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MUNCH TIMES
MUNCH TIMES The way we eat has changed beyond all recognition in a couple of generations. Some countries are more regimented than others...
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gfmeade7
Apr 23 min read
DON'T MISS YOUR BUS
There are always kitchens and chefs that will be a particular milestone in any cooking career. Mine came about on the back of good timing...
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gfmeade7
Mar 263 min read
GAME OF BONES
It is only when you visit other countries that the concept of which meat or fish gets eaten and hunted for food or sport becomes so...
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gfmeade7
Mar 193 min read
MENU CYCLING IN CIRCLES
I was listening to someone reminiscing about what Irish customers used to eat in bygone days and they mentioned when it was once...
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gfmeade7
Feb 273 min read
SOUL TRADER
I am always amazed how people who are successful in other fields of business reckon it’s a piece of cake to get a food outlet off the...
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gfmeade7
Feb 203 min read
AMUSE DULL
I was disappointed to hear from someone lately who had been looking forward to a fine dining celebratory lunch for an anniversary at a...
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gfmeade7
Feb 133 min read
BURSTING BUBBLES
As much as I adore France and everything they gave us all gastronomically it is in beverages too that others have also caught up by...
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gfmeade7
Feb 63 min read
MAKE A BREAK FOR IT
I read that one of the food trends for this year was going to be bigger breakfasts to make sure people got a better start to the day with...
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gfmeade7
Jan 303 min read
WHISKEY IN THE BAR AND KITCHEN
I was reminded lately of the amount of times myself or other chefs I knew replaced brandy with whiskey in recipes over the years and how...
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gfmeade7
Jan 233 min read
SUGAR CRUSHING
Sugar gets wrongly lambasted by the medics and dieticians but it really only gives us energy and not any vitamins, mineral, proteins or...
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gfmeade7
Jan 163 min read
STRAIGHT OFF THE CAKEWALK
I am always amused at this time reading about all the predicted food trends for the coming year by so called culinary experts and how the...
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gfmeade7
Jan 93 min read
TAKING OUR BISCUIT
The last few years you may have noticed that some of your favourite brands just feel that little bit lighter in your hand at the...
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gfmeade7
Jan 23 min read
PICKY MINDERS
When people have a crowd around the dinner table for maybe the only time in the year around Christmas it can be stressful enough for the...
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gfmeade7
Dec 26, 20233 min read
MORNING AFTER THE MONTH BEFORE
So it’s another month of food and drink overindulgence and a New Year beckons with all the good intentions we promise ourselves and to...
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gfmeade7
Dec 19, 20233 min read
CHRISTMAS NOT ALWAYS FOR THE BIRDS
I was wondering what it was like to sit around the Christmas table in the past when it was not so easy to just purchase an oven ready...
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gfmeade7
Dec 12, 20233 min read
LATE TO THE TABLE
I was asked yet again by tourists where they can find real Irish food to sample as when they go into restaurants they mostly see dishes...
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gfmeade7
Dec 5, 20233 min read
LIVING TO EAT WELL
I was reading a piece about the term food snob lately, what makes one and how they are viewed by their family, workmates and friends. I...
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gfmeade7
Nov 28, 20233 min read
A TWIST ON PEPPER
There is not much thought given to the pepper mill or ground pepper shaker on the table. It is just a given that the pepper should be...
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gfmeade7
Nov 21, 20233 min read
BIG BUFFET BLUES
I had the pleasure of eating a few buffets lately and they are always a challenge. I am not the most patient in a queue, then there is...
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gfmeade7
Nov 14, 20233 min read
ALL IN THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE
The recent news that we now have another taste to the five we already possess is big news in foodie world. Taste often gets confused with...
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