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...

With the rise in food prices and impending greater shortage of grain people might just start making their own bread again. The farmers...

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...

When you travel around Ireland at this time of year you cannot help but notice the fields of vibrant yellow rapeseed lighting up the...

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...