Easy Summer Desserts for Sunny Days at Home
I have a couple of rules I live by for my summer desserts. The first simply makes sense in warm weather: avoid the oven if at all possible and rely on your fridge or...
Author: Darina Coffey
10 Limerick City Outdoor Dining Spots We Can’t Wait to Visit
We all know an “outdoor summer” in Ireland is always at risk of being rained off, and that it would be a lovely little country if we could only roof it. Keeping this in...
10 of the Best Spots to Enjoy Superb Seafood by the Seashore
There’s nowhere quite like Ireland on a sunny summer day. Add in the finest Irish seafood enjoyed while overlooking the breathtaking coastline from which it came and you have the makings of enduring summer...
10 Irish Food Trucks Worth a Delicious Detour this Summer
While outdoor dining in some of of favourite restaurants resumes this month, the warmer weather and wanderlust means picnics and road trips are definitely on the cards. The explosion of food trucks across the...
Perfect Summer Salads for Sunny Evenings at Home
Growing up in Ireland, did your mother ever say “it’s nearly too hot to eat” followed by the promise of a nice salad for dinner? If so, you know exactly where I’m going with...
10 Outdoor Dublin Dining Spots We Can’t Wait to Visit
If you miss dining out as much as we do (a safe bet), you’ll be counting down to the reopening of outdoor dining this month like it is Christmas come early. Many of our...
A Plate in the Sun – Create a Greek Food Getaway at Home
I can’t hark back to my first (but certainly not last) trip to Greece without waxing lyrical about the eye-rollingly delicious local food. To the little island of Naxos we went, like Bourdain before...
Pass on the Popcorn – 5 Food and Drink Pairings for Your Next Netflix or Prime Binge
Is anyone else guilty of preparing snacks and drinks for a night in front of the TV, only to devour them while mulling/arguing over your viewing options for 40 minutes? The token bowl of...
7 Days of Lunches You’ll Love
I don’t think anyone is sad to see the back of grim office lunches al desko, Tupperware and communal microwaves. Working from home and religiously enforcing a proper lunch hour allows me at least...
7 Days of Delicious Healthy Breakfasts
Whether or not you buy into breakfast being the most important meal of the day, having something delicious to drag you out of bed sounds like the best brand of morning motivation to me....
Lockdown Bakes We’re Dreaming About Daily
How many delectable desserts have you bookmarked on Insta since lockdown began approximately 6000 days ago? If you’re like me, you may well have a whole new bucket list of bakes to try, or...
Simple Classic Seafood Recipes to Master at Home
As an island nation, you would think we would all embrace the bounty of our surrounding seas and have fish on our dinner tables every other night. Instead, the persistent fear of buying and...
Create the Perfect, Stress-Free Valentine’s Day Dinner at Home
Valentine’s Day, like absolutely everything else, is going to look a little different this year. Rather than resign ourselves to this and retreat en robe to the couch, it is the perfect time to...
Go on a Food Follow Spree – Exciting Irish Chefs on Instagram
Is anyone else *slightly* ashamed of their screen time report on a daily basis? With so much deliciousness to gawk at on Instagram, I find myself scrolling, liking, bookmarking and mentally planning my next...
Spiced Moroccan Lentil Soup
This Moroccon lentil soup recipe is perfect for a cold February day. Slight heat from the spices and texture from the puy lentils make this a meal packed with nourishment. Blazing Salads...
Peanut, Squash and Chickpea Curry
You can blitz the leftovers of this squash and chickpea curry recipe into an epic peanut and squash curry soup. All you have to do is add some vegetable stock to suit your slurping...
Beetroot, Goat’s Cheese and Pesto Fried Eggs
This fried eggs recipe is a simple and a very quick breakfast option which, in fairness, makes for a delicious lunch or dinner too. This will be your favourite quickest gourmet breakfast from now...
Damn Fine Dining at Home – BANG Restaurant Takeaway Review
I’m delighted that despite all various levels of lockdown, I can still support old favourites and even get around to ticking off restaurants that have long been on my list of must tries. It...
Sticky Fried Lebanese Brussels Sprouts Recipe by John Whaite
One winter in Manhattan my partner and I did what one does in Manhattan: we mooched and we nibbled. We breathed in the sights of the city, battling the biting chill, and we ate...
Sausage Stuffing Roll Recipe with Dried Cranberries by Neven Maguire
Everyone has their favourite part of the Christmas meal, and for many it’s the stuffing. The practical shape of this clever stuffing roll recipe means it takes up very little space in the oven,...