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October 2016

The Full List of Irish Michelin Star Winners 2017 Has Been Announced

Following the first ever live ceremony announcement of The Michelin Guide UK & Ireland at the Savoy London, we now have the full list of 2017 Michelin star winners and retainers, as well as the Bib Gourmand winners. Massive congratulations go to Heron & Grey, Blackrock for bringing a new star to Ireland. The petite

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Conrad Dublin to Unveil New Look This Week after €13 million Refurbishment Programme

Conrad Dublin has been transformed, and this Wednesday 5th October will unveil the final elements of a major refurbishment programme that has been heavily inspired and influenced by Dublin’s rich literary culture and local heritage. Taking less than ten months and at a cost of €13m, one of the capital’s leading luxury hotels is almost

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Wilde Opens Today its Brand New Terrace Overlooking Grafton Street

Wilde’s Brand New Terrace Overlooking Grafton Street Opens Today

Wilde opens today at The Westbury with a glamorous dining room and a sunlit covered terrace which evokes the decadence of 1930s design and celebrates carefully sourced, seasonal Irish produce. An abundance of greenery enhances the al fresco feel throughout the restaurant, offering an elegant bucolic escape overlooking the heart of the city below. Wilde offers a versatile setting adaptable to a

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Irish Ingredients Meat Italian Tradition - The Forage & Cure Story

Irish Ingredients Meat Italian Tradition – The Forage & Cure Story

“Patience is the name of the game”, says Rick Higgins, fourth generation Irish butcher who teamed up with Italian friend and cured meat expert Antonio Princigallo to create Forage & Cure. The business idea came three and a half years ago when Rick took over the family business and decided to work exclusively with free-range pork.

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Hops and Dreams meet Skills and Savvy Planning - The Hope Beer Story

Hops and Dreams meet Skills and Savvy Planning – The Hope Beer Story

Once upon a time, there was a young Irish pirate who was too handsome for his own good, a notorious highwayman from Drogheda who some compared to Robin Hood, and rumour had it, the mere mention of a pig on a ship could bring the nastiest of weathers. These three colourful bits of Irish history were

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Would You Pay €315 for the World’s Most Expensive Chocolate Bar?

Aged for 18 months in a 50-year-old French oak Cognac cask, and priced at $345 (€315). This is not the description of a premium whiskey however, but of the world’s most expensive chocolate bar. The cacao beans used to produce To’ak Chocolate are sourced exclusively from 14 cacao growers in the valley of Piedra de Plata,

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Win an amazing oven plus a compact oven from Neff kitchens worth over €2,000 to celebrate the Permanent TSB Ideal Home Show – CLOSED

To celebrate the return of the Permanent TSB Ideal Home Show to the RDS in Dublin 4 from 28th- 31st October, Neff Kitchens is giving away a full single oven and a compact oven worth over €2050 to a lucky reader of TheTaste. The single oven, which features added steam is ideal to give a professional touch

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Harvest Time: 100% Irish Wheat for The Natural Bakery's Grain Project

Harvest Time: 100% Irish Wheat Bread from The Natural Bakery’s Grain Project

Autumn is harvest season and at The Natural Bakery, this means that it’s time to gather the fruits of the effort put into the Grain Project, an initiative started by the company last year and which aims to source Irish wheat and other cereals from local farms. “The wheat variety is sparrow, it’s a spring

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Oktoberfest Dublin: Germany and Ireland Sharing their Love of Good Beer

Oktoberfest Dublin: Germany and Ireland Sharing their Love for Good Beer

Oktoberfest is the world’s largest beer festival, a name that evokes long tables full of people merrily enjoying generous portions of food while smiling servers wearing Dirndls and Lederhosens bring plenty of beer which is drunk with the energetic beat of an Oom-Pah band playing in the background. The tradition, which originated in Bavaria almost 200 years ago, has

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Whiskey Live Dublin Returns on Novemeber the 5th with its Best Ever Line-Up

Whiskey Live Dublin Returns on November the 5th with its Best Ever Line-Up

Whiskey Live Dublin returns with its biggest and best line-up so far. Irish and international whiskey will be showcased across two sessions (13:30-17:00 and 18:00-21:30) on Saturday the 5th of November in The Printworks, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2. Besides whiskeys from around the world, the event will feature an eclectic selection of Irish gins, vodkas and craft spirits. Event

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Exclusive Weekend of Opera and Fantastic Food at Five Star Sheen Falls Lodge with Classical Singer Amanda Neri

This November, Opera fans can enjoy a most magnificent classical music experience at the five-star Sheen Falls Lodge with A Weekend with Amanda Neri- Ireland’s Bella Voce. Multi award winning Irish classical singer Amanda Neri has performed for Presidents, Aristocracy and corporate leaders around the world, and on November 4th and 5th will join guests

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