Category: Books on Food
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The Mummypages Mum's Baking Book
Our pals at MummyPages.ie have this lovely book on sale for Christmas, featuring 50 recipes that were crowd-sourced from the MummyPages online community. All the proceeds from the Mum’s Baking Book are going to FARA Ireland and the Sam McMahon Trust. Cake! Good causes! Win win. Buy it for your own Christmas stocking. The MummyPages…
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'Put the Kettle On' Competition Winners
Huge thanks to everyone who entered our ‘Put the Kettle On’ competition – the three winners of this gorgeous book by Juanita Browne about the Irish love affair with tea, are after the jump!
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Competition: 3 Copies of 'Put The Kettle On: The Irish Love Affair With Tea' to be Won
‘Put the Kettle On: The Irish Love Affair with Tea‘ is a brand new book by Juanita Browne, which tracks the Irish obsession with a hot drop. We Irish are only bleedin mad for tea, and are the highest consumers of it per head of population in the world. It’s used for everything from a…
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Saba Cookbook Competition Winners
Our Saba Cookbook winners have been picked. The very lucky individuals Fionnuala Desmond and Stuart Lattimore will be receiving a copy each of the plush and gorgeous Saba cookbook. Check your emails Fionnuala and Stuart – if you respond via email with your addresses today, there’s a chance you’ll get the book in time for Christmas.…
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Competition: Two copies of the Saba Cookbook up for grabs
If you know someone who likes cooking, Thai and Vietnamese food, or both, The Saba Cookbook is the perfect Christmas present. There’s plenty of gorgeous recipes, information on Thai and Vietnamese food, stories about Saba, and beautiful food photography. The recipes feature easily accessible ingredients. The book has been shortlisted as Ireland’s entry in the 2013…
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Food myths busted: tonight at 8pm
Tonight at 8pm: go listen to the wise words of Professor Mike Gibney at the Irish Skeptics Society, where he is going to bust some of the common myths in food and health in a talk at the Davenport Hotel, just off Merrion Square. For example, obesity is a new thing, all things natural are…
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Recipe: Spicy duck pie with carrot and pea veloute
More pie, please. This one is called “Romany’s Lucky Ducky Pie” and is my favourite recipe is from the Pieminister Cookbook by Tristan Hogg and Jon Simon. If you have sampled their wares, or just like a good pie, I highly recommend it. The recipes are quite tricky, but just clear the decks, open a…
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‘Something to Chew On’ Competition Winners
Big thanks to all who entered our ‘Something to Chew On’ giveaway. We got three random numbers from random.org, and matched them to our email subscribers list to pick our winners. Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 69, 285, 213 Timestamp: 2012-09-07 15:00:00 UTC The winners are: Kathleen MacMullan, Liesel Hall and Ludovic…
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Competition: Win a copy of ‘Something to Chew On’
Update: This competition closed on Thurs 6th September 2012 at 5pm. Winners will be announced on Friday 7th September. Competition time! We have copies of ‘Something to Chew On’ by Professor Mike Gibney to give away. Professor Gibney is the Head of the Institute of Food and Health in UCD, and in this book, he…
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‘Something to Chew On’ by Professor Mike Gibney
Books on critical thinking and science are one of my favourite nerdy pleasures, and I just got a new one that I’m very excited about reading – ‘Something to Chew On’ by Professor Mike Gibney. Professor Gibney is the Head of the Institute of Food and Health in UCD, and in the book, he tackles…