Category: Irish Producers
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A foodie's guide to Kerry
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…
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Review: The Real Bone Broth Food Stall
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…
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Fallon & Byrne Christmas Fair, November 13, 4-9pm
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…
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Hamper of food for grabs on WorldIrish.com
There’s a hamper of Irish treats for grabs over on the WorldIrish website. Bags of Tayto and Banshee Bones (surely one of the most quintessentially Irish snacks), Cadbury’s Curly Wurlys, and Chef ketchup sit alongside some very 1980’s packets of soup and – ugh – Club Milks. The hamper is provided by Foods of Éire. Not the healthiest…
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Don’t waste your money on organic fruit and veg
Overheard middle-class conversation: “I really want to switch to all organic fruit and veg – it’s just so expensive.” “Sometimes I feel really guilty buying non-organic,” said the other woman. “It’s just so bad for the environment.” “Can’t be good for your health either. All those toxins.” They’re both wrong. Organic isn’t better for…
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Irish delights at M&S
Summer is a lovely time for Irish food bloggers, with various festivals and events giving us a chance to try out some of the best fare on offer. One of the highlights is the Marks and Spencer barbeque, popular with liggers, which showcases a selection of summer foods. Jean and I headed along a few…
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Sunday Times report: Grocery prices on the increase and it could be our fault
It was this time last year that Cheapeats covered a price comparison survey by The National Consumer Agency of Ireland that showed a drop in food prices in Ireland in the first half of 2009. Well, it would seem that dream is over and prices are creeping back up across the board. All was revealed…
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Product Review: Burren Smokehouse Salmon
Painful experience has gently nudged me away from impulse buys, but one small sample of hot smoked salmon shattered my caution. Because of my inbuilt capacity for financial self-destruction, I went along to last week’s Food and Wine Magazine show with only €10 in my pocket. Also, it was all the money I had in…
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Marks and Spencer BBQ
What a day for Jean and I! After a visit to the Taste of Dublin Festival, we stumbled along to a Marks and Spencer barbeque to check out their new Grill range. Who could say no? The event was a chance for M&S, peacock-like, to showcase their food and drinks for summer entertaining. The food…
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Murphy’s Icecream coming to Dublin
Some good news for ice-cream fans: the great Murphys of Ice-Cream Ireland are setting up a scooping cabinet somewhere in Dublin. It’s in a yet-to-be-disclosed location, but keep an eye on the Ice-Cream Ireland blog for an announcement and details of an ice-cream party. Check out the flavours they’re working on – all tributes to…