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LIVING TO EAT WELL
I was reading a piece about the term food snob lately, what makes one and how they are viewed by their family, workmates and friends. I...
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gfmeade7
- Nov 28
- 3 min
A TWIST ON PEPPER
There is not much thought given to the pepper mill or ground pepper shaker on the table. It is just a given that the pepper should be...
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gfmeade7
- Nov 21
- 3 min
BIG BUFFET BLUES
I had the pleasure of eating a few buffets lately and they are always a challenge. I am not the most patient in a queue, then there is...
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gfmeade7
- Nov 14
- 3 min
ALL IN THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE
The recent news that we now have another taste to the five we already possess is big news in foodie world. Taste often gets confused with...
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gfmeade7
- Nov 7
- 3 min
OLE TO SPANISH CUISINE
There is one much underestimated cuisine in Europe and that is Spanish. It has yet to rise unfairly to the international appreciation...
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gfmeade7
- Oct 30
- 3 min
ORIGINAL OCTOBERFEST
Halloween is a rather special day in Celtic culture as its Samhain or New Years eve in olden pagan times marking the end of the harvest...
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gfmeade7
- Oct 24
- 3 min
SOLITARY CONDINEMENT
As a foodie eating alone is one experience you get used to very quickly as you seek out culinary destinations while checking new places,...
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gfmeade7
- Oct 17
- 3 min
REAL KITCHEN NIGHTMARE
I was reading about the digging of Pompeii in Italy and the almost untouched unearthed takeaway restaurant kitchen that would have served...
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gfmeade7
- Oct 10
- 3 min
NO LONGER AT YOUR CATERING SERVICE
Hospitality is a lot better these days than when I started out forty years ago, legislation and welfare regulation is making what was a...
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gfmeade7
- Oct 3
- 3 min
BIG CAKE CAN EAT YOU UP
I do not look too much at cooking on the telly and on the phone it pops up on regular scrolls as the algorithms know all about any food...
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gfmeade7
- Sep 26
- 3 min
GOOD SERVICE WORTH WAITING FOR
I was recently listening to a young chef extol his hatred for the servers and dismissing their role out of hand as mere plate carriers...
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gfmeade7
- Sep 19
- 3 min
PRESERVING TRADITION
It is only in the last few generations that we have a constant supply of food, in our luxury first world anyway. It was however not that...
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gfmeade7
- Sep 12
- 3 min
CULINARY BLACK MAGIC
It is at this time of year that gastronomy gets very excited with foragers arriving at kitchen back doors with baskets of mushrooms but...
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gfmeade7
- Sep 5
- 3 min
FARMER'S FINALLY FED UP
I was observing the heat waves over the Med and how it might be devastating crops and livestock production in the hotter regions. In...
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gfmeade7
- Aug 29
- 3 min
CRASH TEST TUMMIES
These days I get asked as much about diet as I do about cooking and with obesity at such high levels for all ages now it is a subject...
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gfmeade7
- Aug 15
- 3 min
APPLES AND ORANGES
At this time of year I get the annual barrage of holiday value price comparisons between Ireland and the hot spots with online posts of...
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gfmeade7
- Aug 8
- 3 min
CRISP IRISH FINISH
Everyone visiting Ireland is encouraged to try all the food and drink associated with the country but there is one product that for me is...
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gfmeade7
- Aug 1
- 3 min
COMING OF CULINARY OLD AGE
As an old school purist and stickler for tradition I have had to endure the trendy comings and goings over the years in food. It took a...
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gfmeade7
- Jul 25
- 3 min
CRACKING MEALS WITH EGGS
I was using really fresh organic eggs given to me for a recipe lately and it had been a while since I had seen such quality, the whites...
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gfmeade7
- Jul 18
- 3 min
COME FINE DINE WITH ME
I often get asked about the industrial standard plates, glasses, cutlery and cooking equipment I use privately that I have built up over...
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