Continuing forward during these challenging times, the Olive Tree Kitchen’s takeout menu has something for everyone. A striking light filled space, centred around an original Napoli Firebrick Pizza oven and, as the name suggests,...
This week (19th October) in episode seven of Tastes Like Home, Catherine Fulvio looks back at her trip to Roosky, Co Roscommon and onto Vancouver, Canada. Our contributors this week are Mary McGowan and...
The Exchequer Wine Bar, D6, is open for al fresco bookings for customers to enjoy a unique dining experience with safety at the forefront. The Exchequer Wine Bar in Ranelagh recently launched their revamped, Spanish...
Events / News / Small Bites
The Burren Food Fayre is going virtual this year, with an impressive line-up of food producers and chefs from all over the Burren taking part in a series of free online events. The event...
Drinks / News / Small Bites / Whiskey
Final Midleton Very Rare vintage from Former Master Distiller Brian Nation is unveiled Irish Distillers, maker of some of the world’s most enjoyed whiskeys, has unveiled the eagerly awaited Midleton Very Rare 2020, a...
Serves 8 to 10 Ingredients: For the Cake 200g softened butter 160g golden caster sugar 4 free range eggs 100g plain flour 170g ground almonds 2 tsp baking powder 1 medium orange, zest only...
Drinks / Gin / Small Bites
In honour of its namesake – the most extraordinary of Irish characters, Wilde Irish Gin is launching a limited-edition cocktail kit on Oscar Wilde’s birthday this October 16th 2020. This also marks the one-year...
Home to one of the largest indoor malls in the world, one of the biggest aquariums, the biggest automated fountain, the tallest hotel and one of the largest indoor ski slopes, This week, in...
When planning a romantic escape, for us, nothing springs to mind quicker than a whimsical Irish Castle. In this instance, Kilkea Castle. In an effort to “shop local” we stayed in our lovely Lily...
While 2020 may be a strange year for most of us, the team at Pichet are delighted to be looking to the future by continuing to serve up some of the best food and...
Limerick-based artisan Chocolatier, Braw, has just launched a brand new range of Christmas-inspired micro batch chocolate bars ready for the gift-giving season. Braw (a Scottish phrase meaning ‘pleasing’) was set up by Anna Coffey...
Tia Maria, the world-famous coffee liqueur, has launched a brand new ready-to-drink cocktail providing its unmistakable and unique recipe in an Iced Coffee Frappé. The new Iced Coffee Frappé is a ready-to-drink cocktail made...
Like so many of our local hospitality businesses in East Cork, Ballymaloe House has had to reinvent the way we operate under the current COVID19 restrictions. Safety is our top priority and maintaining the...
Online cookery series by Cork company demonstrates versatility of the HERO egg Recipe series ‘Get Cracking with Eggs’ reveals how to feed the whole family with quick and easy recipes on a budget Friday October 9th marks the day that all eggs across the globe are...
Try and imagine, if the Irish could grow barley but only foreign nations could brew it into beer or whiskey. Or if the French could grow grapes, but were never given the chance to...
Can a village, town or city be defined by a song or songs? Yes. Did someone really write a song called Terrible Termonfeckin? Yes. Is it included in our non-definitive list of Irish songs...
We all have things we’d like to cross off a list, but enough about the weekly shop. What we have here isn’t so much a wish list as a realistic bucket list. True, we...
We have heard of slow travel, but this is something else altogether. Take your pick – this is either leisure travel with a silent ‘p’ or p-leisure travel. Either way, you’ll get to experience...
Whoever said size doesn’t matter is a fibber. When it comes to cities, the smaller the better, and when it comes to cities such as Galway it means that even if your stay is...
Sliabh Liag Distillers in Donegal has turned the sod on the site of the new Ardara distillery, which will open in 2021. The turning of the sod culminates in a busy period for the...