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December 2016

Festive Turkey Tapas Croquettes with a Cranberry Dip

Festive Turkey Tapas Croquettes Recipe from M&S

This tasty turkey tapas recipe is a different and delicious way to enjoy some of the most popular ingredients this season. Serves 16 Ingredients: – 300 g mashed potatoes – 250 g cooked turkey – 150 g leftover stuffing – 2 tbsp fresh parsley – 2 tbsp plain flour – 1 large egg – 75 g dried white breadcrumbs – Sunflower oil – 4 tbsp […]

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Discover a 5-Star Christmas Cheer with Lough Erne Resort's Christmas hampers by chef Noel McMeel

Discover a 5-Star Christmas Treasure with Lough Erne Resort’s Christmas hampers by chef Noel McMeel

Award-winning Executive Head Chef at Lough Erne Resort, Noel McMeel, has selected a wonderful selection of food for the Resort’s Christmas hampers. His top picks include a carefully curated selection of chutneys, jams, festive pies, chocolates, rich Christmas pudding, fruit loaf, a bottle of red wine and red grape Shloer. Besides the food, the hamper includes Noel

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Fashion and Fun at VSO Ireland’s Chic at the Shelbourne

VSO Ireland’s flagship event Chic at the Shelbourne returned for its seventh year to the 5 star Shelbourne Hotel on Wednesday 7th December. The glittering event, hosted by Brendan Courtney and sponsored by Hays Recruitment, Chic raised vital funds for VSO’s health, education and livelihoods programmes overseas. VSO is the world’s leading independent international development

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Sprout & Co. Announce Third Café to Open this Month on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay

As previously revealed in an interview with TheTaste, Sprout & Co. will continue to grow their juice and salad bar business with the opening of their third café, just over a year after opening its first standalone store on Dawson Street. Now, the brothers behind the business, Jack and Theo Kirwan, have finally announced that the new

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Recharge Your Batteries After Christmas with Twixmas Festivities at Suesey Street

If the excitement of Christmas often leaves  you feeling drained, why not plan to recharge your batteries before New Year’s with a Twixmas menu at the relaxed, informal and inviting Suesey Street, on Fitzwilliam Place? Twixmas – the period between Christmas and New Year’s, normally associated with leftovers and terrible TV – sees Suesey Street

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Wine Agenda: The Great New Zealand Wine Tasting Comes to Dublin on January 19th

The 20th anniversary tasting by New Zealand wines in Ireland, a.k.a. The Great New Zealand Wine Tasting, will see a comprehensive range of wines made by some of the country’s top wine producers, with over 150 bottles from 14 grape varieties on show and over 35 wineries from across six different New Zealand regions. Some of the

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O'Brien's Wine Annual Wine Sale

O’Brien’s Wine Annual Wine Sale On Just in Time to Stock Up for Christmas

O’Brien’s Wine Annual Wine Sale has just been extended! You’ll find great savings on over 50 fine and iconic wines both online and in-store. Prestigious French regions such as Bordeaux, Chateauneuf du Pape and Burgundy as well as Spanish Gran Reserva reds, Italian classics and plenty of new world top bottles are part of the fine selection

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Whitley Neill Gin

African Savanna Meets English Garden – The Whitley Neill Gin Story

“It was Christmas, I was working for a property fund and I wanted to get out”, says Johnny Neill, founder of Whitley Neill and the man behind the handcrafted gin of the same name, as he recalls the “snapping moment” ten years ago in which he realised that “you only live once and you gotta

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Raise a Glass to 2017 at 40,000 Feet – Celebrate New Year’s Eve in the World’s Highest Drinks Lounge

Not sure how to celebrate New Year’s Eve? Stuck for ideas on how to ring in the New Year? Why not try something completely different like the thousands of people for whom midnight on December 31st will be spent at 40,000 feet, toasting the start of 2017 in the highest Lounge in the world, Emirates’

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Wines of Chile Named Viña Santa Rita 2016 Winery of the Year

Wines of Chile Named Viña Santa Rita 2016 Winery of the Year

Chilean trade organisation Wines of Chile selected Viña Santa Rita 2016 Winery of the Year. Mario Pablo Silva, chairman of Wines of Chile, pointed out the winery’s commitment and passion during the ceremony, and praised Santa Rita for its role as a brand ambassador for Chilean wine domestically and internationally. “Santa Rita seeks to strengthen the country image; we want Chile to

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Wine of the Week from O'Briens: Porta 6 2015

Beer Writers Susan and Judith Boyle Earned Two Medals from the British Guild of Beer Writers

Kildare-based sister duo of beer writers Susan and Judith Boyle were awarded two medals by the British Guild of Beer Writers in recognition to their work on the Leinster Leader, where they publish a column. The ceremony was held last Thursday December the 1st at the Park Lane Hotel, London and the winners were selected by a prestigious

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Moloughney’s Restaurant in Clontarf is Awarded Bord Bia Just Ask Restaurant of the Month

Moloughney’s Restaurant in Clontarf, Dublin 3, has been awarded Bord Bia Just Ask Restaurant of the Month for December. Located just off the seafront, in what has become the ‘restaurant quarter’ of Clontarf, this atmospheric two-storey restaurant is an inviting place that’s full of character and fantastic food. Currently in its seventh year, the Just Ask

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Give the Gift of a Magical Getaway with an Ireland’s Blue Book Gift Voucher

Stuck for a Christmas gift for the impossible foodie in your life? or that person who only only expects the very best? An Ireland’s Blue Book gift voucher is the perfect choice to meet the standards of even the most demanding of recipients. Ireland’s Blue Book is a romantic collection of Irish Country House Hotels,

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Clodagh McKenna

Have a Very Dairy Christmas – Clodagh McKenna Launches Exclusive Christmas Recipe Campaign

The National Dairy Council is delighted to announce that it is launching a special Christmas campaign with Irish Chef Clodagh Mckenna. Clodagh has created eight delicious festive recipes using the best of Irish produce, a range of indulgent treats to cook for friends and family this Christmas. Clodagh says “I have always been passionate about

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Fairy Ale of New York: Rascals Brewing and Molloy's Team Up for Some Christmas Cheers

Fairy Ale of New York: Rascals Brewing and Molloy’s Team Up for Christmas Craft

Award-winning Dublin brewery Rascals has teamed up with Molloy’s Liquor Stores for an exclusive and seasonal launch: Fairy Ale of New York, a craft beer inspired in the famous Christmas tune. This is not the first time these two launch a collaboration, last summer, we saw their All Night Long session ale, also named after

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Avoca Charity Cooking Demonstration in Aid of Focus Ireland to Take Place on December 6th

AVOCA charity cooking demonstration will be hosted in aid of Focus Ireland. The demonstration will be lead by AVOCA’s Executive chef, Leylie Hayes, in AVOCA Kilmacanogue, who will get you kitchen ready just in time for the festive season. Join Leylie on the evening, where she will highlight top cooking tips for hosting this Christmas, along with

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