Read: Irish Foodie | An alternative Christmas
Put your own twist on Christmas by looking beyond the obvious and going for something just a little bit different from great Irish food producers.
Bibliocook - All About Food Blog
Irish Food Writing Awards 2023: Writing on Sustainability in Irish Food
I was incredibly proud to win the Writing on Sustainability in Irish Food Award at the 2023 Irish Food Writing Awards, a night that was a real celebration of this world of writing.
Read: The Examiner | Teaching chefs to serve up a healthier food future
Making a positive impact with the food on their menu: students doing the Master of Science in Applied Culinary Nutrition at Technological University Dublin learn about how nutrition and sustainability can make for healthy and delicious food.
Tasting Wexford with the IFWG
The sun shone on IFWG members as we gathered for our summer outing to Wexford in August. We chose that area as a destination because the county has been working on developing a food...
Read: The Examiner | You shall have a fishy, in a little dishy
Aishling Moore, chef-owner of Cork’s sustainable fish restaurant Goldie is passionate about introducing piscine delights to the next generation. On the first Wednesday of every month, children – accompanied by their grown ups – get to eat fish for free.
Read: The Examiner | Food that’s too good to waste: using an app to save food and money
First published in The Examiner on 15 September 2023. 800,000 tonnes: that’s how much food we waste every year in Ireland. It’s a shocking amount, with much of that discarded food going to landfill,...
Butter Boy by Paul Flynn
Butter Boy is a most excellent name for a cookbook, and the contents more than live up to the billing. Paul Flynn’s fifth book, a collection of three years of his Irish Times columns,...
Read: The Echo | Return of the school lunch (and breakfast, and dinner…)
Back to school means the return of the dreaded school lunches – along with breakfast and dinner. In my annual feature for The Echo, I talk to Lou Robbie about taking the stress out the lunchbox.