Author: peter

  • Kinsale Arts Festival, September 19-28: Food tops the bill

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    Kinsale, Co. Cork: Ireland’s foodie paradise. Fishy Fishy, Crackpots, The Bulman’s… There’s no shortage of renowned restaurants in this small fishing village, just 25 minutes from Cork City. Starting Friday, there’s another great reason to visit Kinsale, with the 10th annual Kinsale Arts Festival kicking off. There’s a packed programme, including theatre, visual arts, music,…

  • A foodie's guide to Kerry

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    Heading to the Kingdom this summer? Eva Schmid of Kerry’s Ard na Sidhe hotel has put together this really delightful and useful infographic on Kerry’s food festivals, cafes and tea rooms, cooking courses, farmers markets and food stores. The Kenmare Food Carnival has been and gone, but there’s plenty more places left to visit, including…

  • Review: The Real Bone Broth Food Stall

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    Marlay Park is one of the best public parks in the whole of south Dublin. Easily accessible from the city centre (where I live), just off the M50, and close to both the west and east parts of south county Dublin, it has a popular weekend food market with plenty of eating choices. There’s also…

  • BBQ Dublin: Pitt Bros vs Bison Bar

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    Holy smokes! A decent BBQ restaurant has been high up the wishlist for many years, and now Dublin has four: the Bison Bar on Wellington Quay, Pitt Bros on George’s Street, the Aussie BBQ on Richmond Street (I’ve yet to pull some pork from the Aussie BBQ but, based on this review from Niall Harbison…

  • Query: It's a Christmas Miracle Whip

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    We all have our own weird Christmas food traditions. Mine is cream soda, a vile fizzy drink that makes me nauseous any other day of the year but somehow seems like honey from heaven on Christmas day. And we all heartily consume Christmas pudding, a stodgy and sticky and plodding lump of a dessert that…

  • Lunch in Baan Thai, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

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    Ballsbridge, in the heart of Dublin 4, is an affluent area with fancy houses, and thousands of office workers looking for lunch every Monday to Friday. But until relatively recent times, it was crying out for as much as a decent sandwich. Roly’s Cafe and Bistro is a prominent option, but there’s a much better…

  • Cheap eats in today's Irish Times

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    In today’s Irish Times Pricewatch I, along with Joanne Cronin from the excellent Stitch and Bear blog, highlight the difficulty of getting cheap eats outside Dublin. Yes, says Joanne, there are gems out there, but they are the exception rather the norm. The article includes recommendations for the best cheap eats in Ireland, with contributions…

  • Fallon & Byrne Christmas Fair, November 13, 4-9pm

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    Cork has the English Market. The closest thing we have is Fallon and Byrne, the food emporium on Exchequer Street which also happens to do one of the best lunch and dinner deals in Dublin. Today, from 4-9pm, Fallon & Byrne host their annual Christmas extravaganza. It’s a chance to meet producers, sample lots of…

  • Shopping online: will you still do it?

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    How many different companies have your credit card details? How often do you shop online? This week, we learned that a major data breach left 62,500 SuperValu customers at risk of having their payment details accessed by fraudsters. Customers who paid for SuperValu Getaway Breaks between January 2011 and February 2012 are affected. Around 8,000…

  • Recipe: Sausage and cannellini stew

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    On gloomy dark damp days like we have had recently, comfort food smashes down your front door with an axe, gently seals it up again, covers you with a nice blanket beside the fire in front of something like Coronation Street, and hands you a lovely bowl of hot stew and a cup of tea.…