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WINE WHINE
I was thinking about wine lately and how it’s now such an intricate part of modern day Irish food and drink culture. I was listening to a...
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gfmeade7
Mar 15, 20223 min read
GREEN JERSEY
The last thirty years have seen Ireland’s food and drinks culture being transformed enormously and it’s very easy to think for a younger...
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Mar 8, 20223 min read
CRITICAL MASS
The internet has unleashed a level of critiquing from the general public that has never been seen before in the history of mankind. The...
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Mar 1, 20223 min read
SOUTHERN BELLE 1/3/22
I was thinking of American cooking lately when someone I know moved from Texas to Louisiana waxing lyrical about the wonderful food of...
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gfmeade7
Feb 22, 20223 min read
EVEN FAIRER TRADE 22/2/22
It would be great if we were able to produce all our own exotic foods like chocolate and pineapples. But we can’t of course, so we depend...
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gfmeade7
Feb 15, 20223 min read
GETTING AHEAD 15/2/22
I have always believed that food is the ultimate tonic and nourishment; if we eat the right daily diet very little should go wrong with...
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gfmeade7
Feb 8, 20223 min read
HEARTY DISHES 8/2/22
FOOD OF LOVE Since time immemorial mankind has sought food and drink that will bring on the butterflies and get you all hot and bothered...
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gfmeade7
Feb 1, 20223 min read
DRESS LESS TO IMPRESS 1/2/22
I was assessing a few of the eye catching dishes on some of the quirkier food sites and it seems we are going to more and more extremes...
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gfmeade7
Jan 25, 20223 min read
COOKING THE BOOKS 25/1/22
I have never seen so many cookbooks on the shelves as these days when I wander into a shop but only few lucky dozen of the myriad of new...
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gfmeade7
Jan 19, 20222 min read
IT'S A SCOOP 29/10/21
DON’T BE SCARED OF DEVOURING YOUR PUMPKIN THIS HALLOWEEN Up until a few years ago pumpkins were imported for Halloween but now we are...
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gfmeade7
Jan 19, 20222 min read
BIG APPLE 2/11/21
BLOOD OF THE BOYNE IS MY APPLE ANY DAY I happened to wander through the forty two different apple varieties growing in the beautiful...
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gfmeade7
Jan 19, 20222 min read
BRAIN WAVE 3/11/21
ROSEMARY IS THE WONDER OIL FOR YOUR HUMAN ENGINE There is one plant that is now definitely worth investing in and not just for bringing...
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gfmeade7
Jan 19, 20223 min read
GAME ON 9/11/21
HUNTING SEASON WILL CONTINUE TO DEFEND PRACTICE WITH BOTH BARRELS It’s that time of year when the hundreds of gun clubs and rural...
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gfmeade7
Jan 19, 20223 min read
BACK TO BASICS 15/11/21
IRELAND NEEDS TO GET BACK TO ITS FARMERS MARKET ROOTS Back in the halcyon days of the boom farmers markets were seen as almost a gourmet...
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gfmeade7
Jan 19, 20223 min read
OUT OF ORDER 22/11/21
RESTAURANTS RIGHT TO SHOW UNRULY CUSTOMERS THE EXIT DOOR I was looking how some restaurants in the UK who had to ask customers unwilling...
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gfmeade7
Jan 19, 20223 min read
SPLASHING OUT 22/11/21
THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE ARE REALLY WORTH THEIR PRETTY PENNY The one thing we get asked the most in food is what do we most like to cook...
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gfmeade7
Jan 19, 20223 min read
BANANAS ABOUT FOOD WASTE 7/12/21
A FREE SUPPER ON OFFER IF YOU HELP YOURSELF TO “FOOD WASTE” The public, the authorities and industry all hark on about the huge amount of...
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gfmeade7
Jan 19, 20223 min read
GREENS AND BLUES 21/12/21
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO MAMMA’S IRISH ITALIAN FISH SHOPS So how did a surge of emigration from a few square miles of an impoverished...
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gfmeade7
Jan 19, 20223 min read
SHELL SHUCKED 28/12/21
· MAKE OYSTERS PART OF YOUR NEW YEAR WELLNESS WORLD There is one delicacy that we foodies swoon over and that is the oyster. Now they are...
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gfmeade7
Jan 19, 20223 min read
DIETS TO DIE FOR 18/1/22
It’s that time of year when everyone is on their health blitz to get into shape for the sunny days ahead. The fact is that we are mammals...
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