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By Leslie Williams. Please note: The opinions expressed in this article are the personal views of the author and should not be seen as a reflection of the views of…
By Jeanne Quigley. When I saw the ad ‘Places available for journalists on a Gourmet Explorer Cookery Course in France’ I jumped at the opportunity. Five days in the kitchen…
Aoife Carrigy suggests a selection of home-grown Irish cookbooks from members of the Irish Food Writers’ Guild as the perfect Christmas gift for the foodie in your life… If you’re…
Lizzie Gore-Grimes enjoys sampling the variety of sweet treats that this time of year is synonymous with the world over… There may be wonderful roasts and succulent birds to savour,…
By Lucy Madden. It’s difficult to imagine, in this world of choices, a subsistence diet based on one foodstuff. We have the privilege, although some might argue with the use…
By Biddy White Lennon. Picture yourself wandering down a frosty winter street in a rural, picturesque Irish village in Wicklow, your breath hanging foggily in the air, and your hands…
By Marion Maxwell. They have been found by archaeologists at the bottom of Swiss lakes and in Egyptian tombs. In Germany they were placed under the beds of restless children…
By Petra Carter. Take a spoonful of sugar. Take two. Or even three. Nice? Not really. But combine the sugar with something bitter (say coffee) and its sweetness is transformed…
By Lizzie Gore-Grimes. All over the world people ring in the new year in a thousand colourful and clamorous ways. But they all have one thing in common. Whether they…