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WOW! BITES: “People say they taste my jams and are brought back to their childhood” www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-416...

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101 GREAT IRISH RESTAURANTS… www.flipsnack.com/partnerships... Absolutely thrilled to fly the flag for great Irish restaurants again this year for The Business Post / Food & Wine Ireland 101 Great Irish Restaurants for 2025.

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KEEPERS OF THE VALLEY www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar... Hoteliers, Neil & Katy Lucey, 5th gen owners of Gougane Barra Hotel balance legacy & sustainability. I sat with Neil & Katy over warm scones & cups of tea to learn how they are protecting the area they love by putting local food at the heart.

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FORKS AT THE READY... www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar... With Cork on a Fork Fest set to return this summer, I thumb through the incredible programme of events and select some must-see must-do things worth booking early for! #corkonaforkfest

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BALLYMALOE FOOD FESTIVAL 2025… www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar... Ballymaloe Festival of Food (sponsored by Kerrygold) Ballymaloe Grainstore returns to Cork next week with a smorgasbord of big names, activities, and tours. I look ahead to the festival and find out what we can expect… see you there!

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BEHIND THE SCENES AT FOODCLOUD... www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar... Every week, more than 10 tonnes of food are redistributed from @foodcloud.bsky.social Food Hub in Cork to people in need across Munster. I went inside the hub to find out more from FoodCloud Account Manager, Rosie Fuller.

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BACK TO HER ROOTS... www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-416... This month's WoW! Bites features Cork restauranteur, Claire Nash as she opens up to me about calling time on Nash19 in January 2024, and her new venture which sees Claire going back to her roots...

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GOOD FOOD NEWS FOR CORK www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar... Despite challenging times for Cork's casual dining scene, Bakestone opens new Perry Street venue, Sonflour reopens after expansion works to their Castle Street venue & O' Flynns Gourmet Sausages opens new location on Western Road.

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WEST WICKLOW - A FOOD DESTINATION… www.businesspost.ie/arts-living/... In today’s Business Post for Food & Wine, I write about the emerging artisan food scene in West Wicklow that’s all about the landscape + the renaissance of a hospitality gem, Tulfarris Hotel and Golf Resort.

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3 OF THE BEST FOOD EXPERIENCES IN WICKLOW'S GREAT HOUSES www.ireland-guide.com/article/3-of... For Georgina Campbell's Ireland Guide, I write about a recent visit to the stunning Garden of Ireland - Wicklow - & 3 of its Great Houses doing amazing things showcasing the larder of Wicklow food & drink.

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PAUL & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar... Paul O'Connell has returned to Cork after 35 years in the US to set-up Tory Top Cafe & Chocolate Factory on Cork's Marlboro Street.…

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"IT'S NOT ABOUT IMPRESSING NEIGHBOURS OR A GRAND TABLE SETTING..." www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-416... In this month’s WoW! Bites for @echolive.bsky.social I meet potter Anke Barrett and talk about food, family and her work with Michelin star restaurant, Restaurant Chestnut ...

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TURNING FOOD WASTE INTO FUEL & FERTILISER… In the final instalment of my series focusing on sustainable food, I catch up with Fiona Kelleher of MyGug and hear how islanders in Cape Clear and students at MTU are benefiting from their innovative food waste solution. www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar...

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3 MUST-SEE, MUST-EAT STAYCATION SPOTS www.irishexaminer.com/special-repo... Beara Peninsula, Westport & Wicklow are destinations I keep returning to with so much to explore, see & do with great places to stay, characterful pubs, wonderful restaurants & exciting artisan food & drink scenes.

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New series from Leviathan puts spotlight on Cork’s hidden creators… www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar...

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CLONAKILTY’S EFFORT TO WASTE NOT, WANT NOT… www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar... A year on from the establishment of the Waste Not Want Not campaign in Clonakilty, I chat with Abi O’Callaghan Platt and Allison Roberts of VOICE Ireland to find out if the project has been a success.

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Delighted to receive the very lovely news that I have been nominated in this years' Hi Style Villa Maria Women of Vision Awards 2025 in the Media & Communications Maven category 🙌 Thank you Hi Style, and best of luck to all fellow nominees! 🩷

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WHY DOES CORK NEED A FOOD STRATEGY? www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar... Cork Food Policy Council (the only of its kind in Ireland) are developing a Food Strategy for Cork. But why do we need a food strategy; what will it deliver & how?

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WOW! BITES: SELF-MADE CHEF FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO BLARNEY! March’s WoW! Bites : Meet private chef Corrinne Austin of Corrinne's Kitchen, based in Blarney. Corrinne tells me about her lifelong love of food & the influence of her South African heritage on her cooking. www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415...

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COP has lost all relevance… What should the next iteration of global collaboration against impacts of climate change look like - more importantly, do? www.bbc.com/news/article...

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‘We’ve become passive on food... it is killing us’ In the first installment of my new series focusing on sustainable food, I talk to Karen O’Donohoe of Ballymaloe Organic Farm School who says our increasing passivity in our engagement with food is harming our health. www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar...

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THE MAGIC OF BALLYMALOE… I spent a day @ Ballymaloe Organic Farm School learning How to Keep Hens, and after, I got amongst the weeds with Darina Allen & Karen O'Donohoe & asked why a farm school like this needs to exist. www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...

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LOVE & MARRIAGE AT THE ENGLISH MARKET… www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415... Love is well and truly in the air at Cork’s English Market. With so many traders being couples in life, love and business, we might wonder if there is something in the water… 💖

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With cocoa prices increasing by 140% in a year, is it time we looked at chocolate as a luxury item? Benoit Lorge reflects on two decades in the business of chocolate and tells me why 2025 could be the toughest yet for Ireland’s independent chocolatiers. www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...

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YOUR LARDER IS YOUR SUPERPOWER! WoW! Bites I catch up with Orla McAndrew to talk about her debut cookbook, LARDER… www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415...

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CORK SPEARHEADS DRIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar... The Pure Cork Industry Day announced efforts to drive sustainable tourism through focus on reducing food waste, waste distribution & a vehicle for CSR in hopes Cork could become World Gastronomic Capital in 2030.

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FOOD RESET: WASTE LESS, EAT BETTER, SAVE MONEY... www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415... Of the 750,000 tn of food waste generated in Ireland each year, 220,000 tn is generated by households! My final 2025 Reset article advises how making simple changes can waste less food, eat better & save money.

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SOBER CURIOUS? www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415... I look at the Sober Curious & Get Mild movements changing the worn perception of #DryJanuary as bleak + where fun goes to die! I talk to Karen Coakley on a year alcohol free & discovering a new lease of life as the “Accidental Soberista”…

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Join us in 10 days for an online roundtable discussion of our edited volume, Risk on the Table, where historians look at how food and risk cultures have evolved over the past century. Register for the event here: www.paris-iea.fr/en/events/ri.... #foodhistory

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MEET SARAH BUTLER… Sarah Butler joins the @irishexaminer.bsky.social lifestyle team as their newest food writer to pen a new weekly recipe column called “The Family Cook“ which starts this week - free inside Weekend magazine. www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41... #foodsky #foodwriting

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"IT'S THOSE LITTLE DOORS THAT OPEN ALL ALONG THE WAY..." www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415... WoW! Bites for The Echo returns for its fourth year, and I am delighted to feature someone who I have long looked up to - Fallon Moore of Blas Na hEireann, The Irish Food Awards.

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31 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR DIET...WITHOUT GOING ON A DIET! www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415... So, that was Christmas. New Year, New You..? Just 9% of resolutions stay the course, but make 1 simple change every day of Jan & at month’s end you'll be eating, moving & better nourished in 31 simple steps!

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WOMEN’S CHRISTMAS… www.bbc.com/travel/artic... Counties Cork & neighbouring Kerry celebrate Nollaig na mBan, Little Christmas or Women’s Christmas on the Twelfth Night of Christmas, Epiphany. It’s a night for enjoying the final day of the season as women gather to celebrate a Christmas well done.

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RARE RECOGNITION… www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar... As the south Indian-inspired fine dining restaurant, Rare, in Kinsale, is included for the first time in the Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland, I spoke with its delighted chef, Meeran Manzoor: ‘I’m still numb that we made Michelin guide!’

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“MY KICHEN IS ALWAYS OPEN”Alex Petit of Cork’s Trigon Hotels (The Metropole & Cork International) talks about his work behind the scenes in professional hotel kitchens, his commitment to mentoring next-gen chefs, a passion for food & reducing its environmental impact. www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar...

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NEW ONLINE VOUCHERS FOR CORK’S ENGLISH MARKET www.irishexaminer.com/sponsored/ar... Cork’s 235-year-old English Market has gone digital with new online gift vouchers redeemable at over 40 unique stalls in the market, making a gift of Cork’s culinary jewel available to more people than ever before.

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RECIPES : BOOZY FESTIVE DESSERTS! www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415... Swap heavy fruit cakes & plum pudding for 3️⃣ recipes for desserts that are simple yet luxurious and celebrating some lovely seasonal desserts. The bonus is you get to show off a bit with some flambee action at the table!

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FESTIVE SIDEKICKS GET A SPRUCE UP! www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415... The main character gets all the attention, but what are they without their trusty sidekicks? It can’t all be about the turkey and ham! 4️⃣ simple recipes for delicious side dishes making seasonal veggies stars of the show…

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BIG KID CHRISTMAS… Who says Christmas is only for the kids? Families come in all shapes and sizes which means that the traditional vision of Christmas isn’t the reality for many - myself included… [ Click the 🔗 & scroll to page 42 ] tinyurl.com/434m4r6t

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FULLY FESTIVE TIPPLES 🍸 [Click the link + swipe to Pg44 tinyurl.com/434m4r6t ] Slainte! My pick of full festive tipples for this Christmas for the Irish Examiner is a romp around this island with drinks off all kinds to gift or to grace your Christmas table. All 100% taste tested by yours truly!

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CREATING THE PERFECT CHEESEBOARD! 🧀 To assemble the perfect cheeseboard to impress your guests this Christmas, it’s all about product and presentation! www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...

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EXPERT TIPS FOR EFFORTLESS HOSTING Hosting this Christmas? Don’t fret! 4 cookery experts share their top tips for stressless Xmas entertaining! Darina Allen, Finola Crowley, Corrinne Austin & Deirdre Doyle have all the tips you’ll ever want and need! www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415...

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CONSUME WITH CARE THIS CHRISTMAS Climate-conscious festive food is doable, achievable & definitely not about doing without but doing things differently that won’t cost the earth or your pocket. Follow my tips to shop, prep, cook + eat for a climate-conscious Xmas! www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415...

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CHRISTMAS COOK & FOOD BOOKS 📚 www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415... For EchoLive.ie Christmas WoW! Bites Christmas Special, I rounded up the best cookery and food books from Irish authors to gift this season! Happy reading and cooking!

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THE KEEP SENDS VITAL MESSAGE New short film celebrates Sally Ferns Barnes of Woodcock Smokery. The Keep is directorial debut of Italian film makers Federico Conti & Marta Grillo of Be.Polar Studios. I spoke to them, Sally & Aishling Moore for The Echo. www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar...

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