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Food
Clodagh's home farm
Janine Kennedy
Chef Clodagh McKenna has spent decades building a great career in food, but it is building her farm that has given her the most joy, writes Janine Kennedy.
7 August 2024 News
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.
17 July 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.
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
Regina Sexton: ‘food is a way of understanding the human condition’
Myrtle Allen would have been 100 years old this year. One woman looking at the immense impact she had on Irish food is food historian Regina Sexton, who says Myrtle was a catalyst of positive change.
10 July 2024 News
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
Spilling the tea with Maitre D'
Summer is well and truly underway with all of these outdoor food events on the go - your Maitre D' is here with all the goss and more.
26 June 2024 News
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
Meet the chef: ten questions with Aishling Moore
Aishling Moore isn't just a great chef - she is on a mission to encourage more Irish diners to enjoy the bounty of our seas, writes Janine Kennedy.
29 May 2024 News
Raising the steaks - three delicious sauces
Love steak but want to try something different this summer? Here are three recipes for the ‘grillmaster’ in your life to bring a fresh twist to the classic steak, writes Janine Kennedy.
29 May 2024 Recipes
Food editorial: what's your favourite time of day in the summer?
Those early summer mornings and late evenings are perfect for indulging in your favourite Irish foods, writes Janine Kennedy.
29 May 2024 News