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Book Review - Irish Pantry by Noel McMeel

Author: Cookbook Reviews

The number of cookery books published each year is mind boggling, but there is a depressing sameness about most of them. Perhaps it is a reflection on the relative ease with which a book can be published since the digital revolution, that so many of them are unoriginal and do little more than re-package a predictable collection of all-too-familiar recipes. Happily, this handsome hardback from one of Northern Ireland’s best known chefs, Noel McMeel, bucks the trend.
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The Seafood Interview supported by BIM - George Stephens

Fergal Quinn, Jason Whooley and George Stephens

Author: Marilyn Bright

We begin the new year with a brand new series in which we find out what makes the best of our young fishmongers stand out from the crowd. This month, Marilyn Bright talks to George Stephens of The Fish Market in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, and discovers a number of very good reasons for his success.
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Cookery Feature - Free-From Food

Author: Georgina Campbell

'Free-from' foods have never been more in demand than now and the term covers everything from specific exclusion of additives such as the infamous E numbers or just keeping it simple, and cooking with fresh, natural ingredients (a wise policy) to the more complicated issue of dealing with particular health problems.
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The Darina Allen Column

Author: Darina Allen

This month Darina takes a very long journey to the far north of Sweden - and it's rewarded with a very big treat
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Book Review - Oyster Delight by Jonathan Mite

Author: Cookbook Reviews

You'll have to read About the Author to work out who Jonathan Mite is, as this wacky little book is actually by 'scribe and oysterman' (and, as it happens, marine biologist) Alex Blackwell and his 'editor and oyster gourmand' wife Daria, who live in Co Mayo and produced and sold oysters in Ireland and abroad for many years.
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Grow It Yourself - January

Author: Michael Kelly

I’ve tried hard to resist the charms of kale over the years, but finally, perhaps inevitably, I have succumbed. I’ve become somewhat of a kale nut. Kale suffers somewhat from a reputation problem.
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Rachel Gaffney's Letter from Texas - Food Trends for 2014

Author: Rachel Gaffney

Rachel Gaffney, the famous foodie who’s flying the flag for Ireland in Texas, shares her thoughts on the Food Trends she sees shaping up for 2014. In the last few weeks, I have read articles, glanced at various headlines, listened to the radio, watched the television and observed through social media the chatter regarding food trends for 2014. Some have been mentioned repeatedly and others in isolation.
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Beer of the Month - Twisted Hop

Author: Kristin Jensen

Beginning a new series that’s all about craft brews, our expert columnist and food blogger KRISTIN JENSEN introduces her first Beer of the Month: Twisted Hop from Hilden Brewing Company
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An Irish Chef in France

Author: Martin Dwyer

This month Martin recounts a very special experience: Dinner in El Celler de Can Roca It was a chance remark thrown out at a dinner party last Christmas here in our village in the south of France which started this particular ball rolling.
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Insider View - Friendliness in Restaurants

Author: Lucy Madden

A timely piece from Lucy Madden about the ideal level of 'friendliness' in restaurants - just when we are concentrating our own efforts on addressing complaints from many of our assessors about staff who fail to engage with customers. Pleasing everyone may not be an option, in Lucy’s view.
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