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Cookbook Spotlight: Baan – Recipes and Stories from My Thai Home

In our latest series, we’re featuring some of our favourite cookbooks, both Irish and international. Whether you’re a novice in the kitchen or have professional experience, we’ll be highlighting a range of cookbooks that we think every chef should have on their shelf. This week’s pick is Baan : Recipes and Stories from My Thai Home, which […]

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Matcha Crisis Hits Irish Cafés: How One Owner is Coping with Japan’s Shortage

You might soon be seeing fewer photos of matcha lattes on your social media, as a current matcha shortage in Japan is having a global impact. Japan is currently experiencing a matcha shortage thanks to skyrocketing global demand, tricky production processes, and environmental challenges. Matcha’s popularity – with some visitors to Japan bringing back entire

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Roe & Co Whiskey Distillery Launches New ‘Christmas Reimagined’ Dining Experience

We always love seeing what new food and drink events Roe & Co Distillery dreams up, and their latest dining and drinks pairing experience sounds like the perfect festive treat. From Thursday 28th November, Roe & Co Distillery will open its doors for a limited-run Christmas Reimagined dining and drinks pairing experience. Partnering with chef Caomhan

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A Food Lover’s Guide to West Cork by Sarah Clayton-Lea

It’s no secret that West Cork is a food lovers’ paradise, and on a recent trip down to Baltimore I was reminded yet again just how many incredible restaurants and food producers are to be found here. From a 2 Michelin-starred restaurant to creamy pints of Murphys by the fire, as well as countless local

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A 1920’s Champagne Bar Pop-Up Has Arrived in Galway

The festive season is fast coming into full swing, and a new pop-up experience at the g Hotel in Galway is the perfect excuse for Christmas celebrations. The g Hotel has launched its new Marlene Dietrich Bollinger Champagne Bar Pop-Up Experience, inspired by the legendary actress who famously said that her favourite meal combination was

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Our Favourite Irish Butters You’ll Always Find in Our Fridge

Every Irish person understands the nation’s longstanding love affair with butter, and with almost 514M ‘butter’ videos on TikTok, it seems the rest of the world is becoming just as obsessed as we are. So much so, that Wirecutter – the tried-and-tested by experts section on New York Times – recently named Ireland’s very own

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10 of the Best Food Events Taking Place in Dublin This Month

From handmade pasta workshops to an Egyptian falafel pop-up, the next two weeks of November will see plenty of fantastic food & drink events taking place in Dublin. We’ve rounded up our top picks of what to book this month for a unique experience that you can really savour… Sanaa’s Kitchen Pop-Up @ Hen’s Teeth,

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Press Up to Open New Asian Restaurant Inspired by Cuisines of the Philippines, China & India

Since Wagamama closed in September of this year, we were wondering what would happen to the expansive restaurant space on Dublin’s South King St. It has now been announced that a new ‘upscale Asian’ restaurant is to open on Friday 22nd November in the re-designed venue. Press Up hospitality group will launch Kaldero, which is

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Episode 9 Of The Beár Bia Podcast – The Smithwick’s Experience

Episode 9 of Beár Bia is live – A travelling podcast celebrating the unison of Irish food & drink. This time the duo headed to the Smithwick’s Experience in Kilkenny. Dee Laffan and Oisin Davis want to showcase and celebrate the pairing of Irish food with Irish drinks through their brand new podcast “Beár Bia.”

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Competition: The ‘Ultimate Wine Prize’ Worth €580 from WineStation

Win the ‘Ultimate Wine Prize’ for Christmas entertaining – a 3 litre Jerobaum of Brut Champagne & 6 bottles of Rioja – See how to enter below From the team at Winelab that brought you wine on tap throughout Ireland and the renowned Station to Station Wine comes WineStation.ie. Say goodbye to outdated online wine shops

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At The Table With Dee Laffan – Your Restaurant List For November

Dine with Dee and her restaurant list for the month ahead.  This month, my six recommendations of where to eat are a mix of quite casual finds that I love around the city. You won’t find any recommendations for pumpkin spice lattes (sorry, not sorry!) And, because I recently attended Blas na hÉireann – the

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Ireland’s Blue Book Announces Two “Exceptional” New Hotels for 2025

Ireland’s Blue Book has announced the addition of two “exceptional” properties to its portfolio. Its current collection showcases the very best of Irish hospitality and warmth, with 64 properties across Ireland ranging from country house hotels to manor houses, castles, and restaurants. Joining the collection for 2025 are Dromoland Castle in Co. Clare and The

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