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September 2016

M&S Baby Rainbow Carrots

Middle Eastern Style Baby Rainbow Carrot Recipe from M&S

M&S Baby Rainbow Carrots make the perfect colourful autumn accompaniment, coming in shades of purple, yellow, pink and orange. Grown in fields on the beautiful Moray coast of Scotland near the Grampian Mountains, the long daylight hours in the summer and pure Highland water result in sweet, crunchy carrots. The soil is light and sandy

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Billy Leighton, Jameson's Head Blender: "The Confidence that Comes with Experience"

Billy Leighton, Jameson’s Head Blender: “The Confidence that Comes with Experience”

“No two days are the same” in the life of Billy Leighton, Jameson’s Head Blender and a man with four decades of experience in different areas of the Irish whiskey industry. He started in the Bushmills Distillery as an accountant, and “believe or not” spent nearly two decades in the finance side of the business.

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Wine of the Week from O’Briens: Lisa McGuigan Silver Collection Chardonnay 2014

Wine of the Week from O’Briens: Lisa McGuigan Silver Collection Chardonnay 2014

On Thursday, 22nd of September 2016, night and day will be almost equally long. The date marks the autumnal equinox, which means we are now officially entering a new season. However, as the Northern Hemisphere goes pumpkin-orange, in the southern part of the world, Spring has just begun and while we’ll have plenty of time

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Street Artist Timi Ogunyemi Shined at Culture Night at The Open Gate Brewery

Street Artist Timi Ogunyemi’s ‘Guinness in the City’ Exhibition Rocked Culture Night

Culture vultures flocked to St James Gate on Friday, 16th September as Guinness opened its gates to the public as part of Culture Night 2016. The national celebration of culture and creativity, saw Guinness collaborating with Timi Ogunyemi to create a collection of photographs inspired by Timi’s unique take on ‘Guinness in the City’. As a street

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Number 25 Fitzwilliam Place Welcomes the Game Season with Stunning Wines from Ribera del Duero

Number 25 Fitzwilliam Place Welcomes the Game Season with Stunning Wines from Ribera del Duero

On Friday 14th October, Number 25, an impeccably restored period house right where Fitzwilliam Place meets Leeson Street, welcomes the game season as head chef Graeme Dodrill launches their game menu at a special dinner with beautifully paired wines from Ribera del Duero, a wine region also famous for its asadores and its obsession with roasting

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Mark Moriarty

Mark Moriarty to End Global Tour at Sold Out Dinner at The Greenhouse

Over a year after Mark Moriarty was crowned S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2015, his culinary world tour is set to come a end on September 25th. Fittingly, the last occasion of the global dinner series will take place in The Greenhouse Restaurant; the same restaurant that Mark worked at while still studying a degree in Culinary

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Aldi teams up with Foróige to Showcase Young Skills in Gardening and Baking at the National Ploughing Championships

Aldi teams up with Foróige to Showcase Youth’s Skills in Gardening and Baking at the National Ploughing Championships

Aldi teamed up with Foróige, the National Youth Development Organisation, for the second year running to showcase the budding talent of junior bakers and gardeners at the National Ploughing Championships. Sean Campbell, CEO of Foróige said “Fostering the greatness of young people and providing them with innovative opportunities is exactly what Foróige is about. Without the

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Cocu

Cocu Celebrates First City Centre Location with €1 Coffees and “Pay as You Please” Lunch

Cocu, Dublin’s much-loved, healthy & locally sourced eatery will open their first city centre spot on Thursday September 22nd. The new store will be located on Chatham Street, just steps from the bustling Grafton Street area and around the corner from Stephens Green. There will be a dedicated cafe area serving locally roasted Cloud Picker

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Murryhill Foods Launch Crumble ‘n’ Crunch Range

Irish owned food company Murryhill Foods have today launched Crumble’n’Crunch, a range of crumbled cheese with complementary toppings designed to enhance salads, and pizza dishes. Crumble’n’Crunch offers many tasty ways to add flavours to a dish; it can be tossed onto fresh leaves to create a delicious healthy salad or sprinkled onto a pizza base

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Top Chefs to Raise Funds for UNICEF Cook For Syria Initiative

Top Chefs in London are joining forces to raise vital funds for the Syrian humanitarian crisis through the medium of food. Kicking off on October 31st with a celebrity chef-catered charity banquet, the initiative will run throughout November with various ways for people to show their support and donate to the UNICEF fund. On October

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Dela by Night

Dela By Night: Galway Brunch Hotspot Dela Launches New Evening Menu

This autumn, Dela on Dominick Street, Galway, becomes Dela By Night after 6pm with their twist on winter dining. Dela Restaurant and farm pursues a sustainable ideal that allows this westend restaurant to support the local economy and community to produce creative, nutritious and honest food across all Dela menus. This summer Dela farm celebrated the

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Taste at Rustic

Stairway to Flavour Heaven – Early Taste at Rustic Menu Review

I don’t think Dylan McGrath has ever been accused of lacking in confidence. But, so far in his career the chef has earned the right to his signature swagger: be that through achieving a Michelin star status at Mint, opening Ireland’s first cooking on the stone restaurant, Rustic Stone, or playing the perfect villain in

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Francis Brennan the Collection Dunnes Stores

Francis Brennan Unveils New Homeware Collection with Dunnes Stores

Hotelier and RTE star, Francis Brennan has added another string to his bow as designer of his very first homeware range. Teaming up with Dunnes Stores, the Francis Brennan The Collection will hit the shelves of stores around the country on September 29th. Speaking to TheTaste at a preview of the range, Francis (61), who

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Bombay Sapphire Unveils the Artistry of the Ultimate Gin and Tonic

Unveil the Artistry of the Ultimate Gin and Tonic with Bombay Sapphire

With the Bombay Sapphire Gin Flight you’ll discover the artistry of the ultimate gin and tonic with a unique tasting experience which combines different Bombay Sapphire gins with everything you’ll need to experiment, interact and discover what makes a great G & T. The flight is available now in some of Ireland’s best bars: the gin flight

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Infinite Ideas Publishes Two New Books for Wine and Spirits Enthusiasts

Infinite Ideas Publishes Two New Books for Wine and Spirits Enthusiasts

Publisher Infinite Ideas has recently published two new books that will delight Champagne and spirit lovers. Both The story of champagne and Spirits Distilled are part of the publisher’s Classic Wine Library collection. The long-awaited new edition of award-winning journalist Nicholas Faith’s landmark The story of champagne is bristling with up-to-date information about the world’s greatest wine. This book

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