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...

One of my favourite things to do is observe other people eating, watching how they sit, use their utensils and wrestle with their food....

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...

Now the milk debate is well established and it becomes more interesting and controversial each year it seems. The ads promoting...

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...

I have been explaining for decades to mild amusement while abroad how Ireland may not grow any tea leaves but the country firmly believes...

A few years ago the only food truck you would see in Ireland was a chip van; they even made a great movie about one. We would queue up in...

The news that Ireland is looking for our grass fed beef to be officially recognized as PGI status is long overdue. After all our beef has...

So when was the last time you had some offal for dinner? Or what is offal some might even ask? Well there was a time when all the yucky...

It is getting to make or break time for the food business regarding the cost of living crisis and in the case of menus the price of...

You may have heard of the French paradox coined by world medics to describe the fact that there is so much fat and dairy consumed in...

We might give out about our wet summer days and wish we had weeks of never ending blue skies but the current heat wave tells us too much...

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...

The rapid rise of paying for services with cards and phones and the demise of cash has resulted in a marked decrease of tipping....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...