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The famous foodie who’s flying the tricolour for us in Texas shares her experience of a visit to Hillsborough in County Down – a destination that rewards slow travel and curiosity, and one that lingers in the memory long after the visit ends.
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Famed for her passion for natural food, sustainability and biodiversity, Darina is a perfect example of the purposeful traveller. The main reason for a recent trip to Spain was to visit the Todolí Citrus Foundation in picturesque Palmera, on Valencia’s Mediterranean coast, which was founded by former Tate Modern director Vicente Todolí to preserve rare citrus varieties and compile a catalogue of farming knowledge to inspire future generations – and it is probably the world’s largest collection of outdoor citrus fruits. And, on the way, she spent a few days exploring València and the surrounding area…
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Now well established as a major player in Irish food and tourism, Waterford was blessed with fine weather recently for the 17th Waterford Festival of Food which drew some 80,000 people to Dungarvan, Waterford City and surrounding areas, to attend an extraordinary range of events...
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We are saddened by the recent death, after a long illness, of Gearóid Lynch, a great chef and co-owner, with his wife Tara, of the delightful Co Cavan restaurant with rooms The Olde Post Inn
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In this time of apartment living and shortage of storage space, coming up with a book of recipes that covers a wide range of options but only needs one main cooking utensil - a 2lb/900g loaf tin – to do some tasty but no-fuss comfort cooking is a great idea...
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Famed for her love of natural food, sustainability, simplicity and sharing, who better than Darina Allen to hail the culinary virtues of the Irish Mammy – and share some super recipes that everyone will love.
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A recent pre-opening trip to visit Chef Cúán Greene's emerging Laois gem Ómós, offered Sharon Noonan a coveted glimpse into one of Ireland’s most anticipated hospitality openings - a project now at an advanced stage of construction, with opening scheduled for July.
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Who better than Darina Allen to share the secret of a delectable burger? Last month we featured a seriously delicious meat-free burger from Ali Honour's terrific cookbook, Beans - but this time the freshest of meat and fish are the stars in these super homemade burgers.
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Going strong since 1993, The Irish Food Writers' Guild Food Awards were established with a simple aim: to celebrate indigenous Irish food products of the highest quality, and recognise some of the individuals, companies and initiatives which make the Irish food story such an exciting one. Over three decades later, that has not changed...
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Famed for her passion for natural food, sustainability, biodiversity – and good healthy eating – who better than Darina Allen to introduce us to some less usual winter vegetables that are both seriously useful and fun to experiment with. Here she tells us about some of her favourites – and we can get started with them in our own vegetable plots this spring, as well as seeking them out out in local markets when their season comes around again.
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