You may not be aware of how food marketing works these days, but whether you like it or not you have been classified in a type of food...

When chefs get asked about essential ingredients we hear all the usual answers of butter, salt etc. but for me the most important...

The cucumber has to be one of the most common vegetables these days and it is pretty much taken for granted being so unassuming and just...

MUNCH TIMES The way we eat has changed beyond all recognition in a couple of generations. Some countries are more regimented than others...

There are always kitchens and chefs that will be a particular milestone in any cooking career. Mine came about on the back of good timing...

It is only when you visit other countries that the concept of which meat or fish gets eaten and hunted for food or sport becomes so...

I was listening to someone reminiscing about what Irish customers used to eat in bygone days and they mentioned when it was once...

I am always amazed how people who are successful in other fields of business reckon it’s a piece of cake to get a food outlet off the...

I was disappointed to hear from someone lately who had been looking forward to a fine dining celebratory lunch for an anniversary at a...

As much as I adore France and everything they gave us all gastronomically it is in beverages too that others have also caught up by...

I read that one of the food trends for this year was going to be bigger breakfasts to make sure people got a better start to the day with...

I was reminded lately of the amount of times myself or other chefs I knew replaced brandy with whiskey in recipes over the years and how...

Sugar gets wrongly lambasted by the medics and dieticians but it really only gives us energy and not any vitamins, mineral, proteins or...

I am always amused at this time reading about all the predicted food trends for the coming year by so called culinary experts and how the...

The last few years you may have noticed that some of your favourite brands just feel that little bit lighter in your hand at the...

When people have a crowd around the dinner table for maybe the only time in the year around Christmas it can be stressful enough for the...

So it’s another month of food and drink overindulgence and a New Year beckons with all the good intentions we promise ourselves and to...

I was wondering what it was like to sit around the Christmas table in the past when it was not so easy to just purchase an oven ready...

I was asked yet again by tourists where they can find real Irish food to sample as when they go into restaurants they mostly see dishes...

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...