Author: Lucy Madden
Ending the year on an optimistic note, Lucy Madden finds encouragement in the observation that a more relaxed approach in restaurants and hotels does not have to mean a lessening of standards, more a shift in emphasis
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Author: Georgina Campbell
Tom Durcan Meats was established in 1985, so this is far from being one of Ireland’s longest-established butchers - but it is one of the most highly-regarded and, being right next to the fountain at The English Market, also very easy to find.
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Author: Michael Kelly
With Halloween over, the countdown to Christmas is truly on, and as a result we have turkeys back in our garden again. Each year we rear about 4 turkeys, with one becoming the centerpiece of our Christmas Day celebrations, and the balance jointed and put in to the freezer.
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Author: Kristin Jensen
For November, our expert columnist, food blogger - and joint author of Slainte! The complete Guide To Irish Craft Beers and Ciders - KRISTIN JENSEN has moved away from beer, to offer up a very promising, and seasonal, craft cider
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Author: Georgina Campbell
Although collecting wild hazelnuts from hedgerows was a common activity in Ireland until recently (and has perhaps seen a resurgence due to the current popularity of all kinds of foraging), commercial nut growing has never been a significant aspect of Irish food production.
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Author: Georgina Campbell
Georgina Campbell reviews several recently published books -
Clifford & Son, New Irish Cooking From Michael & Peter Clifford, With Joe McNamee. (Liberties Press, paperback €29.99 / £24.99);
The Natural Food Kitchen, Delicious, globally inspired recipes using only the best natural and seasonal produce, by Jordan Bourke with photographs by Tara Fisher (Ryland Peters & Small, hardback160pp; £16.99), and,
Food For The Soul by Gary O’Hanlon (Bluebird Care, hardback 144pp RRP €19.95)
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Author: Lucy Madden
This month, Lucy Madden wonders why does the airport experience have to be so unpleasant ? But the trains are no better - and as for the experiences of overseas visitors over-70s wishing to hire a car…
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Author: Marilyn Bright
This month Marilyn Bright talks to Tricia Kealy of Kealy’s Seafood Bar about their 25th anniversary, some of the nostalgic menu dishes that were brought back this summer in honour of the occasion - and some newer items on the menu
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Author: Georgina Campbell
Little did the people of Carrigaline know what a business dynamo they had in their midst when local fishmonger Denis Good opened a small fish shop here in the mid 1980s. Far from being a flash in the pan, it's still there today - but it’s now just one of The Good Fish Company’s six shops in the Cork area and part of a company that supplies Tesco stores nationwide and employs over 60 staff in fish processing and retailing.
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Author: Just Ask
Having been a private home - and a country house guesthouse, famed for its lovable eccentricity - for many years, Mount Falcon Estate came into energetic new ownership in 2002 and, following an extensive building and refurbishment plan that included extending the original house and building a number of luxurious courtyard houses and woodland lodges, it has since been a 32 bedroom luxury hotel.
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