Family connections in India source top quality, ultra-fresh spices for Arun Kapil and his Green Saffron team, who then distribute them nationally, use them for their in-house curry nights (see website) and do things which make them peculiarly Irish - e ... more...
The Tannery Cookery School and the adjacent Glanbia organic garden, which supplies both the restaurant and the school, is just around the corner from Paul and Maire Flynn's renowned restaurant The Tannery.
Paul Flynn is an acclaimed chef, who has long ... more...
No need to seek directions for Athlone’s highest hotel, as the glazed 12-storey tower soaring high above the new town centre shopping complex makes finding this landmark building an easy matter.
Views from the tower take in the mighty Shann ... more...
Strategically located close to the M50 motorway, the Red Cow Hotel has a grand staircase sweeping up from the marble lobby, lit by a wonderful Murano glass chandelier.
This gives an indication of the style to follow and, although it may also be of in ... more...
The original producers of Lavistown Cheese, Roger and Olivia Goodwillie are mainly known nowadays for the rural courses they run at their Study Centre - and for their superb sausages, which have been a stalwart in the restaurant at Kilkenny Design for ... more...
Northern Ireland can boast several excellent brands of dairy ice cream and an outstanding product to keep an eye open for in Fermanagh is the cleverly named Tickety Moo brand, made on the Grey family’s farm at Killadeas.
John Grey and three sons ... more...
Thanks to pleasingly simple décor, large windows and a conservatory, views of Liscannor Bay take centre stage at the O'Brien family's traditional, whitewashed cottage, on the cliffs just outside Lahinch - and it can be magic on a fine evening.
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Since 2000 Peter and Anita Thomas have been making their excellent semi-hard, raw milk, natural rind cheese Bellingham Blue Farmhouse Cheese here, on the banks of the River Glyde.
It is made from the milk of a single herd of Friesian cows using ... more...
East Galway cheesemaker Marion Roeleveld is well known for her excellent gouda-style Killeen Farmhouse Cheese. She trained as a cheesemaker in the Netherlands before coming to Ireland and has assisted in the development of other cheeses as well as buil ... more...
Where there is good home baking, delicious handmade preserves are unlikely to be far away – and this is certainly true of the North-West of Ireland.
Since 1997, for example, Filligans, one of Ireland’s most respected ranges of traditionall ... more...
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