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Food
Budget 2025 a severe disappointment for hospitality workers
Janine Kennedy
With no sign of a reduction in the 13.5% VAT rate for hospitality, we may see a further 1,000 businesses close in the coming months, writes Janine Kennedy.
2 October 2024 News
Blas na hÉireann: if you’re not in it, you can’t win it
When it comes to the annual food awards, it pays to take part, writes Janine Kennedy.
4 September 2024 News
Break the Cycle: farmers and hospitality workers face similar struggles
The past few years have been difficult for small food producers and business owners – here is how some have found ways to cope, writes Janine Kennedy.
Melissa McCabe is cooking up winning plates on the BBC and on the street
Melissa McCabe has forged her own path cooking Irish food, whether on the BBC’s Great British Menu or through her community events – now, she is ready for a new adventure, writes Janine Kennedy.
7 August 2024 News
This Palestinian chef is using food for good in Cork
Eman and Izzeddeen Alkarajeh offer home-cooked foods and relaxed hospitality in their cosy Cork eatery, but their hearts are with their friends and family in Palestine, writes Janine Kennedy.
17 July 2024 News
Neven Maguire: two ways with lovely Irish lamb
Celebrating the incoming lamb season with these two flavourful recipes, writes Neven Maguire.
10 July 2024 Neven
Pulse of the nation: should Ireland be growing more legumes?
Pulses like lentils, chickpeas, fava beans and peas are highly nutritious and a climate-friendly crop, so why aren't we growing more of them in Ireland? Janine Kennedy investigates.
3 July 2024 News
It's all down to dad: Irish businesses who are keeping things in the family
Celebrating Father’s Day, three Irish businesses who are keeping it in the family talk about following in their father’s footsteps, writes Janine Kennedy and Ciara Leahy
12 June 2024 Features
Spilling the tea with Maitre D'
What is the cost of recognition for rural Irish food businesses? And can something be too well made? Maitre D' shares her thoughts.
29 May 2024 News
Cream of the crop: make 2024 the summer of Irish artisan cheese
This summer, let them eat cheese with these recipes from the Irish Country Living Food test kitchen. Photographer: Philip Doyle
29 May 2024 Recipes
From soil to seed: is rapeseed the Irish equivalent to extra virgin olive oil?
As GPs and dieticians encourage the consumption of more "good fats" in our diet, Irish rapeseed oil is rankly highly, writes Janine Kennedy.
22 May 2024 News
Our daily bread: should Ireland grow more grain for human consumption?
With overall tillage area declining and changing weather patterns affecting crops, many believe we should be focusing on becoming self-sufficient in producing milling grain, writes Janine Kennedy.
15 May 2024 News