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Tomatoes can be difficult to grow well, but I think a proper watering regime is one of the keys to an abundant crop. The secret to watering tomatoes properly is that you need to water 'deep'. A healthy tomato plant is a thirsty beast, supported by a deep root system - so in other words, there's no point in standing there with the hose and spraying the plant or the soil around it with water.
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The famous foodie who's flying the tricolour for us in Texas explains why changing holiday patterns for Americans will be good news for Irish tourism
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Irish Food Writers' Guild Chairperson, Aoife Carrigy gives a participant’s view of LitFest!
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Vegetarian or not, many of us are now choosing to eat less meat ('less but better', perhaps) and more plant-based protein. Aside from the health and environmental arguments, one of the great advantages for the cook is that is that it opens up a whole new way of thinking about cooking.
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Paul Dempsey and Pauline Roe’s almost-Shannonside bar and restaurant has a lovely olde world feeling with dark wood, bric-à-brac and prints and, unusually, it doubles as an art gallery, so original artwork adds interest and charm. But the good food served is the main draw for most of the regulars, and visitors who pile in off their cruisers for dinner or plan a stop when driving out west or heading home after the weekend are sure of a good meal.
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Dee Laffan talks to the woman behind the all-butter convenience pastry, which is made in Co Meath
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Although she is often that soldier herself, Food & Travel Writer JILLIAN BOLGER sometimes finds herself Critical of Critics
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Could 2016 be the year when we finally earn our stripes as ‘the food island’? There are still plenty of bad meals to be found in Ireland and foods that don’t deserve the name, but in many ways things have improved dramatically in recent years and there’s a sense of sea change in the air.
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In the NI Year of Food & Drink 2016 calendar, May is designated 'Landscape & Places' month. What better time for Barbara Collins to introduce a new way to get around the food hotspots of Fermanagh
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This month Darina talks about this year's Kerrygold Ballymaloe Lifest LitFest (20-22 May 2016)
Things are really hotting up here at Litfest HQ, plans are romping ahead and bookings are pouring in for events at this year’s Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine which Condé Nast Traveller has described as one of the top 10 'Best Festivals in the World'.
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