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Restaurant review: Fawn
Noble Rotty treats in Oranmore, Co Galway
Nov 6 • 
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The Paradox of The Burren
The Lessons of the Landscape
Nov 3 • 
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Pica, Belfast
A perfect place to celebrate Day of the Dead
Oct 30 • 
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So-Doh! Sourdough
Baking the world a better place
Oct 27 • 
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Within the Village
The wild spirit of south Connemara, distilled and perfected.
Oct 23 • 
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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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Restaurant review: Fawn
Noble Rotty treats in Oranmore, Co Galway
Nov 6 • 
John and Sally McKenna
So-Doh! Sourdough
Baking the world a better place
Oct 27 • 
John and Sally McKenna
Within the Village
The wild spirit of south Connemara, distilled and perfected.
Oct 23 • 
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10 Years of Food on the Edge
Food for the Soul
Oct 20 • 
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The Promise of Pizza
Summer Substacks: Are we there yet? Ireland’s pizza routes
Jun 26 • 
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Recent posts

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10 Years of Food on the Edge
Food for the Soul
Oct 20 • 
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SINK Ceramics
The life of a ceramic vessel
Oct 16 • 
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24 Hours in Belfast
Whilst writers and critics seek out the novel and the unconventional, most everyone else seeks the familiar and the comfortable.
Oct 13 • 
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Restaurant Review: 505, Dingle
The restaurant lovers’ restaurant.
Oct 9 • 
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Hang Dai
Camden Street's Perpetual Present
Oct 6 • 
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