura O’Connell Foley’s Recipes & Recollections

Author: Georgina Campbell

Hardly into Q2 of this extraordinary year, we have another book by an exceptional figure in Irish food. In February, Jp McMahon’s The Irish Cookbook hit the culinary headlines with its well researched and passionate celebration of this bountiful island and the cooking traditions that are so often dismissed; a wonderful gift to a new generation of cooks by one who revels in exploring the good things in our food culture.
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The Darina Allen Column

Author: Darina Allen

Darina shares her expertise to help newbie cooks to get through the coronavirus crisis
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An Irish Chef in France

Author: Martin Dwyer

Irish chef Martin Dwyer and his wife Sile sold their eponymous restaurant in Waterford some years ago and moved to France. They now live in the Languedoc, where they (normally) take guests - and feed them very well.
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Rachel Gaffney’s Letter From Texas - Staying Relevant During Covid-19.

Author: Rachel Gaffney

All of her clients may have cancelled their trips to Ireland this year - but, says the famous foodie who’s flying the tricolour for us in Texas, this is the time to inspire people with content, ideas and itineraries.
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Under Lockdown in Rome - Thoughts from Eileen Dunne & Stefano Crescenzi

Author: Georgina Campbell

Eileen and Stefano Crescenzi have been housebound in Rome for weeks. But, true to form, they are not letting that get them down. Food is a tonic as ever and the evening meal has become the focus of the day - they alternate who cooks dinner, and each dinner has become a special occasion.
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