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The 2025 SOUPerb Chowder Tour
Six very special chowders, in six very special places.
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Forever Cooks: Marcella Hazan
It's time to make Tomato Sauce 3
Sep 15
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To Market, To Market…
The new Ocras stall in Cork's Marina Market
Sep 11
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Hawthorn Tree
Hawthorn bewitched us with its flower beauty in Spring 2025, and now we enjoy the cardinal red of the haws.
Sep 8
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Restaurant Review: Alaria
Harbour Hotel, Schull, West Cork
Sep 4
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Dublin Restaurants
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Tang, Dublin
Doughnut Economics made Insanely Delicious
Aug 28
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John Wyer and the making of Forêt
Into The Woods
Apr 3
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The Seaweed Stakeholders
Chefs, Harvesters, Products, Educationalists, all using seaweed in Ireland
Mar 17
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Lena, Dublin
A new shining light for Dublin eating in Portobello.
Feb 24
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Sister 7 @ Fidelity Studio
The Spatial Sonic Spa
Feb 20
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Cork
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To Market, To Market…
The new Ocras stall in Cork's Marina Market
Sep 11
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Restaurant Review: Alaria
Harbour Hotel, Schull, West Cork
Sep 4
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Ruari’s Kitchen
Nice
Aug 11
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Summer Substacks: Mannings, West Cork
Tapas y Copas at Mannings Food Emporium
Jul 10
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Capturing the Essence of Ballymaloe House
East Cork was the scene of The Big Bang in Irish hospitality, back in 1964.
Jul 3
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Galway
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The Promise of Pizza
Summer Substacks: Are we there yet? Ireland’s pizza routes
Jun 26
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Summer Substacks: Vaut le detour
The M1 Dublin-Belfast
Jun 12
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Capturing the Essence of Ashford Castle.
Everyone has preconceptions about Ashford Castle, the historic Old Grey Lady of the West. Be prepared to have those preconceptions challenged.
Apr 10
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The Seaweed Stakeholders
Chefs, Harvesters, Products, Educationalists, all using seaweed in Ireland
Mar 17
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Top Irish Food Shops: Gannet HQ
Adrift in Galway
Jan 27
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Recent posts
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Without Wine, Life would be a Mistake – Fion Eile
Paul Gartland and Sinead McCarthy of Phibsborough’s Fion Eile talk wine and life
Sep 1
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Tang, Dublin
Doughnut Economics made Insanely Delicious
Aug 28
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Now You’re Cooking
A new book by Jolene and Lily Mae Cox
Aug 25
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Ethnic Belfast is Hot
The Northern Capital is the place to visit to find echt ethnic cooking.
Aug 21
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Brew Lab Specialty Coffee
Dublin's Coffeeverse
Aug 18
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