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Ten of the Best Gin and Tonics in Ireland | Best Gin and Tonic Dublin

Ginspired: 10 of the Best Gin & Tonics in Ireland

In a world of cocktails with ingredients lists that read like a vegan’s grocery shopping basket, the Gin and Tonic shines like a beacon of elegance. Its straightforward recipe regales its drinker with the balanced botanical wonders of a well kept garden and its brief recipe ensures that holders of the right ingredients can put together …

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Wine Whiners: These are the Seven Most Annoying Wine People you'll Ever Drink with [May Edition]

Wine Whiners: These are the 7 Most Annoying Wine People you’ll Ever Drink with

When something is able to inspire real passion, it will attract a loyal following, and the wider and more complex its intricacies, the more prone a subject will be to develop its own breed of annoying fandom… From Star Wars geeks that will make you wish you had Darth Vader’s powers to hardcore readers that will judge …

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Pinots Everywhere: From Pinot Noir to Pinot Gris, Meet this Unique Family [Liam - May Edition]

Pinots Everywhere: From Pinot Noir to Pinot Gris, Meet this Unique Family

Pinot Noir can produce some of the most emotion-inducing experiences and elevate an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grape juice to an almost ephemeral sensual experience. However, at the other end of its dual personality arch from the seraphic, lies the satanic. Pinot Noir is the wild child of the wine world. It can be …

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Wild Nordic Berries

Small But Mighty – Founder of Wild Nordic Berries on the Power of Finnish Fruit

‘Superfoods’: despite the good intentions, it’s a term that can generate quite a bit of bad press. For every headline that reveals the latest wonder food we need in our kitchens to boost health, there is another that proclaims that we need to stop wasting our money on the latest health fad and that the term …

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Wanderlust for Riesling: 7 Luscious Bottles from Around the World

Wanderlust for Riesling: 7 Luscious Bottles from Around the World

Few white wines can summersault as deliciously between dry and the fruitier styles as Riesling has mastered. Of all white wines, Riesling (pronounced “reece-ling”) is probably the most misunderstood. Many believe it is high on sweetness and low in flavour. The reality is the contrary. In its native Germany, Riesling is an uber-chic cool German …

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Fresh Tannins: Chilled Red Wine to Stay Cool on a Warm Day

Cool Tannins: 10 Red Wines you’ll Love Chilled on a Warm Day

Ah… Room temperature. That magical number at which you’re supposed to serve red wines. While generally meant to describe the range from 15°C to 18°C -in which most reds will be at their best- it is often permitted a margin of error so forgiving that you’ll find bottles at ambient on days in which chocolate melts just by being …

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Packages to Put a Smile on Your Face – The Tastiest Subscriptions Delivered to Your Door

Who doesn’t love getting a gift in the post? Even the smallest gestures feel all the more special when delivered to your door. Unfortunately, little luxuries don’t seem to land on our doorsteps quite enough, even though we’re worth it. You’ve likely heard of monthly beauty product deliveries from Birchbox to Glossybox and thought of …

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The Science of Craft Coffee Roasting – The West Cork Coffee Story

Coffee appreciation in Ireland is a fast growing foodie sub-culture. Drinking coffee is the new cool; an aspirational and sociable activity. Ireland’s newly discovered appetite for better quality, more nuanced speciality coffee started in Dublin but quickly found its way to Cork – a city that has embraced its coffee culture with impressive fervour. Independent …

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The Magic Behind Mark’s Tavern – Chef Mark Bodie of Dylan Hotel

“There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern”, wrote Samuel Johnson, and Tavern Restaurant at dylan Hotel, with its whimsical desserts and stylish surroundings, has been the backdrop for many a happy memory. This is particularly true for head chef Mark …

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Paul Lambert: "I don't Think there's Anyone Better as Bartenders than the Irish"

Paul Lambert: “I don’t Think there’s Anyone Better as Bartenders than the Irish”

Only by imbuing objects with meaning they become important. Do so with enough of them under the same vision and you’ll create a world. In the hands of Paul Lambert, a message to book a table -or in my case, to meet for an interview- becomes an intriguing white rabbit you’re compelled to follow; a flight of stairs turns into a …

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The Apprentice Chef Programme

Students Go Head to Head in Apprentice Chef Final 2017

The final of the Apprentice Chef Programme will take place next week on Thursday 11th of May, students from secondary schools across Munster will get stirring to complete the final service in the 2016/2017. Sponsored by Flogas Ireland and Failte Ireland, the programme is currently in its fifth year.  The competition began in October 2016 and …

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Rare Roast Beef Salad Recipe by Marcus Wareing

Rare Roast Beef Salad Recipe by Marcus Wareing

This beef salad recipe is a wonderfully fresh main course in spring, when asparagus is in season. Yuzu is an aromatic Asian citrus fruit that tastes like a combination of grapefruit, mandarin and lemon. Serves 4–6 Ingredients: For the Beef – 1 tbsp vegetable oil – 750g sirloin – Sea salt and freshly ground black …

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Rhubarb galette recipe with ginger frangipan

Rhubarb Galette Recipe with Ginger Frangipane from Chef Shane Smith

A tart without the tin… that’s like music to my ears! This rustic and relaxed galette recipe is the perfect way to celebrate the first of the seasons ruby rhubarb. Serves 6-8 Ingredients: Pastry – 200g plain flour – 30g caster sugar – 120g cold unsalted butter – Pinch salt – Pinch baking powder – …

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Old-Fashioned Waffles Recipe

Old-Fashioned Waffles Recipe with Maple Bacon from Made in the USA Cookbook

Old-Fashioned Waffles Recipe is perfect for anyone who wants to get creative in the kitchen as the waffles and mapled bacon are home made. I first came across maple bacon when I was working in Florida. I came home after a shift to find my housemate cooking. The sweet, nutty, salty aroma that floated from …

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