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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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FESTIVE CORK ESCAPES THIS CHRISTMAS! www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415... Picture this: No meal planning; no frantic Christmas grocery shop, or wondering how you’re going to get that enormous turkey in the fridge. No washing up… I take a look at some of the best packages around Cork offering just that!

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THE BIG CORK FOODIE GIFT GUIDE 🎁 www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415... I’m back again this year with a fabulous gift guide for the foodie in your life - from sweets, to cakes, cheese, drinks and more, sourced here in Cork or in Ireland - keeping it local! Go on… be a gift ninja!

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XMAS DINNER - FROM FARM TO FORK www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415... I spoke to four of Cork's best producers and asked them to share their favourite recipes for a special Christmas main course using produce from their own farm and food business!

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40 FOR DINNER!🎄 I spoke to Peter Barrett of Dunmore House Hotel about the popular family-run West Cork hotel being named Hotel Restaurant of the Year at the recent Food & Wine Restaurant of the Year Awards, and the traditional Barrett family Christmas! www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-415...

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WoW! BITES CHRISTMAS MAGAZINE! 🎄 There I am, gracing the cover of this years' festive WoW! Bites bumper festive edition for The Echo 🙌 20 pages of festive goodie bits from recipes to gifts & much more! Keep an eye out online over the coming days as I share content across all Flavour socials!

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MORE BLOODY PUDDINGS! @mrssbilton.bsky.social has just released this "Extra Bite" from the Comfortably Hungry podcast episode on Blood Puddings, where I wax lyrical about a blood sausage that is peculiar to Cork - the Drisheen! comfortablyhungry.substack.com/p/black-pudd...

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LOOK BACK: FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING… www.ireland-guide.com/article/hist... For Georgina Campbell, I take a look back at the inaugural Autumn School for Historic Houses of Ireland. I found the idea of ‘slow sustainability’ especially fascinating…

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CORN IS AN IRISH FOOD… Jp McMahon’s An Irish Food Story is a view foods that are part of Irish food culture from potatoes>Findus Crispy Pancakes! I stumbled across my name in the chapter on Corn, referencing a piece written for Scoop Food Mag on corn in Irish food from famine to tacos. Thanks Jp!

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It’s a day for comfort food! Beef & Beamish Stew with homegrown carrot, parsnip & garlic, local beef, and a fair wack of a classic #creamybeamy. Plenty of 🥔. Perfection!

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CHRISTMAS RECIPES! 🎄 You do not want to miss out on these 8️⃣ festive recipes from my kitchen to yours, available in Christmas in West Cork bumper supplement FREE in this week’s Southern Star ⭐️ Simple to make, super delicious and showcasing the best of West Cork seasonal produce. Happy Cookin’!

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PODCAST DROP! I was delighted to be invited by @mrssbilton.bsky.social to discuss my research on blood & black puddings in Ireland for Season 3 of her Comfortably Hungry podcast with @neilbuttery.bsky.social! Hope this inspires you to think differently about one of our oldest foods! #blackpudding

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