Articles

This month Darina celebrates not only Christmas but also the game season - and wider retail availability of game in Ireland - with an introduction to her favourite new book on game, which would make a great Christmas present for an adventurous cook.
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Aoife Carrigy introduces The ICA Book of Christmas - an evocative book that should be somewhere on every family’s gift list!
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West of Ireland food writer Anne Marie Carroll enjoys a tour of the hospitality and culinary arts department at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT).
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KRISTIN JENSEN, co-author of Slainte! The complete Guide To Irish Craft Beers and Ciders - introduces us to Rascal's Brewing Company Ginger Porter
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Dee Laffan chats to the two entrepreneurial women behind Irish food company Cool Beans about their success story, love of beans and their desire to start Ireland’s Bean Revolution!
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Barbara Collins introduces a new pop up shop in County Down. "Not what it sounds like" could be a first reaction by the uninitiated - but lovely once you're in the know! They started off as an online artisan food service, now the Northern Ireland-based Indie Fude company has popped up at their new shop in Comber, County Down.
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The farm is in muck. It is cold, wet and dreary so I am glad we will finish milking in mid December. At present we are milking 60 cows once a day. The other cows have been dried off. Calves born earlier this spring have been housed for the winter and heifers (first time calvers) have been brought back to the home farm.
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As Christmas comes round again and I inevitably start planning on making it really easy this year (this never works) my mind runs to all the foods which have become a compulsory addition to the table for Christmas dinner and I start thinking of the ones I could discreetly eliminate.
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Ok, so here's a confession. In almost ten years of growing I've never managed to successfully grow that quintessential Christmas crop, the Brussels sprout. This has been somewhat irksome as I am a fan of sprouts and generally speaking, really in to the idea of vegetables that grow well over winter.
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Counter Culture - The Sheridans Guide to Cheese, by Kevin and Seamus Sheridan, with Catherine Cleary (Transworld; hardback, £16.99)
How to buy, store, age, taste and appreciate the great cheeses of the world and create a perfect cheese plate for any occasion...
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