Sometimes days you just need some good home cooked comfort food. Oxtail is one of those ingredients making a big revival, so pop down to your craft butcher, buy local and feast yourself on a hearty oxtail stew with the help of TV3’s Chef Adrian’s simple to follow recipe below. Ingredients 2.5kg oxtail, chopped into […]
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The Competition The Taste have teamed up with our friends in Diep Le Shaker to celebrate the launch of their “Dim Sum and Cocktail Fridays”. After work drinks on a Friday have just got a lot more interesting, from 5pm until 7pm they are offering a cocktail and a plate of Dim Sum for €10. So why not pop
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For the last month users from the Yelp community have been taking part in a competition to see who can produce the most tantalising “food porn” images. The finest of these offerings were showcased last Wednesday, along with the finalists at an intimate Gallery party in the Penthouse suite of the uber chic Dean Hotel. Guests were treated
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TheTaste were fortunate enough to attend The Irish Food Writers’Guild Food Awards 2015, now in it’s 21st year last Wednesday, hosted by Ross Bannon Golden in the beautiful surroundings of Derry and Sally Anne Clarke’s L’Ecrivain. Food provenance and authenticity were top of the agenda at this year’s Irish Food Writers’ Guild Food Awards, as
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This a simple and fun competition, tell us about your little foodie guilty pleasures, the ones you cant live without but know you should and best one WINS €100 voucher for Fire Restaurant on Dawson Street. Dont forget to include the hashtag #TasteSins in your answer and Retweet/Share with all your friends. If you can
Dublin’s newest Ambassador of Italian taste & style. In the former location of what used to be Pizza e Porchetta, nestled underneath the arches at the Malting Tower on Grand Canal Dock is Osteria Lucio, the new & revamped eatery from Micheln* Chef Ross Lewis and restaurateur Ronan Ryan. We have a great competition from
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It’s not every day we get one of Ireland’s Culinary stars up in lights over in the states, but last week it was announced that Oliver Dunne will be representing Ireland for St. Patricks Day in The Met Back Bay in Boston, MA in Partnership with Jameson Irish Whiskey Hosts Michelin-Starred Chef Oliver Dunne from
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In the former location of what used to be Pizza e Porchetta, nestled underneath the arches at the Malting Tower on Grand Canal Dock is Osteria Lucio, the new & revamped eatery from Micheln* Chef Ross Lewis and restaurateur Ronan Ryan. While the decor has more or less remained the same, and following in quintessentially
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If you are seeking some of the very best of Irish country house cuisine, the sporting catch of a Blackwater Salmon, a chest of buried treasure or simply the warmth of open log fires in the comfort and luxury of Irish country living then look no further than Ballyvolane House, an award winning Irish country house, located
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“Old world new world / I know nothing / But I’ll keep listening” – INXS After “Red or White”, one of most frequently heard questions in wine is “Old World or New World”. What does this mean? Is it a helpful way of classifying wines? Is it still relevant? Essentially “Old World Wine” is shorthand
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How to make delicious Apple Shortcake Squares This recipe for Apple Shortcake Squares is my take on the apple slices which are on sale in many Irish bakeries. In essence, these are made with apples sandwiched between two layers of pastry and dredged with caster sugar. My version uses self-raising rather than plain flour which
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Wholemeal soda bread is a favourite of mine. It is possibly the quickest and easiest bread to make. It also includes one of my favourite ingredients, buttermilk. I am continuing on my crusade to encourage more people to bake and cook with this delicious product. It is tangy and rich, and incredibly low in fat.
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If what you’re looking for is an unpretentious restaurant that serves delicious, locally sourced food, Aniar in Galway City is the place for you.The restaurant is small but in no way claustrophobic with comfortable seating and was buzzing with diners on the Tuesday we dined there despite the inclement weather outside. The restaurant, under head
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Set in the quaint heritage town of Borris, we had the pleasure of sampling some real foodie treats last Friday. The Step House Hotel is a family run business, with husband and wife team James and Cait Coady having invested heavily in a beautiful redevelopment of the original Georgian building. It is not surprising this
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Saba has been long known as one of the main go to places in Dublin for awesome cocktails as well as amazing food. No surprise then to learn their creative mixologist Karim Mehdi, has just been crowned winner of the Bacardi Legacy Ireland cocktail competition. Ten finalists competed for a chance to win the Irish round
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I have decided to quote from the wonderful Danny Meyer and his book “Setting the table”. Meyer’s business model intentionally inverts classic capitalist priorities. He believes that to be successful you must first meet the needs of employees, then guests, followed by the community, suppliers and finally investors, in that order. “If you are devoted
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March has a lot going for it: we’re finally out of winter (current Arctic weather notwithstanding), buds are blossoming, Mother’s Day is on Sunday 15th March and Patrick’s Day is, of course a couple of days later on Tuesday 17th. And, dare we say it, there’s a grand stretch in the evening too. Taking Mother’s
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This past weekend saw the 3rd Annual Alltech Brews and Food Fair in the magnificent Dublin Convention Centre. Brought together by Alltech this is a truly international event. This year was no different, there was a lot of competition for the coveted Dublin Craft Beer Cup. There were 469 Entries, from 24 Countries vying to
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Think of your favourite watering hole; whether it’s a pub, a bar or maybe even your favourite music venue, can you put your finger on what makes it special? Is it the wonderfully eccentric landlady who always knows your order? Or maybe it’s the pub garden where you while away the summer? Or perhaps the
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Last week, a panel of leading chefs from Ireland and the UK – who hold five Michelin stars between them selected Mark Moriarty, Sous Chef at The Culinary Counter as the best emerging chef talent from Ireland & the UK at a live cook-off in london for the San Pellegrino Young Chef 2015 competition. Mark
To Celebrate the Appointment of our New Head Chef Stephen Sullivan we are giving away a luxurious Maryborough Hotel overnight break and Dinner for 2 people in Bellini’s, with the opportunity to meet Stephen. Enjoy an Exclusive 6 Course Tasting Menu based on our New Small Plate Concept coming this Spring! To win this unique
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