Feasta Bia food ambassador of the year

Thu, Dec 29, 2011

This award was presented to Cait Curran earlier this month in recognition of her work in producing, training, and supporting local organic foods. Cait Curran has her own stall at the Saturday Galway market and she has been the project manager for Garrai na Oileain, an association promoting organic market gardening in offshore islands. She is also involved in the slow food movement and is editor of Organic Matters, a magazine dedicated to all things organic. The award was presented by Minister for Agriculture Food and Marine Simon Coveney. Feasta Bia is all about local food production and consumption, and through various initiatives it hopes to help increase these areas by 20 per cent over the next few years.

GMIT Hotel School to host first national food forum

Thu, Dec 29, 2011

The Hotel School in GMIT will host the first national Foodie Forum on Thursday February 2. The event will be an interactive one-day experience which will showcase the abundance and variety of excellent local and artisan produce available in Ireland. The event aims to support local food businesses and promote consumer sustainability.

Support local food when holidaying or eating out this New Year

Thu, Dec 29, 2011

Good Food Ireland calls on the Irish public if eating out or holidaying this Christmas to eat in restaurants and stay in hotels that are committed to using Irish food.

Love your tummy this New Year’s

Thu, Dec 29, 2011

With two out of every five adults experiencing symptoms of digestive discomfort at least once a week according to a poll of some 1,000 people conducted by Danone Activia Ireland, a significant proportion of Irish adults could be facing into a festive season of digestive discomfort. In order to help prepare your tummy for the New Year excess, Danone nutritionist Kellie O’Connor has developed a number of top tips for the festive season.

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.

Tasty treats

Thu, Dec 22, 2011

Smoked salmon rolls with cream cheese and red onion

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.

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.

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.

On the wine shelf

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

Jacob’s Creek Reserve Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2007 (Widely available, €12.99)

On the cookery bookshelf

Thu, Dec 08, 2011

Catherine’s Family Kitchen
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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).

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.

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.

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.

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).

Lunch and lyrics at Ashford Castle

Thu, Nov 24, 2011

Ashford Castle has introduced a new monthly Sunday lunch musical event.

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.

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.

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.

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