Read: Irish Independent – Crafty drinkers
I wrote a feature on the new world of Irish craft beer for the Irish Independent Weekend magazine last Saturday to coincide with the Alltech Craft Brews and Food Fair in Dublin’s Convention Centre....
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Wine tasting, beer talking and Sláinte spotting
Would you take wine recommendations from these people? Doerthe Woltermann, vice president of the Dublin Ladies Craft Beer Society and the Lovin’ Dublin beer correspondent, Wayne Dunne aka Irish Beer Snob, Kristin “Edible Ireland”...
Read: a cheesy Valentine’s Day in Irish Country Living and Baked Brie with Caramelised Maple Pecans
You might have realised, over the years, that I’m a fan of cheesy Valentines: 2012 Something cheesy for Valentine’s Day 2008 The easiest Valentine’s Day dinner: Baked Vacherin Mont d’Or 2007 Valentine’s Night – delayed: Simple Irish...
Sláinte at GMIT’s Foodie Forum
Stop! What are you doing on Tuesday? Yes, this Tuesday, 3 February. Will you be anywhere around Galway – or can you make it there? Sign up for the Foodie Forum at GMIT, an...
Read: Reinventing coleslaw in Irish Country Living – Winter ‘Slaw with Cabbage, Cranberries and Pecans
At this time of the year I crave salads – light and fresh, with lots of crunchy textures. The colder it gets, the more I want a serving of something that’s going to fill...
Read: Farming in the heart of Dublin in Irish Country Living + Clementine and Cinnamon Shortbread
The idea of farm to fork is all very well but, if you live in Dublin city or suburbs, it’s not so easy to see it in action. Unless you head to Dundrum, that...
Telling stories at HearSay 2014
Saturday night was a cold night. It was an especially cold night if you were sitting in an old, just-renovated church in the small Co Limerick town of Kilfinane. But, for one weekend only,...
Beer vs wine at Savour Kilkenny: a draw?
The beer/cider vs wine smackdown at Savour Kilkenny? There was some serious argie bargie going on in the lead up to the event, especially from my team of dastardly valiant opponents, Ballymaloe wine lecturer Colm...