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New Irish Health & Wellness Company Launches Yogurt for Bones and Muscles

Yogurt lovers in Ireland can now enjoy a new creamy farmhouse yogurt containing all natural ingredients, that it has 2 times more protein and 3 times more calcium than regular yogurts. The new yogurt ProU is particularly beneficial for bone and muscle health and is designed to deliver wholesome nutrition. Wexford-born duo, Michael and Jane […]

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Great Irish Beverages in Association with TheTaste Launches the Irish Gin & Tonic Fest 2016

Events, News, Small Bites / Erica Bracken

Last year, Great Irish Beverages produced Dublin Gin & Tonic Fest – a citywide celebration of Irish gins. For 2016, we are taking the festival around the entire island of Ireland to all 32 counties! Irish Gin & Tonic Fest is talking place from June 20th-25th and any bar, restaurant or hotel in Ireland and

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San Francisco Food and Drink Travel Guide

San Francisco Food & Drink Travel Guide

Features, Travel / Erica Bracken

Virginia Woolf once wrote “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” She also wrote, “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” I’ve lived in San Francisco for the past two years. It’s too expensive for me to afford

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Mark Moriarty S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2015

Mark Moriarty Interview – What S.Pelligrino Young Chef 2015 did Next

Interviews / Erica Bracken

“Last night was my 21st pop-up,” says Mark Moriarty, when I meet him in the canteen at RTÉ. “It took a bit of work to turn this building into a restaurant. You should have seen it last night, it was all white; white floor, white drapes from the roof down.” That night Mark, the current

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All Aboard the Indian Flavour Express – Pickle Restaurant Review

Restaurant Reviews / Erica Bracken

Pickles are an essential part of an Indian meal, adding new dimensions and depth of flavour, and revitalising sluggish taste buds. Intensely sweet, spicy, or sour, depending on the spices added, a good Indian pickle, or ‘achar’, should balance out the meal. Too spicy? Add a sweet mango pickle spiked with fenugreek and cardamom. Lacking

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Setting the Bar High – Richard Linden of The Dublin Bar Academy

Drinks, Interviews / Erica Bracken

I enter the room to a flurry of colours, hands and bottles. Behind a bar, extending the length of the room, are 12 bartenders, mixing, shaking and pouring at top speed. A cacophony of sounds, whoops and cheers of excitement, crunching ice, and clinking glasses, competes with the upbeat music that is being pumped into

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Amsterdam Food and Drink Travel Guide TheTaste.ie

Amsterdam Food & Drink Travel Guide

Features, Travel / Erica Bracken

No visit to any European city is complete without tasting the local delicacies; and Amsterdam is of course no different. When you go for one or two (or three drinks) and the 8% Belgian beers begin to take their toll, bitterballen is the answer. Tourists are not exactly sure what is in them. You’re told

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A Guide to New York’s Best Food & Farmers Markets

Features, North America / Erica Bracken

New York is home to every kind of food under the sun, from Michelin star fine dining restaurants to killer street food trucks. This city is a cultural hub of culinary specialities and increasingly, all these food options are coming together under one roof at vibrant and bustling food markets. These food halls, gourmet delis

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Nick Balla and Cortney Burns Bar Tartine - San Francisco

The Reluctant Trendsetters – Chefs Nick Balla & Cortney Burns of Bar Tartine, San Francisco

Interviews / Erica Bracken

“We don’t drive where we don’t have to,” says Cortney Burns, one half of culinary couple behind the critically acclaimed Bar Tartine restaurant in San Francisco. Despite being in Ireland only two days it was she who led the way through the crowds at the Kerrygold Ballymaloe LitFest 2016, beyond the farm, along a shaded

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The Wiley Fox, Eden Quay – Bar Review

Bars & Venues, Drinks / Erica Bracken

What was once the spot of ‘The Pint’ on Dublin’s Eden Quay, The Wiley Fox has now taken the reins of this north side premises in an attempt to find greater fortune and success along the riverside than it’s predecessor. Although not regarded as prime frontage, the location does have significant footfall beyond it’s threshold

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Cool Down and Perk Up – 7 Best Iced Coffees in Dublin

Drinks, Features / Erica Bracken

With summer on its way, our minds are switching into a sunny palooza mode. We are in for scorching temperatures, blue skies, and DIY cooling hacks. In my world, summer season brings the one thing every coffeeholic secretly craves in face of the warm weather; iced coffees. So awaken your taste for the iced coffee

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Mint Marinaded Lamb Chops Recipe Video by Jette Virdi

Foodie TV, Gluten Free Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Meat Recipes, Recipes / Erica Bracken

This simple and healthy marinated Lamb Chops Recipe is made with a fresh mint marinade, and served with seasonal baby new potatoes. Dinner is on the table in just three easy steps! Ingredients: – 2 lamb chops – a handful of mint chopped – 2 tsp cider vinegar – glug of camelina oil – salt and pepper – new potatoes Method:

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Strawberries & Cream Birthday Cake Recipe by Neven Maguire

Baking & Desserts, Family Recipes, Recipes, Star Chef Recipes / Erica Bracken

This cake is a wonderful birthday cake that’s as light as a feather – perfect to fill the tummies of lots of excited children! The birthday cake is best eaten just cooled and not long out of the oven, which is just as well, as it doesn’t tend to hang around for long. Serves 10–12

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Paleo Wagon Wheels recipe by Peachy Palate

Homemade Wagon Wheels Recipe by Peachy Palate

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

Boy do these bring back memories, the moment I bit in to one it was like stepping back in time. A childhood me about 10 years old, jammy wagon wheel in hand of an evening as a post dinner treat. I LOVED them! There was something so indulgent and oh so grown up about the

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Grilled Squid Recipe by Chef John Torode with Wine Pairing by Neil McGuigan

Fish & Seafood, Gluten Free Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Recipes, Star Chef Recipes / Erica Bracken

This Grilled Squid recipe by leading Australian Chef and Masterchef judge John Torode, is served simply with lemon and rocket. A light Summer dish, that makes a perfect BBQ alternative – particularly when paired with a glass of The John Torode & Neil McGuigan Pinot Noir Rosé. Ingredients: – 500g fresh squid, ask your fishmonger to

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Rigatoni alla Carbonara Tasting Rome Cookbook

Rigatoni alla Carbonara Recipe from the Tasting Rome Cookbook

Family Recipes, Meat Recipes, Recipes, Star Chef Recipes, World Food / Erica Bracken

Recipe discussions in any culture can inspire debate. But bring up the subject of a carbonara recipe with a Roman and suggest an ingredient or technique that diverges from his or her own, and you’ve got a passionate fight on your hands. The fact is, there is no universal or original recipe for carbonara. Generally,

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Paleo Broccoli Fritters by Peachy Palate

Paleo Broccoli Fritters Recipe by Peachy Palate

Breakfast Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Recipes, Vegetarian / Vegan / Erica Bracken

Light and spongy, crispy round the edges, these Paleo Broccoli Fritters are like a savoury pancake come broccoli bun. A random experiment that just needed to be shared! So random in fact that I didn’t have the foresight to cook some poached eggs to serve on top. Oh how even more wonderful that would have been.

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Tonkotsu Ramen Recipe by Chef Takashi Miyazaki

Family Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Meat Recipes, Recipes, Star Chef Recipes, World Food / Erica Bracken

This Tonkotsu Ramen recipe is one of the most famous dishes from my home town Fukuoka in Japan, and now one of the most well known ramen dishes in the world. In Fukuoka we have a great choice of ingredients that make for a fantastic array of regional dishes. If you go to Japan, I

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Butter Poached Lobster Recipe with Cucumber & Mango by Chef Benjamin Patterson

Fish & Seafood, Recipes / Erica Bracken

This Butter Poached Lobster Recipe is served with pickled cucumber and mango, is a wonderful Summer dish to show off the main ingredient, lobster. Lobster is the star of the show here, and there no shells to be messing around with as you have already done the hard work! A real party piece to show

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Steam Baked Strawberry Waffles Recipe from Electrolux

Baking & Desserts, Breakfast Recipes, Recipes / Erica Bracken

This Steam Baked Strawberry Waffles recipe is the perfect way to make the most of strawberry season. Using an Electrolux CombiSteam to steam bake these waffles will give you perfectly fluffy waffles, and a delicious breakfast in minutes! #BakeForSomeone Strawberries are low in fat and calories, but high in fibre and vitamins, minerals and nutrients that

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Beef Fillet with Garlic and Rosemary Recipe from Electrolux

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

An Electrolux SousVide is the secret to perfectly cooked meat, and this Beef Fillet with Garlic and Rosemary Recipe is the perfect way to show off the natural flavours of that juicy steak. Beef benefits from a lot of different flavours and can be experimented with to create a number of versatile dishes. Ingredients like

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