All you need to know about surviving Christmas… from drinkaware.ie
Thu, Dec 22, 2011
For all you need to know about surviving Christmas check out the drinkaware.ie Christmas Survival Guide, packed full of essential tips for lasting the pace this festive season.
Read more ...A safe and happy Christmas with safefood
Thu, Dec 22, 2011
Christmas is a time for enjoying those traditional foods which make the time of year so special. And whether cooking for yourself, your family, or friends and relations, safefood has some tips to help you out this year for the safest, tastiest Christmas.
Read more ...Things that really annoy me
Thu, Dec 22, 2011
There are certain things that I regularly encounter in the world of restaurants which just seem to make no sense, and when I mentioned a few of them to some friends they immediately had several to add, so if anyone is guilty perhaps you might consider the following.
Read more ...Stylish winter cover-ups
Thu, Dec 22, 2011
A great coat is a must this Christmas season to take you from church to friends to family to town. Invest in a gorgeous, timeless, coat to last you for many Christmasses to come.
Read more ...On the wine shelf
Thu, Dec 08, 2011
Jacob’s Creek Reserve Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2007 (Widely available, €12.99)
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GMIT Hotel School to provide gourmet giveaway in aid of Galway Lions Club
Thu, Dec 08, 2011
Hotel school students in the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology have volunteered to prepare, cook, and serve a gourmet dinner for 30 guests which will be auctioned off to the highest bidder during the Galway Lions Club ‘live’ Galway Bay FM auction tomorrow (Friday).
Read more ...Finnerty’s champion craft butchers and Corry’s Loughrea
Thu, Dec 08, 2011
Finnerty’s butchers, which is located on the ground floor of the Eyre Square Shopping Centre and in Oughterard, has just scooped a top award at the All Ireland Craft Butcher Product competitions. It won supreme champion in the sausages and puddings section, quite an achievement when you think that there are about 500 butchers in the association and about 300 in the competition. Nevin Maguire was the main judge at the event so we can assume that the winners were all pretty impressive. I had often passed by the shop but never shopped there, so I decided to call in and try some of the award winning products. The main shop is in Oughterard and it has been supplying locally sourced meat for the last 50 years and supplies many of the main Connemara hotels like the Abbeyglen, Renvyle House, and Cashel House.
Read more ...Your health is your wealth
Thu, Dec 08, 2011
Are you still thinking about what kind of gift you could give to your family members or friends for Christmas? Why not give them a healthy and relaxing gift -- a treatments gift voucher for traditional Chinese medicine?
Traditional Chinese therapies such as acupuncture, acupressure/massage, and herbs, which have been practised for thousands of years in the Orient, have become well known as a medical treatment for pain relief and many other conditions including sinus, headache, frozen shoulder, weight loss, arthritis, IBS, and women’s and men’s health problems. Some of the benefits include immune enhancement, an increase in energy, and an overall feeling of wellbeing. Traditional Chinese medicine and herbal medicine are proven to be among the gentlest therapies and are free of side effects.
Read more ...Going nuts about your diet
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
Nuts can be a healthy addition to everyone’s diet. Although nuts are fairly high in calories, eating some nuts in your diet is associated with reductions in heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
Read more ...Coeliac Society to host gluten-free festive lunch
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
The western branch of the Coeliac Society of Ireland will hold a festive Christmas lunch on Sunday December 12 in The Twelve Hotel, Barna (www.thetwelvehotel.ie).
Read more ...Lunch and lyrics at Ashford Castle
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
Ashford Castle has introduced a new monthly Sunday lunch musical event.
Read more ...The Prom Restaurant, some advice about treats to sample at the McCambridge’s Food Fair, and Woodberry’s wine tasting tonight
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
The Prom Restaurant in the Salthill Hotel brought back some happy memories of my very first experiences of really fine foods.
Read more ...The Prom Restaurant, some advice about treats to sample at the McCambridge’s Food Fair, and Woodberry’s wine tasting tonight
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
The Prom Restaurant in the Salthill Hotel brought back some happy memories of my very first experiences of really fine foods.
Read more ...The Prom Restaurant, some advice about treats to sample at the McCambridge’s Food Fair, and Woodberry’s wine tasting tonight
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
The Prom Restaurant in the Salthill Hotel brought back some happy memories of my very first experiences of really fine foods.
Read more ...McCambridge’s food fair tonight
Thu, Nov 24, 2011
As this is going to be McCambridge’s biggest ever fair, I thought it might be worthwhile to suggest some producers for you to seek out. The problem when visiting a large fair can be, where do you start?
There will be many names you know but some you may not, and they are also ones that I reckon are best in class.
Read more ...Fat Freddy’s, Quay Street, and some wines to seek out
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Fat Freddy’s restaurant has been a long-time member of the Quay Street restaurants, and I thought it would be a good idea to see if it has kept its menu and service ‘fresh up to date’. The menu is mainly pizza with a few alternates like chimichanga (toasted tortilla), enchiladas, quesadillas, and lasagne, various pastas, plus four or five different salads. My dining guest for the evening was my son, who has a big appetite, and he had already decided to have the sticky creole chicken wings for starter; alas that was not to be, none available, perhaps a good sign as the dish is apparently very good.
Read more ...New safefood campaign calls on consumers to make a clean break in the kitchen
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Food safety body safefood has launched an awareness campaign to highlight how germs that cause food poisoning can easily spread in the kitchen.
Read more ...Get a taste of Christmas at Goya’s
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Twenty two years ago Emer Murray had a tasting in The Ardilaun to launch her Christmas goodies, it was a great success so she is using the same formula again.
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