The 26th Galway Film Fleadh, in association with wine merchants Cases Wine Warehouse, are delighted to present an innovative sensory screening of Somm, a unique documentary which takes the viewer on a humorous, emotional and illuminating look into a mysterious world – the Court of Master Sommeliers and the massively intimidating Master Sommelier Exam. This…
The second Comber Potato Festival will take place in the town’s main square this Saturday from 10am-5pm. An array of Northern Ireland’s top food producers and chefs will be there, but the star of the show will be the superspud that is the Comber Early. This free event will be a celebration of this princely…
By Aoife Carrigy. Where can you go that’s less than an hour’s drive from Dublin and where – within a five mile radius of one picturesque town – you could gather together the makings of not one but several great meals? That’s what we wondered when putting together ideas for the Irish Food Writers’ Guild…
By Biddy White Lennon. Following on the amazing success of Wild and Slow Fest 2011, the first ever wild food festival, the crew of volunteers from the Sugarloaf Club Slowfood convivium are delighted to announce that Wild and Slow Fest 2012 will take place on 10th and 11th November at Macreddin Village, Aughrim, Co Wicklow.…
By Biddy White Lennon. Recently several members of the Irish Food Writers’ Guild took part in a couple of innovative events. Chefs led field trips, workshops, master classes in knife skills, and demonstrations of their individual methods of turning food from sea and land onto the restaurant plate. It proved informative, great fun and provided…
Photos: Paul Sherwood Photography
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 warmed by blazing wood-burning fire-pits and a cup of spiced mulled wine. Imagine the smell of freshly-roasted chestnuts and the animated buzz of children’s laughter.…