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Butlers Chocolates - Special Irish Foods & The People Who Make Them

Author: Georgina Campbell

Chocolate may once have seemed an unlikely speciality for artisan producers in Ireland to adopt in their droves, but it has proved a very successful one. There seems no limit to the Irish passion for chocolate and, fortunately for producers, no seasonal downs either, although there are pleasing peaks at Christmas, Valentines Day - and Easter.
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Book Review - The Proof is in the Pudding - Kelly's Black & White Pudding Recipes

Author: Cookbook Reviews

There may be nothing new about black (and white) pudding in Ireland, it’s been a great everyday food for generations. But this traditional pork product did slip a bit in the popularity stakes for a couple of decades while we were getting used to the idea of ‘being modern’ and enjoying international cuisine - and eating less of the full Irish too.
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This Farming Life - Spring at Castlefarm

Author: Jenny Young

At this stage 80 of our cows have calved. We have 26 heifer (female) calves out on grass, although we still feed them milk twice a day. Spring has been difficult. The calves got a bug, which spread, from calf house to calf house. 50 sick calves is no laughing matter. Still the hardship of calving time is now nearly over.
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Cookery Feature - Winning Ways

Irish Food Writers Guild Award Winners 2014

Author: Georgina Campbell

Irish Food Writers' Guild President, Georgina Campbell, shares some of the stunning recipes created by Derry Clarke for the annual lunch held at L'Ecrivain to celebrate the winning foods and people at the Guild’s Food Awards
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Just Ask Restaurant of the Month for March - No. 5 Fenns Quay Restaurant

Author: Just Ask

“Our philosophy is simple, we use only the best produce from the best local suppliers and treat them with care and attention to detail” - that’s Kate Lawlor, the Euro-Toques owner-chef of Cork city’s No. 5 Fenn’s Quay, telling it as it is on the home page of their web site.
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The Seafood Interview supported by BIM - John Feeney

Author: Marilyn Bright

What makes the best of our young fishmongers stand out from the crowd? Marilyn Bright talks to John Feeney of Galway Bay Seafoods at Salthill, Galway and finds that this newcomer to fishmongering has an infectious enthusiasm for fish
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The Darina Allen Column

Author: Darina Allen

This month Darina reminds us of the importance of the small shops that we so often value only when it is too late - and her favourite new recipes include a variation on the classic scone and a delicious way to cook that much maligned vegetable, the Brussels sprout.
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The Eunice Power Column

Author: Eunice Power

Rhubarb and spring arrive together. I love rhubarb. It’s the first to wave the 'I have survived the winter' flag in my otherwise desolate garden. Last autumn I put my rhubarb to bed under a duvet of well rotted manure, my efforts were rewarded as my rhubarb peeked above ground a month early from its winter slumber pink and ready to be plucked.
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Book Review - The Extra Virigin Kitchen by Susan Jane White

Author: Cookbook Reviews

“Sinfully delicious recipes for wheat-free, sugar-free and dairy-free eating” are the promise in this handsome and very timely book from Susan Jane White, a well known specialist writer who has earned a following for her entertaining and insightful column in the Sunday Independent’s Life magazine.
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Beer of the Month - Black IPA

Author: Kristin Jensen

Continuing her new series that’s all about craft brews, our expert columnist and food blogger KRISTIN JENSEN says "Forego the usual pint of the black stuff this Paddy's Day for something different altogether: a black IPA."
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