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They are trying to excavate and bring the remains of Irish-Franco hero Patrick Sarsfield back from Belgium to bury him in his native...
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Jan 17, 20233 min read
MEASURING UP
Now that Brexit is not for turning it got me thinking of all the complications that having two competing systems of measuring has done to...
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Jan 3, 20233 min read
KIDS NOT ALRIGHT
There is an old saying in food that in order to know how to eat one must first learn how to wait. When you think about that expression it...
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Dec 27, 20223 min read
GOAT ALONE
As a typical Capricorn I tend to think of goats at this time of year naturally enough. The other time is at the Puck Fair in summer when...
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Dec 20, 20223 min read
FEASTS ON EARTH
We are well into the festive season now and we have it pretty much down to an annual routine with all our foodie traditions so much...
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Dec 13, 20223 min read
PIG OF THE BUNCH
I think most people like a sizzling sausage and nearly every country has their own versions of what is one of the world’s oldest...
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Dec 6, 20223 min read
CALL TO EEL
I was talking to a continental chef here about our abundance of lake and river fish and how it is seldom eaten in homes or restaurants....
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Nov 29, 20223 min read
SALT OF EARTH AND SEA
We Irish love our salt and so many still lash it onto the dinner without tasting a morsel believing it has not been seasoned at all...
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Nov 22, 20223 min read
HOLY SPIRITS
I was reminded lately just how so much of the world does not subscribe to the option that wine is the ultimate accompaniment to food. We...
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Nov 15, 20223 min read
RICE AND EASY
I first ate rice when a Chinese restaurant opened locally to me in the 1970’s; it was still alien to Irish households back then except...
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gfmeade7
Nov 8, 20223 min read
CRACKING CHRISTMAS
The latest bird flu epidemic and the subsequent potential shortage of turkey have already got the minds of the public focusing on the c...
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Nov 1, 20223 min read
IN A NUTSHELL
At this time of year the nuts are in abundance but squirrels are not the only ones storing them up as we like to eat them too and have...
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gfmeade7
Oct 18, 20223 min read
MAGIC MUSHROOMS
I do like this time of year when the mushrooms are popping up all over the place. Ireland being a wet, boggy and woody country is perfect...
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gfmeade7
Oct 11, 20223 min read
IN A JAM
One of my earliest culinary memories is watching my mother stirring big pots of homemade jam and marmalade on the stove, old pillow cases...
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gfmeade7
Oct 4, 20223 min read
ALL MUSSEL
It was only when I visited La Rochelle in France as a foodie teenager while staying on a nearby farm during the summer that I learned...
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Sep 27, 20223 min read
SHAME GAME
One of my favourite things to do is observe other people eating, watching how they sit, use their utensils and wrestle with their food....
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Sep 20, 20223 min read
UGLY TRUTH
I first really saw how our fruit and veg has to pass the visual test for consumers when I was trying to find a decent looking banana at a...
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gfmeade7
Sep 13, 20223 min read
MILKING IT
Now the milk debate is well established and it becomes more interesting and controversial each year it seems. The ads promoting...
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Sep 6, 20223 min read
DON'T FRY FOR ME
I was on my annual staycation and its during this time I get my yearly overexposure to our famous Irish breakfast. Now we will have one...
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gfmeade7
Aug 30, 20223 min read
TWO FOR TEA
I have been explaining for decades to mild amusement while abroad how Ireland may not grow any tea leaves but the country firmly believes...
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