The health food buzz clearly isn’t waning in February, I discovered on a recent trip to a favourite haunt of mine, Cocu on Chatham Street. While many may have come here first on their January health kick, they appear to be flocking back in their droves. On a Sunday afternoon I am lucky to grab […]
A Sunday Well Spent Brings a Week of Content – Cocu Brunch Review Read More »
Although just minutes away from Dublin city centre, surrounded by the embassies and ivy-covered homes of Ballsbridge the InterContinental Dublin is a tranquil luxury hotel destination for travellers to the city, and locals too – like those in the lobby lounge on the day I visit; catching up with friends over tea and cake, or
Foxes, foxes everywhere… Lately, we’ve spotted a pack of young foxes playing around Dublin city centre: perky and cheerful The Fat Fox on Camden Street, slick and sly Mr. Fox shaking things up on Parnell Square and crafty clever The Wiley Fox surprising beer lovers on Eden Quay. But atop Dublin Mountains there’s a wise old fox with
Dublin’s Original Fox Awaits in the Mountains: Johnnie Fox’s, Glencullen – Bar Review Read More »
With over 80 craft brewers producing some seriously awesome beer, Ireland has established itself on the international craft-brewing map. The country has had an amazing craft beer culture for a while now, and the past several years have been no exception. Keeping up with the new Irish breweries is not easy feat so I have compiled
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Choosing the perfect venue for a business lunch can lead to a life-changing handshake. While great food is of course important, it’s just one of many boxes the ideal place must tick and the right atmosphere, tone of music and style of service are just as important. To help you seal the deal before dessert arrives, we have compiled
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To ensure you retain the wonderful vibrant green colour in this watercress soup recipe it’s essential to chill the soup immediately, as soon as it is cooked. So do make sure you have a bowl of iced water and a sieve at the ready. I also recommend pre-poaching the eggs and setting them aside in
Watercress Soup Recipe with Soft-Poached Egg by Marcus Wareing Read More »
This maple syrup French Toast recipe is a tasty and fun breakfast idea and coming from Eat Well Everyday you can be assured that is a healthy breakfast. Serves 2 Ingredients: – 2 tbsp chia seeds – 250 g strawberries, hulled –2 tbsp maple syrup – 1 free-range egg – 50 ml unsweetened almond milk
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While the world goes greener as St. Patrick’s Day gets closer, the colour of choice for countless pint glasses in the fair city is black. And while we are thankful for the wide array of craft stouts available in today’s diverse and vibrant pub scene, there’s something in a well poured pint of Guinness that just
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Irish Whiskey tourism is expected to grow swiftly over the next few years. Irish whiskey, the Water of Life is alive and well and flourishing with new found enthusiasts at home and abroad who are discovering the sweet softness of grain whiskey, the soft spice from the pot still and the fruitiness of the malt
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If there were only one style of beer to experience reputational demise in light of the explosive growth in the craft beer sector of recent years, it would most certainly be lager. This bad rep owing in no small part to the ubiquitous European pale lager brands that had dominated the market for so many
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I love anything sweet and savoury, so this cookies recipe makes perfect sense to me: chicharrón – fluffy, salty, fried pork skin – is mixed with dark chocolate in a buttery, dense cookie. It’s not too far removed from chocolate and bacon (another fabulous combination), but with a heartier crunch. My sense is that most
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This lamb recipe of slow-braised shoulder and marinated rump with smoked potato, crunchy breaded cheese fritter and spinach purée is aimed at the skilled cook. Serves 4 Ingredients: Lamb Shoulder Sausage – 1kg lamb shoulder – 100g sliced pancetta or Parma ham – 100g each of onion, leek, carrot & celeriac, diced – 2 garlic
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This sweet potato noodles recipe is quite a revelation to me. They’re so much heartier and more filling than courgette noodles, and this satay sauce really brings them to life. It’s so incredibly creamy, with subtle hints of chilli and tangy lime. Together they make for the best pick-me-up dinner, healthy but comforting and bursting
Sweet Potato Noodles Recipe with a Creamy Peanut Satay Sauce by Deliciously Ella Read More »
“I don’t really like Champagne”… said no one ever. There are a few exceptional wines that most of us love to love, and some abhorrent bottles drunk solely by those whose only aim is to score the highest % ABV for the lowest €. But in the ocean that separates those two extremes, there are many
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Nestled right in the heart of Dublin city’s creative quarter, IdleWild is a relatively new bar that many have surely been passed by unnoticed. There are few identifying features outside other than a small neon BAR sign and the backlit sign tucked away deep into the entrance way. But what lies behind the stained glass
Friend’s Central Perk Gets Pub Doppleganger: IdleWild, Dublin 2 – Bar Review Read More »
A prepare-ahead dessert is always useful when entertaining, to give you more time to concentrate on other courses. Using buttermilk in a panna cotta recipe makes it very light and refreshing, so this recipe is ideal after a rich main course. The thyme crumble will make plenty, so store the excess in an airtight container
Buttermilk Panna Cotta Recipe with Rhubarb by Marcus Wareing Read More »
There is definitely something about chocolate that’s addictive. It contains several stimulants, including caffeine and pleasure-inducing endorphins. This is an intensely chocolatey brownie recipe, which gets smothered in a salted caramel sauce. If the brownies have gone cold and you want to heat them up in a hurry, pour over some of the sauce and
Raspberry Chocolate Brownie Recipe with Salted Caramel Sauce by Neven Maguire Read More »
This noodle soup recipe is a real gem, a deliciously healthy ramen dish. Ramen noodles are the Andy Warhol of food these days! The real flavour punch comes from the tare – a spice mixture dissolved into the broth. In the spirit of ramen, I fused Japanese ingredients with flavours from other world kitchens. Mixing
Ramen Noodle Soup Recipe by Nina Olsson Read More »
Ireland’s Wine Geese is derived from the flight of the Wild Geese, when 14,000 Catholic Jacobite soldiers fled Ireland for France for political and economic reasons after their defeat at the 1690 Battle of the Boyne and the Treaty of Limerick in 1691. They had supported England’s Catholic King James against the victorious Protestant Dutch
Wine Geese and Beyond: Irish Diaspora Excelling in the World’s Top Wine Regions Read More »
This tart recipe is perfect for a casual dinner party, as all the work is done in advance. I usually have everything ready beforehand, as it takes a bit of time to prepare, then fire it into the oven just as our friends arrive. The smell of it baking is as much a part of
Caramelised Onion, Sweet Potato and Rye Tart Recipe by Jordan Bourke Read More »
“It wasn’t always like this. Before Paris, people didn’t drink our wine. I mean, my friends did. But you could hardly consider their palates discerning…” Chris Pine’s character Bo Barret says this in wine-inspired film Bottle Shock (2008) referring to the Judgement of Paris, the 1976 competition that meant a before and after in the history of Californian
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