Meal Ticket: Café Joly, The National Library of Ireland, Dublin 2Café Joly is tucked away in a corner room on the ground floor, one of the few rooms not given over to books and recordsMon Nov 16 2015 - 12:00
Select: get a kitchen makeover with Irish food designsIf you care about what you eat and where it comes from, that curiosity and attention to detail might well transfer to what you eat offThu Nov 12 2015 - 12:00
Meal Ticket: Berlin Café & Bierhaus, Dublin 2Berlin is a cafe space that pays homage to the creative city to whom Ireland has lost many an Irish artistMon Nov 09 2015 - 16:00
Meal Ticket: Counter Culture, Dublin 2Much like their downstairs neighbours The Pepper Pot, Counter Culture has located itself on what is essentially a balconySun Nov 08 2015 - 12:00
Select: shake up your cooking with innovative food apps and blogsIf you find yourself making the same meals every week, a recipe app can help you break the mouldThu Nov 05 2015 - 12:00
Meal Ticket: Green Bench Café, Dublin 2This is a compact café; there’s some standing space by the window but mostly the business here is takeawayTue Nov 03 2015 - 14:30
Meal Ticket: Vice Coffee Inc, Dublin 1The Twisted Pepper under renovation so in the meantime, Vice have moved upstairs to the fourth floor of the buildingTue Nov 03 2015 - 14:30
Select: Pop-up restaurants bring posh food to humble settingsThe pop-up trend of the past few years really spoke to those of us who don’t feel entirely comfortable with the pomp of posh restaurantsThu Oct 29 2015 - 12:00
Meal Ticket: Thru the Green, Windy Arbour, Dublin 14Taking inspiration from the Drive Thru coffee shops in Australia, the owners found an old shipping container, painted it white and opened its shuttersMon Oct 26 2015 - 12:00
Meal Ticket: Two Fifty Squared, Rathmines, Dublin 6In the last five years we’ve seen a new wave of coffee culture that has baristas taking their coffee as seriously as a sommelier takes their wineSun Oct 25 2015 - 12:00
Select: Feed on history, news and ideas with food podcastsIt can be hard to switch off the brain while cooking, so when you’re distracted by daily dramas, press play on a food podcastThu Oct 22 2015 - 12:00
Meal Ticket: Urban Grind, GalwayUnderwhelming service but the coffee is brewed with careMon Oct 19 2015 - 12:00
Meal Ticket: Pizza Dozzina at The Twelve Hotel, GalwayPizza Dozzina is the perfect late-night pitstop at the end of a long journeySun Oct 18 2015 - 12:00
Select: a feast for the eyes with Netflix's foodie filmsWant to learn about food but don’t know where to start? Here are a few shows that might open your eyes to the food industry and what makes it tickThu Oct 15 2015 - 12:00
Meal Ticket: Coppa Café in the RHA, Dublin 2Cafés in galleries are emerging as destinations in themselves, most notably Coppa in the Royal Hibernian AcademySun Oct 11 2015 - 13:00
Meal Ticket: Box Burger, Bray, WicklowBox Burger draws you in with the nostalgic exterior of the 160-year-old Railway Building that houses itThu Oct 08 2015 - 16:00
Select: foraging for autumn comfortsAs the leaves change, so too does the colour palette of our base ingredients; the earthy browns of mushrooms and the solid reds of apples all reflect the seasonThu Oct 08 2015 - 13:00
The time is now: How to stop procrastinatingDon’t be a deadline junkie, learn how to stop putting things off and get more doneSun Aug 23 2015 - 10:00
Meal Ticket: Aobaba, Capel Street, Dublin 1A narrow little restaurant, with a colour theme of proud pastel pink and turquoiseTue Jul 07 2015 - 12:00
Meal Ticket: The Lemon Tree, Letterkenny, DonegalAn elegant yet unfussy dining room on the lower end of Letterkenny’s Main StreetMon Jul 06 2015 - 12:00
Meal Ticket: Canteen at the Market, Blackrock, DublinThis little bistro’s aim is to bring smart food into a space that used to house a greasy spoonSun Jul 05 2015 - 00:00
Select: Fishy feasts for sunny daysAs our temperatures tip over 20 degrees our culinary choices can’t help but be affected. For Aoife McElwain, sunshine calls for seafoodThu Jul 02 2015 - 13:00
Meal Ticket: The Tannery, Dungarvan, WaterfordThe Tannery is all about special experiences. Its restaurant boasts a light-filled dining room on the top floor and a relaxed bar on the ground floorMon Jun 29 2015 - 12:00
Meal Ticket: Rua, Castlebar, MayoAnn McMahon opened Café Rua more than a decade ago. She wanted to share her love of uncomplicated food using local, seasonal ingredientsSun Jun 28 2015 - 12:00
Meal Ticket: The Winding Stair, Dublin 1Back on form after losing its way temporarily after half-a-decade as one of the best restaurants in the cityFri Jun 26 2015 - 12:00
Select: foodie books to get your teeth intoGet your teeth into books about food that share war stories of working in a professional kitchen or uncover frightening truths about the food industryThu Jun 25 2015 - 13:00
Meal Ticket: La Cucina, LimerickLa Cucina opened in Castletroy in 2003, and have been dishing out freshly made pizzas, great ciabatta sandwiches and Italian salads ever sinceFri Apr 24 2015 - 11:00
Select: Discover a new place through its foodWhen we think of culinary travelling, we often think of far away lands. But there’s also much to discover on our own island and plenty of people who are willing to show you aroundFri Apr 24 2015 - 05:45
Meal Ticket: Shells Café and Little Shop, SligoThis blue-hued café looks out onto the Sligo shore, and on a sunny day, you can sit outside on their benches and feel like you’re living in a dreamFri Apr 24 2015 - 02:00
Meal Ticket: Harry’s Restaurant, DonegalIf you’re hungry when you arrive in the beautiful Inishowen peninsula, make sure you stop off at Harry’s to eatThu Apr 23 2015 - 19:00
Meal Ticket: Orso Kitchen & Bar, CorkThis small but perfectly formed café brings Persian flavours to Pembroke StFri Apr 17 2015 - 16:30
Meal Ticket: That’s Amore, Co DublinThat’s Amore is one of the most authentic Italian eateries in Dublin and even its endearingly cheesy name can’t take that awayFri Apr 17 2015 - 14:00
Select: Snacks and socislising in the cityIt’s Friday night and you have a dozen social engagements ahead of you - who has the time for a sit-down three-course meal?Fri Apr 17 2015 - 05:45
Meal Ticket: The Oarsman, LeitrimThis Carrick-on-Shannon pub is quietly serving great food and supporting great Irish suppliersThu Apr 16 2015 - 18:00
Movie Bites: Babette’s Blini Demidoff au Caviar‘Babette’s Feast’ is cinema’s ultmate food tribute. Among the culinary delights onscreen are these buckwheat pancakes with sour cream and caviarFri Aug 08 2014 - 00:00
Movie Bites does Chef-inspired Korean BBQ TacosJon Favreau’s latest movie has a stellar support cast including Dustin Hoffman, Sofía Vergara, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johannssen and some awesome foodFri Jul 11 2014 - 00:00
Movie Bites: Miyazaki’s MadeleinesIn his latest film, ‘The Wind Rises’, Japanese animator and director Hayao Miyazaki offers his usual delicious blend of East and West. He’d definitely enjoy these madeleines, made with Japanese green tea powder or matchaFri Jun 13 2014 - 00:00
Movie Bites does X-Men: Days of Future PastAoife McElwain bakes Wolverine cupcakesFri May 16 2014 - 00:00
Movie Bites: Noah’s couscous for two (naturally). Just add waterThe hero of Darren Aronofsky’s biblical epic has been called ‘the first environmentalist’. Here’s a recipe which surely would have floated his boatFri Apr 18 2014 - 00:00
Movie Bites does ‘20 Feet From Stardom’Help yourself to a soulful slice of Preacher’s Daughter Pecan PieFri Mar 14 2014 - 11:00
Movie Bites: True Love Granita inspired by Disney’s FrozenAoife McElwain wells up, then cools down with some slushie heavenThu Feb 13 2014 - 15:59
Who wants techno turkey? Celebrate Thanksgiving with Le Galaxie and Planes, Trains and AutomobilesAs our fingerlicking contribution to The Irish Times Food Month, The Ticket presents our movie night as we cuddle up with Le Galaxie to watch the classic Steve Martin/John Candy comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles.Fri Nov 22 2013 - 11:00
Movie Bites: Fried Green Tomatoes for twoA recipe based on the popular dish served up by Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker at the Whistle Stop CafeFri Jul 26 2013 - 00:00
Movie Bites: bread & butter puddingWithnail & I’s boozy bread & butter puddingFri May 10 2013 - 01:00
Movie bites: Sushi rollsJiro dreams of sushi: Salmon and avocado sushi rolls (makes 12 pieces)Fri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
