February 2017

Watch: ‘What Are You Eating?’ Returns to Our Screens Next Week

Mass production, refrigeration and food technology have transformed the way we source and store ingredients. This means the majority of food we purchase in supermarkets has been processed, which has implications beyond just packaging. Many processed products will have added flavourings, stabilisers and colours menaing you have to consider the question – do you know […]

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Recreate Your Guilty Pleasure at Home – Chef Kwanghi Chan’s Special ‘Spice Bag’ Seasoning Now Available in Asia Market

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

Have you ever felt a pang of shame as you ordered a ‘spice bag’ from your local takeaway? Well now you can recreate the salty sensation in the privacy of your own home – and make it a lot tastier – with Chef Kwanghi Chan’s Special ‘Spice Bag’ Seasoning, available for sale in Asia Market from

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Forget Slot Machines: Las Vegas’ Champagne Vending Machine is Where you Want your Token

Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

What happens in Vegas… goes viral. At least that’s the case with luxury hotel Mandarin Oriental’s newest amenity: a Moët & Chandon Champagne vending machine which was recently installed on the five star’s 23rd floor and is the first of its kind for public use in the US. Guests can choose between Moet’s Imperial Brut or

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Pistachio, Raspberry and White Chocolate Brownies Recipe by Darina Coffey

Baking & Desserts, Recipes / Darina Coffey

Brownies are one of life’s simple pleasures and in theory are one of the easiest things to whip up in a hurry, should the need to bribe someone arise unexpectedly. However the perfect brownies recipe, the ideal hybrid between goo and chew, is a little more elusive. As there is nothing worse (slightly dramatic, but

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TheTaste’s Darina Coffey to Sweeten the Screen Tonight on TV3’s The Six O’Clock Show

Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

Tune into TV3 this evening to watch TheTaste’s food writer and dessert queen, Darina Coffey, who will be sharing an indulgent recipe for unforgettable browines on The Six O’Clock Show. The popular evening chat show has seen our Darina on stage on previous occasions, including a Christmas appearance in which she prepared a decadent Panettone Bread and Brandy

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Ireland’s Largest Fisherman’s Co-op Wins Green Business of the Year at Green Awards 2017

Small Bites / Darina Coffey

Castletownbere Fisherman’s Co-operative Society won the top accolade Green Business of the Year at this year’s prestigious Green Awards 2017, which was attended by over 500 professionals in the Clayton Hotel, Dublin. Beating off stiff competition from a range of well-known successful Irish companies including Flavahan’s, Kerry Group and Glanbia, Ireland’s largest Co-op based in

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Sligo Food Trail Gets Ready for Spring Highlighting the Best of Local Food and Drink

Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

Sligo Food Trail is getting ready for spring with a newly launched informative spring brochure featuring all you need to know to make the most out of the tourist season, which traditionally begins on St. Patrick’s Day. High-quality finished and composed of useful information, gorgeous photos and a helpful map, it will be available at Fáilte Ireland Tourist Information Offices

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Les Beauchamps Syrah – Wine of the Week from O’Briens

Drinks, Small Bites, Wine / Gaby Guedez

Spring is so close that wishful thinkers are already lightening up their layers and carrying around sunglasses in the most hopeful manner. While we make a conscious effort to soak up any thing the sun sends our way in the Emerald Island, in the Languedoc region, south of France, they’re already enjoying an average of

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Dublin Whiskey Tours Have Just Launched a New Whiskey Venture

Dublin Whiskey Tours Launched Just in Time For Paddy’s Day

Small Bites / admin

With St Patrick’s day only around the corner, it is great news that Dublin Whiskey Tours is launching in the city this weekend. Taking in 3 bars and sampling 5 whiskeys, they will take you on a two hour sensory tour of Dublin’s best whiskey bars. On the tour you will be walking in the

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Noma’s Casual Spin-Off Restaurant 108 Copenhagen Wins it’s First Michelin Star

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

Stepping out from under the shadow of its big sibling Noma, the two Michelin star, four times Best Restaurant in the World, 108 Copenhagen has been awarded its first Michelin star. The restaurant is also owned by ground breaking chef René Redzepi, but it’s 29-year-old chef Kristian Baumann who has led Noma’s first expansion. The restaurant,

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Galway Food Festival 2017 to Celebrate ‘Community and Food’

Small Bites / Darina Coffey

The 6th annual Galway Food Festival will take place over the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend from the 13–17 April 2017. This year the festival’s theme will celebrate the relationship between ‘Food and Community’ through an innovative food programme of over 100 events, focusing on Galway’s 21st Century cultural identity through food. The Galway Food Festival

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Creme Egg Cafe Dublin is Back and Everyone is Eggstremely Eggcited about it!

News, Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

The arrival of Cadbury’s Creme Egg is the chocolate equivalent of spotting a comet: you won’t see them for long, but the encounter will warm your heart. This year, Creme Egg Cafe Dublin is coming back, so chocolate gazers won’t only welcome industrial quantities of the beloved treat that will briefly grace shelves like a meteorite

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A PhD in Chocolate – UK University Offers a Sweet Job Opportunity

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

Consider yourself a chocoholic? Well perhaps you might consider taking your dedication to the next level by continuing your chocolate education and getting a Master’s degree on the subject. A fully-funded PhD studentship in the field of chocolate is currently being offered by the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences at The University of the

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Tourism Ireland Targets Group and Luxury Travel Business from Canada

Small Bites, Travel News / Darina Coffey

Tourism Ireland, together with a delegation of 15 tourism companies from the island of Ireland and Canada, is undertaking a four-city sales blitz in Canada this week – meeting with travel agents, luxury tour operators and group tour planners in the cities of Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto. The sales blitz involves a workshop in

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Febvre Wine to Host Bermar’s Innovation in Preservation of Wine at CATEX

Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

Febvre Wine Company will host a demonstration of one of the latest innovations in wine preservation: Bermar’s Le Verre de Vin Tower. Febvre has distributed Bermar Wine Preservations Systems for many years, and is proud to present what it’s the company’s most versatile model yet. Le Verre de Vin Tower can be placed anywhere in the

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Win a Premium Selection of Californian Wines – Closed

Competitions / Roisin Flynn

Californians are serious about their wines and relaxed about everything else, how can they not be with such a wonderful environment, weather and vibrant lifestyle. Their rich soil and abundance of sunshine are only 2 factors that make Californian wine exceptional. Wines from the Golden State are known for the high quality and regarded as

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The Jerry Thomas Speakeasy, Rome – Bar Review

Restaurant Reviews / Darina Coffey

Knock knock. Who’s there? Only Rome’s most exclusive bar, beckoning you in with the promise of a night to remember. Be warned however, you may not make the cut. Unless you have taken to the time to source the ever-changing password, requested on a door anyone not in the know would miss, you won’t be

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Nuala Bradley, participant on Londis Tastes like Home Series 1 with Catherine Fulvio (1)

Applications Now Open for RTÉ’s ‘Tastes Like Home’ with Catherine Fulvio

Small Bites / Darina Coffey

Much loved TV chef and author Catherine Fulvio is calling on new families to bring their recipes to the table, for a chance to feature on a fresh new series of RTE’s ‘Tastes Like Home’. Families with a flare for a feast, a savoury supper or a recipe steeped in tradition are encouraged to apply,

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Swedish Chef Magnus Nilsson and World’s Best Female Chef Ana Roš Among Speaker Line-Up for Food On The Edge 2017

Small Bites / Darina Coffey

Anticipation is building for this year’s Food On The Edge, the food symposium which will take place in Galway on the 9th and 10th of October. Food On The Edge 2017 will focus on food stories from around the world as well as the theme ‘Action and Reaction’ prompted by the themes of the symposia

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Cafe Bouche a Oreille Mistakenly Awarded Michelin Star

Humble French Café Flooded with Customers After it’s Accidentally Awarded a Michelin Star

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

A ‘cheap and cheerful’ café in central France, Bouche à Oreille, which translates as ‘Word of Mouth,’ was swamped with customers and TV crews after it was awarded a Michelin star for excellence by mistake. The 2017 edition of the French Michelin Guide, which was published on February 9th, confused the popular workman’s café with

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Trump Winery Looking to Hire Unskilled Foreign Workers for Harvest Season

Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

According to official records, Trump Winery, owned by Donald Trump’s son Eric and located in Virginia, US, has applied for temporary work visas to bring in foreign workers to help in the vineyards. Up to 23 vacancies are to be filled by these guest workers, which would be employed for full time hours between April

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