News Archive
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Cakes, Horses, and Photography
20 September 2011
Best friends Sinead Ni Riain and Jacqueline Lanigan Ryan have more than their surname in common. Both were brought up as only girls in families with five and six brothers respectively, and both work using their artistic talents and sensory skills.
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RESTAURANT REVIEW - CAMPAGNE KILKENNY, VM LONGFORD
20 September 2011
Tabletalk I have always loved watching how the French do Sunday lunch. It is sacrosanct. Extended family and friends of all ages sit around just doing what was intended for the Seventh Day - resting and renewing themselves. Sunday lunch is a great...
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ORGANIC WEEK SEPTEMBER 2011
13 September 2011
Shane McEntee, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Food, Horticulture & Food Safety and Eileen Bentley from Bord Bia (right) presented Kitty Colchester from Second Nature Oils in Kilkenny (ce
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MONKSTOWN - THE REVIVAL OF THE CRESCENT
13 September 2011
People not living in Dublin tend generally to think of the City as one big urban sprawl whereas, in fact, the heart and soul of our Fair City are the various villages which comprise Dublin and Co. Dublin. I think of places like Glasnevin, Finglas, Howth,
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Restaurant Review - Aniar and Kai - Galway
13 September 2011
We can expect to see mini ‘Noma’s’ popping up worldwide faster than High Street copies of Catwalk designs! Rene Redzepi’s Noma Restaurant in Copenhagen, voted the San Pellegrino World’s No. 1 Restaurant for 2010 and 2011, has dazzled chefs as no other....
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DATE FOR YOUR DIARY - 10TH SEPTEMBER 2011
06 September 2011
Here is the perfect opportunity for a break in wonderful East Cork. Next Saturday 10th September sees Midleton hold its Food Fair.....
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UPCYCLING IS THE NEW DECORATIVE THEME
05 September 2011
WHEN Nawel Kouadri and Al Birbeck met doing an interior design diploma course at the Senior College in Dun Laoghaire, they became not only firm friends but business partners too.
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RESTAURANT REVIEW - GREGAN'S CASTLE
05 September 2011
'I'm holding out for two nights and if I don't get them, then I'll take one night," said the man on the other end of the phone at Gregans Castle, Co Clare, as I tried to book a double room with dinner for the recent bank holiday Saturday night.
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Our Latest Great Place to Eat - Black 'n' Blue Grill
01 September 2011
Names can sometimes lead you off course but in this case I have to say I was even more pleasantly surprised. Expecting the new Black ‘n’ Blue Grill in Wicklow town to be serving a typical modern grill menu of ginormous steaks, prawn cocktails, and so on,