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,...
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Listen: Culture File – James Hoffman de-snobs your coffee
Once upon a time, it was enough to have a favoured brand of instant coffee; now it’s all Sumatra Gegarang this, natural process that, small batch roast the other. Things have come a long,...
Listen – Culture File: Alys Fowler’s Letters to a Beekeeper
To paraphrase the Lorax, Alys Fowler ‘speaks for the bees.’ She was at the Ballymaloe Litfest in May, talking about self-funding her latest book Letters to a Beekeeper through internet publisher Unbound. It’s a...
Listen: Culture File – Diana Kennedy at Ballymaloe Litfest
Ever wondered if a 91-year-old cookery writer can rock? Wonder no longer. Diana Kennedy is that woman. A small but indomitable lady in leather trousers who visited Ballymaloe for the recent Literary Festival of...
Listen: Nick Strangeway at Ballymaloe Litfest
It wasn’t all chefs and cookery writers at this year’s Ballymaloe LitFest; there was also a very lively drinks theatre which featured good Irish craft beer, natural wines, glorious sherry and unusual cocktails. London-based...
Listen: Culture File – The Butter Vikings at Ballymaloe LitFest
Bringing butter back? Well, if it’s on the cover of Time Magazine, it must be true (just try and forget about this one, which fronted a 1984 story on cholesterol entitled Hold the Eggs...
Listen: René Redzepi at the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine
René Redzepi flew into Cork on Friday. Waiting to present his passport at immigration, he was confronted with an intense, furrowed-brow stare from the man behind the glass. Pause. And then a question: “What’s...
Listen: A Limerick trilogy – herring, jam and food trails
There’s something stirring in Limerick. There are plenty of good places to eat, a vibrant, bustling centerpiece on Saturdays at the Milk Market and a community of food producers making local cheese, baklava – and...