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Listen: 96FM | Gadgets in the kitchen

Gadgets, I’ve had a few. But then again, too many to mention… Talking to PJ Coogan on 96FM’s Opinion Line about kitchen gadgets this morning made me look around my own kitchen and see...

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Listen: Turkish Delight on The Book Show

Researching children’s books and food for the series of articles I’ve written recently in The Examiner, there’s one item that almost everyone seems to remember from their own childhood reading: the Turkish Delight that Edmund betrayed...

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Farewell to Thornton’s Restaurant

“Life’s all about being happy, isn’t it? Happiness is the most important thing.” Kevin Thornton, 2016 In 2008 I spent two days working in the kitchen of Kevin Thornton’s Michelin-starred restaurant on Dublin’s Stephen’s Green. No, not...

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HearSay 2015. The Blind Experiment.

It all started with a stray comment down the back of a cookery demonstration. As I talked whispered, Diarmuid McIntyre, of Grey Heron Media and the HearSay Festival, through a beer tasting, he wondered if it...

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HearSay 2015. Memories.

Twinkle was my choice; my brother went for The Beano. Our weekly comics were on order at McCarthy’s Hardware, situated right in the middle of Main Street, Kilfinane. It was the largest shop in the town, with three...