Articles about Ireland Travel, Food & Hospitality

An Irish Chef in France

Author: Martin Dwyer

This month Martin reveals ‘A Day in the Life…’ One of the things people are curious about our life here is how we manage our days, especially in the heat; the average temperatures here at the moment are bordering the early thirties.
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Rachel Gaffney's Letter from Texas - Not So Many Limits in Austin

Author: Rachel Gaffney

Rachel Gaffney, the famous foodie who’s flying the flag for Ireland in Texas, explains why there are Not So Many Limits in Austin
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Grow it Yourself - August

Author: Michael Kelly

For me, August is the ultimate payback month, when all the hard work of the year really starts to pay off. Somehow, it never seems as busy as other months. August and September sees us poised between the hard work of the current growing year and the hard work of preparing for the next one
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Insider View on Deception

Author: Lucy Madden

Lucy Madden considers ‘deception’, in various intriguing forms. In a desperate but undisputedly mean-spirited way I booked a lunch-time table for twelve at a restaurant of which I am particularly fond and visit as often as I can.
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In Season - Plums

Author: In Season

Prunus domestica is a group of hardy trees and shrubs which bear edible fruits containing stones; the type generally grown in Britain and Ireland is a cross between a sloe and a plum. Gages, which are similar (and have excellent flavour), tend to need more favourable growing conditions.
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The Seafood Interview supported by BIM - Cullinan's Seafood Restaurant & Guesthouse

Author: Marilyn Bright

This month Marilyn Bright talks to James Cullinan, owner-chef Cullinan’s Seafood Restaurant & Guesthouse, in Doolin, Co. Clare
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Just Ask Restaurant of the Month for July - Mad Fish at Cronin's Pub

Author: Just Ask

If you ever need an excuse to go to the lovely seaside village of Crosshaven, there’s bound to be something going on at the Cronin family’s Victorian pub on the harbour front that would do very well.
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The Eunice Power Column - Picnic Time!

Author: Eunice Power

Picnic time has arrived – Yipee! Be it a picnic on the beach, from the boot of the car at the local show or the big basket stuffed with goodies that’s brought out to the fields to boost the morale of weary silage men.
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The Darina Allen Column - Honor Moore

Author: Darina Allen

When I heard of Honor Moore’s recent passing I was deeply saddened. Somehow one felt that this doyenne of Irish food writers would always be with us. I didn’t know Honor very well but remember her support, when I started the Ballymaloe Cookery School and her encyclopaedic knowledge of traditional Irish food.
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Cookery Feature - Wild & In Season Now

Wild Strawberry, Bilberry, Blackberry & Rosewater Jelly

Author: Georgina Campbell

It’s a great time to look for wild fruit in the hedgerows and heathland - finding wild strawberries to pick and enjoy while you amble along quiet laneways in sunny areas is the stuff that summer holidays are made of, and it’s also well worth seeking out some bilberries before the birds get them.
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