News Archive
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Indonesian Spicy Summer Dressing
26 June 2010
Chameleon Restaurant's Kevin O'Toole shares his fantastic recipe for a summer dressing with a difference.....
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MANIFESTO RESTAURANT REVIEW
24 June 2010
Foodie types tend to be a tad sniffy of ‘ordinary’ Italian restaurants unless they are of the “new Italian” variety. However, go to any Italian restaurant and you will find them packed with people who just want good heartwarming grub sans any pretensions
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ZANNA COOKHOUSE
23 June 2010
Owen Mullins spent nearly 30 years in the transport business, but always had a passion for cooking, which he attributes to his mother “who used sell her home baking from the door in the summertime when visitors from Dublin would flock to the beach at Carn
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CAMDEN KITCHEN - RESTAURANT REVIEW
22 June 2010
A gaggle of twittering birds, fags and bags in hand, were laughing and waving in at one of the chefs through the shop fronted new Camden Kitchen, as we pondered on the merits of coffees.
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ENNISCORTHY MARKET
22 June 2010
Wilton Mills is the place and the name under which Fiona and Tim Phelan, and also Fiona’s father, Jim Whelan, produce and market their produce. Fiona and Tim both trained as chefs at Ballymaloe Cookery School some fifteen or so years ago and Fiona conti
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STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL - ALL IRELAND FARMERS MARKET COMPETITION
22 June 2010
When Enniscorthy Market running about a year, Fiona Phelan enveigled her father Jim Whelan, a beef and sheep producer, to do the beef stall at the Market. “The nice thing about markets is that you meet so many nice people.” says Jim.
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Our Latest Great Place to Eat - L'Officina Dundrum
21 June 2010
L’Officina Dundrum, centered in a triumvirate of eateries with outdoor tables overlooking the Mill Pond fountain in Dundrum Shopping Centre, is part of their stable of restaurants with David Izzo and it is just perfect for collapsing into after you have b
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CORK IS BUSTIN OUT ALL OVER
21 June 2010
June is bustin’ out all over and sees the kick off of a great series of festivals and fun in the Rebel County – and you don’t have to risk the ‘plume’ to get there. Music, poetry, art, food, wine, comedy, and a brand new road to Cork that wi
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WOODS RESTAURANT - REVIEW
10 June 2010
Roundwood is a pretty village, high in the hills of Co. Wicklow, much loved by Dubliners and walkers for a day out. We took a trip out recently to visit a new restaurant called Woods, just opened by Marino Monteresi who operates the very successful Bates
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LOVE VINTAGE!!!!
08 June 2010
CarolAnne Joyce is a woman with a larger than life personality and style that captivates the moment you walk through the door of her new Love Vintage shop in Clifden.
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ARTY FARTY
08 June 2010
Anne Merrins Pryce opened her beautiful Whitethorn Gallery in April 2009, and is absolutely delighted that she has done so.
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The Ultimate Hotelier
08 June 2010
We all remember in the movie Pretty Woman how the suave Hotel Manager came to the aid of “Vivian”, played by Julia Roberts, when she needed a special gown for the ball with Richard Gere’s character “Edward”. He had been somewhat disapproving initially of
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Our Latest Great Place to Eat - Il Divo
03 June 2010
Our Latest Great Place to eat in Dublin 6 but we found it well worth travelling to from Dun Laoghaire......