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DRESSING DOWN
There was a time when one dressed for dinner, never mind dressing up to go out to eat whether as a guest at someone’s home or as a...
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gfmeade7
- Jul 5, 2022
- 3 min
TIP OFF
The rapid rise of paying for services with cards and phones and the demise of cash has resulted in a marked decrease of tipping....
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gfmeade7
- Jun 28, 2022
- 3 min
LETTUCE PRAY
Okay so the Irish are just really getting into salads the last few years and we are probably the only country in Europe to have had such...
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gfmeade7
- Jun 21, 2022
- 3 min
UNDER THE KOSH
I had the opportunity to learn more about kosher food lately. Jewish culture and food is not something I would be very familiar with. It...
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gfmeade7
- Jun 8, 2022
- 3 min
BEES NEEDS
I have always had a penchant for honey; it is one of nature’s great gifts of food. The ancients revered it both to eat and to treat...
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gfmeade7
- May 31, 2022
- 3 min
SHARPER EDGE
I get asked about which knives to buy are best and it’s like being asked which car or outfit to go for. If you spend a few quid you will...
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gfmeade7
- May 24, 2022
- 3 min
MEAL CRIMES
Everyone gets irked when eating out but none more so than us chefs, foodies or in my case food writer and restaurant inspector as well....
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gfmeade7
- May 18, 2022
- 3 min
SOMETHING FISHY
Its hay fever season, the high pollen counts for which people have to deal with on balmy summer days, for those who suffer from this...
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gfmeade7
- May 13, 2022
- 3 min
BREAD WINNER
With the rise in food prices and impending greater shortage of grain people might just start making their own bread again. The farmers...
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gfmeade7
- May 3, 2022
- 3 min
BARBIE HOLS
With spring in the air, holidays on the horizon and a hint of sunshine peeping out I detected the first whiff of barbecue’s wafting...
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gfmeade7
- Apr 26, 2022
- 3 min
GOLD RUSH
When you travel around Ireland at this time of year you cannot help but notice the fields of vibrant yellow rapeseed lighting up the...
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gfmeade7
- Apr 19, 2022
- 3 min
IT'S A WRAP
Now that we are hopefully on the back of covid it might be time to look at our food packaging again and how much we waste and right...
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gfmeade7
- Apr 12, 2022
- 3 min
CHOCOLATE EGG-CELLANCE
This time of year is all about chocolate, as eggs of course but we are suckers for chocolate all the year, we are eating more than ever...
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gfmeade7
- Apr 5, 2022
- 3 min
GOOD JOB
PICK OF THE CAREER CROP I have no regrets at all about having a career in food and catering early on. Plenty of late comers to the...
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gfmeade7
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
SALMON LEAP
If ever there was a food symbol of Ireland it’s the salmon, the king of fish. There was a time when Irish rivers were so populated that...
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gfmeade7
- Mar 22, 2022
- 3 min
WINE WHINE
I was thinking about wine lately and how it’s now such an intricate part of modern day Irish food and drink culture. I was listening to a...
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gfmeade7
- Mar 15, 2022
- 3 min
GREEN JERSEY
The last thirty years have seen Ireland’s food and drinks culture being transformed enormously and it’s very easy to think for a younger...
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gfmeade7
- Mar 8, 2022
- 3 min
CRITICAL MASS
The internet has unleashed a level of critiquing from the general public that has never been seen before in the history of mankind. The...
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gfmeade7
- Mar 1, 2022
- 3 min
SOUTHERN BELLE 1/3/22
I was thinking of American cooking lately when someone I know moved from Texas to Louisiana waxing lyrical about the wonderful food of...
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gfmeade7
- Feb 22, 2022
- 3 min
EVEN FAIRER TRADE 22/2/22
It would be great if we were able to produce all our own exotic foods like chocolate and pineapples. But we can’t of course, so we depend...
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