News Archive
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Our Latest Great Place to Eat - Aubars Limerick
31 May 2010
During the Celtic Tiger years we became a Dine Out Nation, which is something our continental cousins have enjoyed for decades, and there is nothing wrong with that but to be a Dine Out Nation we need good places, doing well produced food at good prices.
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HENPECKED
30 May 2010
We are going to be hearing an awful lot more of “here, chook, chook chook chook, chook” in urban back gardens judging by the high amount of chicken coop sales of late.
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BOILED EGG AND SOLDIERS
30 May 2010
We are going to be hearing an awful lot more of “here, chook, chook chook chook, chook” in urban back gardens judging by the high amount of chicken coop sales of late. It’s really cool nowadays to have your own hens producing eggs, a trend triggered by
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A PASSION FOR BIRDS OF A FEATHER
30 May 2010
Daniel and Eoghan Hennessy, aged 14 and 11, were first introduced to hens when Daniel was about six years old. Their Dad got an incubator and a half dozen eggs and started hatching them out which was the start of a whole new world of birds of a feather.
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BANG CAFE - REVIEW
29 May 2010
Walking into the Dragons’ Den, the RTE TV programme, is not for the faint hearted for, as we have seen in many an episode, the Dragons take no prisoners, filleting and disecting their prey without mercy. So, walking into the lair of one of the toughest D
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TODAY WITH PAT KENNY SHOW AL FRESCO DINING
27 May 2010
LUCINDA CHATS WITH MYLES DUNGAN ABOUT AL FRESCO DINING OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY
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Ananda's Sunil Ghai Writes for us
26 May 2010
Sunil Ghai of Ananda writes about winning the 2009 Food & Wine Chef of the Year Award, his food philosophy and developing his new menu.
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Our Latest Great Place to Eat - L'Officina Kildare
24 May 2010
I for one was more than glad to find that Eileen Dunne & Stefano Crescenzi had a branch of their brilliant L’Officina at the Kildare Outlet Centre – and I am sure I am not alone. Part of a good day’s shopping is having a bite to eat as well – or maybe ev
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Seamus Commons of La Fougere Shares a Recipe with Us.
22 May 2010
Seamus Commons, Executive Chef,at La Fougere at Knockranny House Hotel in Westport shares his recipe for Goat's Cheese Gnocchi with Confit Tomatoes with us. Deliciously seasonal.
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Our Latest great Place to Eat - La Fougere
20 May 2010
Chef Seamus Commons is a man who is rapidly making La Fougere Restaurant at Knockranny House Hotel into a foodie destination
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Theatre of Restaurants
19 May 2010
I know we always want what we can’t have but is the cost of your meal out in the future going to depend on what seat you want to sit at or what day or time you eat? Booking a seat in a restaurant a la the Dress Circle in a theatre seems to be the new t
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The German Butcher's Shop
17 May 2010
In 1958 the German crane manufacturing company, Liebherr, opened a factory in Killarney, giving not only local employment but also bringing in many German people to work over the years. One of these was Armin Weise who came to Ireland some thirty years.
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Pat O'Neill's Dry Cure Bacon
17 May 2010
In Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Pat O’Neill produces and wholesales old style artisan dry cure bacon which is not only deliciously tasty but what you get is solid meat per kilo for your money with none of that old water seeping out on the pan! Dry curing is
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VALUE MENUS AROUND THE COUNTRY
17 May 2010
Despite the ridiculously high prices to which we were subjected throughout those Celtic Tiger rip-off years, we became a dine out nation. This, as I constantly preached, was a privilege enjoyed by our continental cousins, as a matter of course, but with h
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Our Latest Great Place to Eat - The Strand Inn
15 May 2010
I don’t know anybody who doesn’t love Dunmore East, that sweet little fishing village in County Waterford. For years and years it has been the perfect haven for weekends away in its pretty environs. Right down overlooking the beach, with wonderful view
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Rasam's Head Chef Shares New Recipe With Us
14 May 2010
Rasam Indian Restaurant's Head Chef, Sanjay Vishwakarma, shares his recipe for Tandoori Duck Tikka with us
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L'Ecrivain Restaurant Review
14 May 2010
At the height of the Celtic Tiger madness in 2006, following a disenchanting visit to Derry Clarke’s L’Ecrivain Restaurant,I wrote of my experience. It was a review I am sure that went down like a lead balloon in the Clarke camp...
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COLIN O'DALY TALKS TO LUCINDA
12 May 2010
Without any F-words, tantrums, or attention seeking antics, one of the best known, most talented and, above all, most respected names in the Irish culinary world undoubtedly has to be Colin O’Daly. Most would associate Colin O’Daly with Roly’s Bistro..
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Our Latest Great Place to Eat - One Pico
12 May 2010
I first wrote about Eamon O’Reilly’s cooking when in 1997, aged just 25, he opened his original One Pico Restaurant in what was a former convent at the top of Camden Street. I wrote about him again in 2001 when he moved to his current premises when his f
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Our Latest Great Place to Eat - Cornstore Cork
10 May 2010
During the Celtic Tiger years we became a Dine Out Nation, which is something our continental cousins have enjoyed for decades, and there is nothing wrong with that but to be a Dine Out Nation we need good places, doing well produced food at good prices.
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Our Latest Great Place to Eat - Cornstore Limerick
05 May 2010
During the Celtic Tiger years we became a Dine Out Nation, which is something our continental cousins have enjoyed for decades, and there is nothing wrong with that but to be a Dine Out Nation we need good places, doing well produced food at good prices.
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Fun Flowers
03 May 2010
If you could only bottle the enthusiasm of Glasnevin chap, Philip Walsh, you would make a fortune! Philip is a young man whose friendliness and warmth belies a very together entrepreneurial skill. Educated at Belvedere College, he is just 20 years old,
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Red Apron Company
03 May 2010
Sally Stone is from Dun Laoghaire and eight weeks ago she launched The Red Apron Company producing a most attractive range of food condiments, sauces, marinades, relishes and pickles. There are quite a few people in this area already but what struck me a
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ChocOneill
03 May 2010
I read a report recently that said Ireland ranks 3rd highest after Switzerland and Austria when it comes to chocolate consumption – you also apparently live longer if you nibble a bit every month!
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Restaurant Review - One Pico
03 May 2010
I first wrote about Eamonn O’Reilly’s cooking when in 1997, aged just 25, he opened his original One Pico Restaurant in what was a former convent at the top of Camden Street. I wrote about him again in 2001 when he moved to his current premises when his