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ALL BEEFED UP
The news that Ireland is looking for our grass fed beef to be officially recognized as PGI status is long overdue. After all our beef has...
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gfmeade7
Aug 9, 20223 min read
OFFAL TIMES
So when was the last time you had some offal for dinner? Or what is offal some might even ask? Well there was a time when all the yucky...
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gfmeade7
Aug 2, 20223 min read
PRICE YIKES
It is getting to make or break time for the food business regarding the cost of living crisis and in the case of menus the price of...
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gfmeade7
Jul 26, 20223 min read
IRISH PARADOX
You may have heard of the French paradox coined by world medics to describe the fact that there is so much fat and dairy consumed in...
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gfmeade7
Jul 19, 20223 min read
WATER WORKS
We might give out about our wet summer days and wish we had weeks of never ending blue skies but the current heat wave tells us too much...
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gfmeade7
Jul 12, 20223 min read
DRESSING DOWN
There was a time when one dressed for dinner, never mind dressing up to go out to eat whether as a guest at someone’s home or as a...
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gfmeade7
Jul 5, 20223 min read
TIP OFF
The rapid rise of paying for services with cards and phones and the demise of cash has resulted in a marked decrease of tipping....
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gfmeade7
Jun 28, 20223 min read
LETTUCE PRAY
Okay so the Irish are just really getting into salads the last few years and we are probably the only country in Europe to have had such...
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gfmeade7
Jun 21, 20223 min read
UNDER THE KOSH
I had the opportunity to learn more about kosher food lately. Jewish culture and food is not something I would be very familiar with. It...
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gfmeade7
Jun 8, 20223 min read
BEES NEEDS
I have always had a penchant for honey; it is one of nature’s great gifts of food. The ancients revered it both to eat and to treat...
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gfmeade7
May 31, 20223 min read
SHARPER EDGE
I get asked about which knives to buy are best and it’s like being asked which car or outfit to go for. If you spend a few quid you will...
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gfmeade7
May 24, 20223 min read
MEAL CRIMES
Everyone gets irked when eating out but none more so than us chefs, foodies or in my case food writer and restaurant inspector as well....
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gfmeade7
May 18, 20223 min read
SOMETHING FISHY
Its hay fever season, the high pollen counts for which people have to deal with on balmy summer days, for those who suffer from this...
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gfmeade7
May 13, 20223 min read
BREAD WINNER
With the rise in food prices and impending greater shortage of grain people might just start making their own bread again. The farmers...
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gfmeade7
May 3, 20223 min read
BARBIE HOLS
With spring in the air, holidays on the horizon and a hint of sunshine peeping out I detected the first whiff of barbecue’s wafting...
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gfmeade7
Apr 26, 20223 min read
GOLD RUSH
When you travel around Ireland at this time of year you cannot help but notice the fields of vibrant yellow rapeseed lighting up the...
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gfmeade7
Apr 19, 20223 min read
IT'S A WRAP
Now that we are hopefully on the back of covid it might be time to look at our food packaging again and how much we waste and right...
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gfmeade7
Apr 12, 20223 min read
CHOCOLATE EGG-CELLANCE
This time of year is all about chocolate, as eggs of course but we are suckers for chocolate all the year, we are eating more than ever...
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gfmeade7
Apr 5, 20223 min read
GOOD JOB
PICK OF THE CAREER CROP I have no regrets at all about having a career in food and catering early on. Plenty of late comers to the...
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gfmeade7
Mar 29, 20223 min read
SALMON LEAP
If ever there was a food symbol of Ireland it’s the salmon, the king of fish. There was a time when Irish rivers were so populated that...
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