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Achill Island Turbot

Author: Special Irish Foods & People Who Make Them

Turbot is a flat fish with pure white flesh that is highly prized for its texture and flavour – a delicacy since Roman times, it is a favourite of that great seafood chef Rick Stein. A large left-eyed flatfish, wild turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is mainly found in sandy shallow waters throughout the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and the North Atlantic, where it lives quietly on the ocean floor.
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Carrots

Author: In Season

A domesticated form of the wild carrot Daucus carota, an umbelliferous plant which is native to Europe and southwestern Asia, this everyday root vegetable is usually orange - although purple, red, white, and yellow varieties exist and are currently more widely grown, due to demand from chefs.
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Book Review The Free Range Cook by Annabel Langbein

Author: Cookbook Reviews

Annabel Langbein is one of New Zealand’s most popular food writers and it’s easy to see why. Her message is bang on trend – she’s ‘on a mission to get people into the kitchen with fun, no-stress recipes that make the most of what nature has to offer” - and her down-to-earth approach to cooking has made her a phenomenon.
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Just Ask Restaurant of the Month for June - Avoca Garden Cafe at Mount Usher Gardens

The Garden Cafe @ Avoca - Mount Usher Gardens Ashford County Wicklow Ireland

Author: Just Ask

Widely acknowledged among the great gardens of the world, Mount Usher Gardens are very easily accessible just half an hour from Dublin with the main entrance in the centre of Ashford village.
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New Season Irish Lamb

Author: Georgina Campbell

In recent times, new season spring lamb has become traditional at Easter in Ireland, but it is a much better buy in summer when it has had more time to grow larger (making it more suitable for family meals) and to develop more flavour. Bord Bia recently launched a series of interactive video demonstrations featuring top chef Neven Maguire, and a also new range of tasty Irish lamb recipes...
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Rapeseed Oil

Author: Special Irish Foods & People Who Make Them

A new product which looks set to play an important role in Ireland’s agriculture and cuisine is RAPESEED OIL and, while the changes this crop brings to the landscape are not universally welcome, the product itself is proving to be a very acceptable alternative to imported olive oil.
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The Darina Allen Column

Author: Darina Allen

Stevie Parle is an interesting young chef who is making waves on the London food scene - and he was one of the youngest students we ever had on our 12 Week course. Stevie was just 17 years old when he signed up for the January 2002 Certificate Course. He, like many young people, was fed up with ordinary school – he just wanted to cook.
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Insider View - On Festivals

Hilton Park - Clones County Monaghan Ireland

Author: Lucy Madden

Lucy Madden reflects on the life enhancing power of festivals – even when it rains. “We’re not coming to stay” said the woman at the front door. “But the parrot is.” So began the 2011 Flat Lake Arts and Literary Festival here in Co. Monaghan. What is it that makes festivals, events that expose one over a number of days to the vagaries of the weather, a monotonous diet and the stern gaze of Security, so utterly compelling?
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Grow it Yourself - June

Author: Michael Kelly

Did a lot of transplanting this weekend, which is always a fun activity for a GIYer. There’s nothing like the satisfaction of planting seedlings – bare beds transformed in an instant with neat rows of little plants. There are always a few days of fretting after transplanting however – will cold nights set the plants back? Will slugs or rabbits try and munch on them?
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This Farming Life

Castlefarm Athy County Kildare Ireland - ducks

Author: Jenny Young

In June Jenny Young is seeing the fruits of her labours in the Castlefarm garden – but still has to keep predators at bay. I spent a lot of May planting, maintaining and protecting the garden and many of our vegetables are coming into in season this month, making it a perfect time for visitors to Castlefarm shop to come and enjoy them fresh from the garden.
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