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If you're longing for a bit of peace and quiet, it's super difficult these days to find a place for a family holiday away from the madding crowd, yet with enough activities within reasonable driving distance to keep several generations occupied and amused...
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If reminders were needed that simple is best for summer foods - to enjoy them at their freshest and relish their true flavours - we’ve had plenty of delicious examples on our recent travels...
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The famous foodie who's flying the tricolour for us in Texas reflects on the true meaning of luxury – and of great hospitality
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Ashford Castle Estate made a wonderful setting for this year's Euro-Toques Ireland Food Awards a heartfelt celebration of Ireland's food producers and craftspeople.
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This month Darina celebrates things good, delicious and healthy, as experienced by participants and visitors alike at the recent Ballymaloe Festival of Food.
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Nothing brings people together like food and nowhere do we see this demonstrated better in Ireland than in the Blasta Books cookery series, which tells the stories of an extraordinary diverse range of chefs and cooks through their food...
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Famed for her passion for natural food, sustainability and biodiversity, who better than Darina Allen to bring weeds to your table - as delicious superfoods.
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There’s much talk of food tourism these days, and of the ambitious menus presented by high-end chefs, at eye-watering prices. But, impressive as some of these culinary creations are for special occasions – and no doubt a satisfying experience for those who enjoy food tourism as a hobby, or even a way of life – excellence at a more accessible level is in many ways even more admirable. Take the humble seafood chowder, for example. A staple on so many menus and the mainstay of thousands of visitors and holidaymakers travelling around the country every year, this wholesome meal in a soup bowl served simply with soda bread and butter is so varied in that it has inspired numerous competitions over the years, both here and abroad.
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As the importance of biodiversity is better understood, public interest in protecting and promoting it is growing and The Organic Centre in Co Leitrim has organised a busy timetable of over 11 events and exhibitions for the 2025 National Biodiversity Week which takes place from 16th to 25th May.
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Famed for her passion for naturally nutritious food, who better than Darina Allen to weigh up the pros and cons of our free school meals...? And the verdict is not good...
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