Dublin has seen a huge number of dedicated sweet spots opening in recent times, so there is no shortage of places to get your fix. You can’t have too much of a good thing, so Arnott’s new bubblegum pink café Creamed Cookies has caused great excitement since opening last week. A feast for the eyes […]
Something Sweet Has Just Opened in Arnott’s Read More »
Visiting a winery is a moving experience for those who love wine: Driving past the growing vines ready for harvest in late September, admiring the signs with familiar names that you’ve only seen before on a label, having the honour and the luck of shaking the hand that blended the wine you’ll be tasting that
Fast Track to Rioja Wines – Haro Station Travel Guide Read More »
Luxury Irish hamper company Hampers & Co have collaborated with leading Irish culinary producers for their 2016 Christmas collection of gift hampers. Reflecting the very best in award winning Irish artisan produce, the collection is culmination of careful curation of the finest products from Ireland’s most renowned small producers, resulting in an eclectic collection with
Once a staple in the Irish diet, over the past few years bread has received its fair share of criticism. The humble loaf has been ditched by celebs, demonised by Paleo dieters, and denounced for a myriad of health issues, blame that is often unwarranted and not based on scientific facts. But bread is back,
Breaking Bread: Why You Can Have Your Bread and Eat it Too Read More »
This week the restaurant of a fashion blogger’s Instagram dreams opened. Pietro Nolita is an all pink themed restaurant that serves ‘healthy Italian cuisine’, located on Elizabeth Street, New York city. Every inch of the tiny Pietro Nolita, named after owner Pietro Quaglia who co-owns the eatery with Mina Soliman, is decked out in a
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Warm up your cockles on these chilly autumn nights, and book a table at this exclusive winemaker dinner event. Bang Restaurant and Wines Direct are delighted to welcome Catalina Madra of Bodegas Elias Mora to Dublin for a special three-course food and wine pairing extravaganza, at 7.30pm on October 7th. Wines Direct have been the
As I began to write this piece on wines from the Alps it struck me that, rather neatly, the topography of the region was as good an analogy as any for the wines it produces. The Alps are difficult to get to. They’re not easily accessible, a little inconvenient you might say, and a visit
The Hills are Alive With the Taste of Wines from The Alps Read More »
My adventure with First Draft Coffee started last year during the Dublin Coffee and Tea Festival. It was possible thanks to the late Rashel Winn, a wonderful young barista who introduced me to Ger O’Donohoe. Ger had launched SCAE-certified courses and workshops for coffee newbies and pros alike. In July, the gang took over the
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The Chocolate Factory, in Dubiln’s North inner city, was once just that; producing confectionary classics like Toblerone and Mint Crisp. While Dublin’s first concrete building may have lacked the whimsical eccentricity of Willy Wonka’s domain, and no golden ticket was needed to visit, today, now home to a community of creatives, there is something quite
Dublin’s King of Kefir – The Herbel Crest Story Read More »
Mount Juliet Estate, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, was awarded three top industry awards at the prestigious Keelings Gold Medal Awards ceremony hosted in Lyrath Estate Hotel, Co. Kilkenny on Tuesday 27th September. On the evening, Mount Juliet Estate claimed Ireland’s Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year for the Lady Helen restaurant, Ireland’s Best 4 Star Hotel
Audrey Doré began working as Sommelier at El Celler de Can Roca in January this year. The Spanish restaurant, number 2 in the famous World’s 50 Best ranking by Restaurant Magazine wasn’t her first experience with the Roca brothers, as her previous role as Head Sommelier at Roca Moo in Barcelona prepared her to take the step
Wave a magic wand and whisk your family away for a luxury Halloween Break full of Five Star surprises at the InterContinental Dublin with a ‘spooktacular’ Two Night Stay, from €590, per Family (based on *2 adults/2 children, Under 12 years). Certain to be the main attraction of the Package, InterContinental Dublin has teamed up
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Launching exclusively in Ireland at Harvey Norman, the new KitchenAid Artisan Mini Stand Mixer is for a new generation of passionate bakers challenged with limited space and ‘smaller batch’ lifestyles. For the first time since the introduction of the original Tilt-Head Stand Mixer by Egmont Arens in 1936, KitchenAid is launching a mini version of
Harvey Norman Debuts the KitchenAid Mini Stand Mixer Read More »
Sommeliers are a specialist band of professionals who are highly regarded internationally and especially in wine producing countries. They can affect the profitability of a restaurant by their skillful and informed choice of which wines to buy, knowing the emerging stars before their prices also hits the sky and being up-to-date with tastes and trends.
Dimitri Mesnard, Master Sommelier and Brand Ambassador for Jackson Family Wines Read More »
Alan Moore has worked as a bartender for the last eleven years. His first job was at a local pub in his home city Galway, when he was only 16 years old and his career has progressed at a steady pace since then: a nightclub, three years at the G Hotel and then an opportunity to move
Alan Moore’s Travels: Lemuel’s Head Bartender is Literally Inspired Read More »
This is the tastiest time to visit Northern Ireland, a great destination for lovers of good food and drink Northern Ireland Year of Food and Drink 2016 continues to be a celebration of everything that makes the produce from this place so good. Need an excuse to explore some of the food experiences Northern Ireland
Enniskillen Castle played host to more than 90 guests as part of the first ever Fermanagh Restaurant Week. Lough Erne Executive Chef Noel McMeel celebrated the area’s food heritage, cooking up a culinary feast with the finest, seasonal local produce at the five-star event, which coincided with a series of events at Lough Erne Food
Noel is King of Enniskillen Castle at Fermanagh Restaurant Week Read More »
Chablis is one of the most popular French wines. Always white and always from Chardonnay, it is characteristically crisp, and it offers a remarkably elegant approach to the versatile grape variety. In fact, many people that wouldn’t normally be a fan of Chardo, will confess their love for Chablis. This year, the region has seen
Wine of the Week from O’Briens: Brocard Chablis 2014 Read More »
For the first time in an university in Ireland, students and staff at University College Cork gathered at the iconic Quadrangle as the first harvest of vegetables and herbs from the KSG UCC Farm to Fork programme arrived on campus by traditional tractor and trailer ON Tuesday, 27th September. The Farm to Fork initiative, developed
Northern Ireland is home to a host of unique experiences that cannot be found anywhere else and these feature heavily in TNI’s new Say Hello To More campaign which is designed to encourage residents of the Republic of Ireland to make the trip north for a short break or holiday. TOURISM Northern Ireland (TNI) is inviting
New Say Hello to More Campaign Shows ROI Residents the Unique Side to Northern Ireland Read More »
Beer is at the forefront of the minds of many in October, with Oktoberfest drawing crowds looking to celebrate Germany’s finest. Here in Ireland however, we have an incredible range of craft beers being produced all over the country and Aldi’s Irish Craft Beer Festival is set to celebrate our local brews. Celebrate the best
Aldi Irish Craft Beer Festival Celebrates the Country’s Best Read More »
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