“Since the beginning of time, food has always meant the gathering of the clan, loved ones chopping, stirring, kneading together, and that second most intimate of acts, feeding each other, for food is not so much about cooking as it is about love and sharing.” Loving the recent addition to Huffington Post, the HuffPost Food [...]

Ever had such surly service that you’re afraid to complain? Recently, I went with my amazing aunt Julie, over from London for the weekend, for a few drinks and a bite to eat in a south Dublin pub. As soon as I decided to have a drink and leave the car parked overnight, we both [...]

Best Food/Drink Blog – Sponsored by Bord Bia Ice Cream Ireland The Beer Nut The Daily Spud The Grapes of Sloth The Good Mood Food Blog We didn’t make the list, but it was great to be nominated and short-listed, and as usual the finalists are of a very high quality and feature some of [...]

In today’s Pricewatch, Conor Pope has a very useful article on buying Irish products in the supermarkets. He points out that it’s not always clear if a product has been produced in Ireland. A chicken breast from thousands of miles away can be labeled as Irish because the breadcrumb coating is applied here, while products [...]

The Irish Blog Awards for 2010 are open for nominations, you can pick your favourite blogs on their website now. The Irish Blog Awards are a great initiative, in that they’re open to votes from the public, and don’t charge exorbitant amounts to enter or flog massively overpriced tickets for the awards show itself, like [...]

Our favourite wine blogger Lar Veale has started a new weekly column in the Sunday Tribune – check it out for great recommendations for affordable wines. He also suggests food pairings: handy! Lar blogs about wine at SourGrapes.ie

Conor Pope tackles the subjects of diets today: a timely one, as this is the key time of the year for the diet industry, who will be hoping that we’re all looking for quick ways to shift some of that Christmas weight.  It’s a really good piece and cuts to the heart of the problem [...]

An interesting new website, fatcheese.ie, is up and running, and it’s well worth signing up to. The site began in the UK and has successfully made the transition to Ireland. Here’s how it works: every time you shop online through the site, Fatcheese receives a commission from one of the hundreds of participating retailers. Fatcheese [...]

The Guardian Food and Mouth Blog has the most rigorous article on roast potatoes that I’ve seen anywhere: they try four different recipes with three different varieties of potatoes, resulting in twelve different types of roast potato.  You really have to respect that level of commitment to spuds. They try recipes by Delia Smith, Nigella [...]

In today’s Pricewatch column, Conor Pope tastes four varieties of Christmas pudding, and gives the highest rating to Aldi’s Specially Selected version.  This is handy to know, as I will need to get a small Christmas pudding for our Christmas dinner, but have no intention of tasting it myself.  I’m really not a fan of [...]