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August 2017

Burgers Recipe

Italian-Style Cheese Burgers Recipe with Coleslaw Cups by Gino D’Acampo

Burgers are a great Friday night supper, perfect for the whole family. I love using mozzarella to melt on top of this burgers recipe as it goes so beautifully stringy. Serves 4 Ingredients: – 500g minced beef – 1 tsp English mustard – 4 good-quality burger buns – 1 x 125g mozzarella ball, drained and […]

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Best Possible Taste Body & Kind

Best Possible Taste Podcast – Body & Kind, Bord Bia Awards and More

In this week’s Best Possible Taste Sharon Noonan visits the Fitzgerald’s Woodlands House Hotel in Adare, Co. Limerick to meet the sisters behind Body & Kind. Nutritionist Sinead Bradbury & Galway All Star Aislinn Connolly. From post workout meals to the ideal fitness routine for you, Body & Kind is set to capitalise on the

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Take Over Anne's Lane at Zozimus Bar's Street Rhymer Party this Saturday 5

Zozimus Bar’s Incredible Street Party is the Place to Be this Saturday Night

One of Dublin’s coolest nights out is back: Zozimus Bar is bringing back its Street Rhymer party, an evening of great music, world class cocktails and talented street entertainers that will have you celebrating until late at the venue’s front area in Anne’s Lane, under their distinctive umbrella installation and fairy lights. The party starts

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Bewley's Tea

They Want YOU! Bewley’s to Hold Recruitment Open Day for Much Anticipated New Grafton Street Cafe

Ever since the landmark Bewley’s cafe on Grafton Street closed it’s doors in 2015 there has been much speculation about when it would reopen – with the refurbishment works for the protected building running far beyond the predicted six month deadline. Finally, there are signs of an official day approaching with the Irish-owned coffee company

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Imen McDonnell

Imen McDonnell Talks About Her Life as a Food Creative and Being a Lambassador for #TastyEasyLamb

Leaving a successful production career in the United States, food photographer and writer Imen McDonnell took the ultimate leap of faith, uprooting her whole life across an ocean for the love of an Irish farmer. Surrounded by fine Irish produce and nuturing her passion for food and cooking, she now lives with her husband Richard

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Get Creative with Dublin City’s Free Summer Festival This Saturday

Fancy getting a little more creative this weekend? Dublin’s Summer Festival in the city’s creative quarter is set to shake things up. The festival takes place this Saturday and Sunday, August 26th and 27th, and is completely free to attend. The creative quarter stretches from South William Street to George’s Street and from Lower Stephen’s Street

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This Whiskey Faux Pas Has Just Been Proven by Science to Improve your Drink

This Whiskey Faux Pas Has Just Been Proven by Science to Improve your Drink

Passionate whiskey lovers can be particular about their preferred way to enjoy their drop. While savouring it neat is widely regarded as one of the best ways to honour top shelf uisce beatha, now science has given a strong argument to those who choose to dilute it slightly with water. A recently published study titled “Dilution of whisky

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Decky Walsh

Holy Smoke’s Decky Walsh to Show Off His Smokey Skills at Pitmaster Masterclass This September

As part of the 2017 programme of events for the A Taste of West Cork Food Festival, Decky Walsh, head chef of Cork’s most on-trend restaurant, Holy Smoke, is bringing all his culinary skills to the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery for an exciting Pitmaster Masterclass, on Sunday 10th September, 3-7pm. Kate Ryan of Flavour.ie is behind the

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Belonging in Dublin’s Creative Quarter

This Dublin City Centre Festival Sounds Like the Ultimate Weekend Plan

The Creative Quarter District is one of the most bustling hubs in the city, picturesque and dotted with fantastic restaurants. DublinTown and local businesses in this district have come together to showcase the best of the Quarter with a festival this weekend – and the best part is, entry is free! Running over two days,

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Forty Foot, Sandycove

New York Times Names Dublin’s Forty Foot Among the Ten Best Places to Swim in the World

Dubliners have known it for years, and James Joyce’s Ulysses even ended with Buck Mulligan taking a dip there, but now the Forty Foot in Dún Laoghaire has officially been ranked among the best places to swim in the world. The inclusion was printed in The New York Times at the weekend in opinion piece titled “The 10 Best Places

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Winners Revealed for the Sky Bar of the Year Awards 2017 (Photo Gallery)

Winners Revealed for the Sky Bar of the Year Awards 2017 (Photo Gallery)

The Sky Bar of the Year Awards 2017 winners were revealed yesterday, 21st of August, at a ceremony hosted by Newstalk’s Tom Dunne in the Clayton Hotel on Burlington Road. The event, now on its 12th edition, gathered over 400 people who applauded excellence across the Irish licensed trade. A carefully chosen team of judges selected the

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Mayo’s Food Fleadh Rescheduled to Accommodate All Ireland Semi Final Replay

Ballina’s Food Fleadh was set to return this coming weekend, the 25th-27th of August, but has been rescheduled to September 8th-9th  following the county’s thrilling draw against Kerry in the All-Ireland Football Final. The official statement on the festival’s Facebook page reads: “In what are exceptional times for Mayo GAA, Food Fleadh Ballina committee and Yeast Meets West

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Root and Branch Coffee Roasters

Belfast Coffee Roasters Come to Dublin for Free Event that Will Perk the Interest of Any Coffee Lover

This Tuesday, August 22nd, Dublin city centre coffee shop Vice Coffee Inc. will host one of Belfast’s newest speciality coffee roasters and brew bars Root & Branch for a demo roasting, coffee cupping and discussion about the art and science of their craft. On the evening, beginning at 7pm, co-founder of the Ormeau Road based

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Five Recently Launched Irish Whiskeys to Keep on your Radar

Five Recent Irish Whiskey Launches to Keep on your Radar

Irish whiskey has become one of the hottest spirits in the international market: fast growing and with a discerning following that values quality, the future is bright and the present is exciting. With the number of new distilleries and brands emerging, it’s not a surprise that new expressions are launched with more frequency and by

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Tempt Your Tastebuds With The Star-Studded Taste of Donegal Festival This Weekend

The Taste of Donegal Food Festival is returning to Ireland’s coolest county this weekend and will play host to more than 120 food and drink exhibitors, hotels and restaurants, much to the delight of food lovers. Some well known faces in attendance include Catherine Fulvio, Neven Maguire, Gary O’Hanlon, Derry Clarke, Shane Smith and Simon

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Flash Sale

Are You a Rule Breaker? Ryanair is Sick of People Abusing Their Cabin Bag Allowances

Are you someone who takes advantage of the cabin bag rules on Ryanair? The airline has said that these people are causing boarding delays for their fellow passengers. In a statement from Kenny Jacobs, Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, the airline commented: “Despite our repeated messaging, some customers are still attempting to bring larger than permitted

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