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Simmering Talent – Meet the Next Generation of Star Irish Chefs

It’s well documented that the Irish food scene has blossomed in recent years, with the burgeoning palate of artisan food producers, growing population of food lovers and the nation’s leading chefs all pinpointed as catalysts for this culinary prosperity. Though with the industry in the grip of a chef shortage, to continue to cultivate this progress the next wave of […]

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

Interviews, Producer Spotlights / Erica Bracken

‘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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Rare Roast Beef Salad Recipe by Marcus Wareing

Family Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Meat Recipes, Recipes, Star Chef Recipes / Erica Bracken

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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A Dublin Favourite Comes to Kildare – Tani Japanese Restaurant Naas Review

Restaurant Reviews / Erica Bracken

As lover of all things Japanese, I was so excited to hear that Tani Japanese Restaurant and Bar opened in Naas town, in Kildare, just ten minutes from my home. Once the final renovations were complete, Tani opened their doors to a town filled with people eager to try the most talked about new restaurant

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Protein Oat Bread Recipe by Peachy Palate

Baking & Desserts, Breakfast Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Recipes / Erica Bracken

The best protein bread recipe I’ve ever made. Similar to a soda bread, so much flavour, so incredibly satisfying and it makes for some amazing toast! Servings: 8 slices Ingredients: – 45g (¼ cup + 2 tbsp) coconut flour – 1 cup (100g) oats, ground to a flour – 15g psyllium husk flakes – 60g Pulsin Whey Protein Concentrate

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Top 5 Food and Drink Events to Savour and Sip to this Bank Holiday Weekend

Events, Small Bites / Erica Bracken

Three. Day. Weekend. When combined in this specific order these are surely among some of the most beautiful words in the English language. For food and drink lovers these few and far between weekends mainly mean one thing: more time to feast and an extra day to recover from the indulgence. So make the most

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A New Online Tool Launches to Help Diagnose Coeliac Disease

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

The Coeliac Society of Ireland has developed a free, online self-assessment tool which will be launched during the Society’s Coeliac Awareness Week to help diagnose coeliac disease. Awareness Week 2017, which is supported by Ireland’s leading grocery retailer SuperValu, takes place nationwide between 8th and 15th May. When members of the public visit www.isitcoeliacdisease.ie or via

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City Centre Church to be Devoted to Food in Urban Food Market Redevelopment

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

One of Ireland’s most prolific hospitality entrepreneurs Michael Wright has announced plans to redevelop St. Andrew’s Church in Dublin’s city centre into a new urban food market. A former parish church of the Church of Ireland, St. Andrew’s Church is located in Andrew Street and currently houses the Central Tourist Office. The ambitious project is

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Steak Lovers Will Swoon at This Swanky New Grill Restaurant That Just Opened on Westmoreland Street

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

If nothing makes you salivate more than the thought of a juicy steak then the opening of Dublin’s newest grill restaurant Morelands Grill is sure to whet your appetite. This stylish addition to dining in Dublin city centre is located on Westmoreland Street, next to the five-star Westin Hotel and is on the soon to

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Eat for Free at Dublin’s New Heinz Beanz Cafe and it’s Popping Up in Cork Too

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

If a fry up isn’t the same for you without a portion of baked beans, or the popular breakfast food is often your go-to dinner in a hurry then you’ll want to reserve a table at the Heinz Beanz Cafe, popping up in Dublin from today and coming to Cork in May. The creative menus

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Cutting Ties by Cutting Cake – Divorce Cakes are Trending and Here are Some of the Best

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

There is little in life that a slice of cake can’t make better, and it seems some couples are now hoping this will ring true for their marital woes too by ‘celebrating’ the end of their marriage with divorce cakes. Divorce desserts are trending the world over. While there have been no reports in Ireland

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12 Delicious Asia Market Products You Need to Stock Up On

Features / Erica Bracken

Despite being located in the heart of Dublin city for the past 25 years, Asia Market is still one of the city’s best kept foodie secrets. Based on Drury Street, with a larger store in Ballymount, it’s the authentic market experience at Asia Market, along with the choice of over 4500 products and scandalously good

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Keep Your Smile Brilliant With This Brilliant Beverage: Clear Coffee Promises Not Stain Your Teeth

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

If you can’t go without your morning cup of joe, but aren’t as keen on the staining it leaves on your teeth overtime, then you need to know about colourless clear coffee. The Slovakian brothers Adam and David Nagy behind Clr Cff Clear Coffee say they have created the first colorless coffee in the world

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Ballymaloe House has Recipe to Success as Profits Continue to Rise

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

It’s not just Ballymaloe House‘s recipe for their famous brown soda bread that guarantees a perfect rise. It seems they also have the recipe for successful business with profits rising last year, almost tripling to €71,478. According to newly filed accounts, revenues at the country house hotel and restaurant run by the Allen family in

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Camerino Bakery Pops Up at Eatyard this Saturday with Cake Sale and Baking Demo

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

Just in time for Easter, Camerino Bakery will be popping up at Dublin’s street food market, Eatyard, with a bake sale and some baking demos on Saturday 15th April. Award winning baker Caryna Camerino will show us how to make Challah, a traditional Jewish bread and give us her best Easter cake decorating tips. Caryna

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For One Night Only: Celebrity Masterchef Winner Niamh Kavanagh Comes to Suesey Street

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

Fresh from her win on Celebrity Masterchef Ireland, on 11th May singer Niamh Kavanagh will be getting behind the stoves once more and showing off her culinary skills at Suesey Street. Guests on the evening will get the chance to taste the same three-course menu that wowed Masterchef judges Robin Gill and Daniel Clifford in

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Artisan Food Store The Butler’s Pantry Opens 11th Shop in Raheny

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

Much loved artisan food store, The Butler’s Pantry, today opens its second northside branch in Raheny, located in Raheny Shopping Centre on the Howth Road. This brings the number of Butler’s Pantry shops to eleven, nine in Dublin, with branches also in Bray and Greystones. Jacquie Marsh, Managing Director, said: “It’s a great way to

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The Perfect Rib Roast Recipe by Neven Maguire for Simply Better at Dunnes Stores

Family Recipes, Foodie TV, Gluten Free Recipes, Meat Recipes, Recipes, Star Chef Recipes / Erica Bracken

Renowned Irish chef Neven Maguire make the perfect Rib Roast recipe using Simply Better 28 day matured Irish Angus Rib Roast on the Bone and other products from the Simply Better range. Simply Better Beef is the perfect combination of the Angus breed and Ireland’s green pastures giving it a distinct marbled feature and unique

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Jazz up Your Weekend – The Shelbourne’s Legendary Sunday Jazz Brunch is Back

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

Just as much as the arrival of spring heralds brighter afternoons and the flowering of cherry blossom trees, the season also brings with it the sounds of smooth jazz floating across St. Stephen’s Green. The Shelbourne’s legendary Sunday Jazz Brunch is back and so too are lazy Sundays filled with jazz in No. 27 Bar

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Up Your Instagram Game with this Range of Droolworthy Vegan Products Now Available in Ireland

Features, Interviews / Erica Bracken

Stacks of pancakes with butterscotch sauce dribbling down the sides; slabs of chocolate coated caramel slices; spicy tacos with all the toppings. Just some of the colourful, mouth-watering dishes on Nature’s Charm Instagram feed that justify the term, dare I say it, ‘foodporn’. Though as indulgently decadent as these culinary creations may seem they are

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This Stylish Healthy Cafe Just Opened in Brown Thomas Grafton Street

Small Bites / Erica Bracken

Spring has sprung and no where has embraced the season’s theme of renewal more than Brown Thomas on Grafton Street with three new openings recent weeks. At the landmark luxury department store you can now your tresses tamed at the Beauty Lounge, up your athleisure A-game at cult fitness brand lululemon’s only Irish hub, and

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