Welcome to December’s Food and Drink Club newsletterIt’s (almost) Christmas and we’re baking, shopping, and looking forward to a wonderful celebrationFri Dec 09 2022 - 04:00
These are the tastiest Christmas crackers you’ll find, and they’re full of good thingsShelf Help: Cranberries, black olives, sesame and hemp seeds give these handmade crackers the edgeTue Dec 06 2022 - 06:00
Winner revealed of The K Club/Irish Times Food Month amateur wine champion competitionThe prize, worth about €10k, includes trip to Bordeaux for two people, and chance to accompany K Club’s head sommelier to professional wine-tasting eventTue Nov 29 2022 - 14:42
First Look: Last minute name change for new D’Olier Street restaurant‘We knew we could do something really nice here’: 1891 landmark building ready for high-end fine dining with new eateryTue Nov 29 2022 - 11:42
This handy ready-to-use pastry will be the star of your Christmas bakingShelf Help: Mince pie season is just around the corner, so it might be handy to stock up on this premium product nowTue Nov 29 2022 - 06:00
Kristin Jensen of Blasta Books: ‘I always said that if I ever won the Lotto, I’d start my own publishing house’‘To have all my authors together to celebrate the books we’ve made is a dinner party dream come true’Sat Nov 26 2022 - 05:00
Ireland’s Instagram foodies: Meet the new celebrity chefsWith hundreds of thousands of followers, and a string of viral recipes to their names, these are the new celebrity chefsSat Nov 26 2022 - 05:00
Foods we loved but had almost forgotten: Stork, Princes Beef Paste and Fray Bentos piesNostalgic shopping trip revealed plenty of old-school favourites nestled in among sriracha sauce, tofu and oat milkSat Nov 26 2022 - 05:00
All restaurant tips go to staff, and food start-ups get support: Is this the way forward?Veteran restaurateur Alan O’Reilly leads the way on new tipping legislation, and Fable Bakery gets a three-year jump on its plan to open in Dublin city centreThu Nov 24 2022 - 12:59
Is it a dressing, a dip or a sauce? It’s all three, and it’s deliciousShelf Help: This supermarket product made by a well-regarded chef is part of a new range of useful things that will make your kitchen life easierTue Nov 22 2022 - 05:00
The best pizza base you’ll find on a supermarket shelfShelf Help: They can be frozen and leftovers reheat brilliantly in an air fryerTue Nov 15 2022 - 05:00
The couple behind the Galway restaurant most hotly tipped for a Michelin star‘We all sit down for breakfast and lunch ... I want to get to know the people who work with me’Sat Nov 12 2022 - 06:15
Welcome to November’s Food and Drink Club newsletterIt’s Food Month at The Irish Times ... and we are celebratingFri Nov 11 2022 - 04:00
First Look: Hyde, a four-storey, multimillion-euro restaurant and bar complex off Grafton StreetThe central Dublin venue is set to hold up to 600 customers at its cafe-bar, cocktail bar and restaurantsWed Nov 09 2022 - 10:05
These puddings are great added to salads or used to make sausage rollsShelf Help: Pork puds are already cooked so just need to be heated by grilling or pan fryingTue Nov 08 2022 - 05:00
Hawksmoor restaurant lease is Ireland’s ‘biggest food and beverage deal of the year’Upmarket UK steakhouse chain plans to open its 12th restaurant in Dublin city centre in spring 2023Wed Nov 02 2022 - 13:05
A jar of this magical stuff will transform your lunches, and dinners, and breakfast tooShelf Help: Not just mayo, it’s smoked onion mayo and it’s deliciousTue Nov 01 2022 - 04:15
Meet the new Irish Times cookery columnist Gráinne O’KeefeA detour on the way home during lockdown led to romance and a new restaurant venture for the talented chef-patron of Mae in Ballsbridge, who starts her new recipe column in the Magazine this weekendSat Oct 29 2022 - 06:15
Food Month at The Irish Times celebrates 10 yearsSink your teeth into a November crammed with food news and features along with our lively programme of reader events and competitionsSat Oct 29 2022 - 06:00
Events, competitions, dinners and discussions: Join us to celebrate 10 years of Food Month at The Irish TimesWe are delighted to welcome chef and restaurateur Gráinne O’Keefe to The Irish Times Magazine food team with her new weekly recipe columnSat Oct 29 2022 - 05:00
Food waste, sustainability and vegetarianism are dominant themes with top young chefsNorway dominates S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy regional final contested by three Irish representativesThu Oct 27 2022 - 17:17
Shelf Help: These snacks are dairy free, wheat free, vegan and deliciousShelf Help: Supernature organic bars were born out of a mother’s necessity to create something that would not trigger her daughter’s eczemaTue Oct 25 2022 - 05:00
Three finalists from Ireland at global young chef competition Five-hour cooking session followed by 15 minute presentation to judges at Copenhagen Hotel & Restaurant SchoolMon Oct 24 2022 - 05:50
Shelf Help: With this can you’re buying coconut milk, not waterAlways check the labels on tins of coconut milk, the results can be surprisingTue Oct 18 2022 - 05:00
Fresh pasta, cooked and on the table in just four minutesShelf Help: These stuffed pasta parcels will make a tasty meal straight from your freezer to your plateTue Oct 11 2022 - 05:00
Jamie Oliver: ‘When I’m in Ireland, I feel at home’The food entrepreneur on his new Dublin restaurant, the ‘bad divorce’ of Brexit and how Covid has affected both his business and his familySat Oct 08 2022 - 06:00
First Look: Inside Chequer Lane, Jamie Oliver’s new Dublin city centre restaurantThe TV chef’s second Dublin restaurant, which puts an emphasis on seasonal Irish ingredients, opens on Tuesday, October 11thFri Oct 07 2022 - 05:00
This good value extra virgin olive oil will transform your cookingShelf Help: A bargain buy from Aldi that really impresses meTue Oct 04 2022 - 05:00
How does the world like its steak? Irish, pleaseWorld Steak Challenge: With 15 gold medals, Irish producers and processors outperformed entries from more than 20 other countriesWed Sept 28 2022 - 21:00
Bananas, chocolate and zero waste. What’s not to like?Shelf Help: Bananitas, made in Dublin by Cream of the Crop, using Fyffes fruit and 70%-cacao chocolate, get top marks for sustainabilityTue Sept 27 2022 - 05:00
Revealed: Ireland’s best young chef 2022Challenging eight-month selection process culminates in three-hour cook offSun Sept 25 2022 - 22:44
Tinned tomatoes are not all created equal, these ones are specialTinned tomatoes are not all created equal, these ones are specialSat Sept 17 2022 - 05:00
Shelf Help is our new column on delicious things to put in your shopping basket. To kick off, a vegan ready meal grown at UCDRevolution Chilli is made with oyster mushrooms grown in old coffee grounds, then beautifully spiced. You can also return the jar for some money backWed Sept 14 2022 - 13:53
He turned a pandemic passion for breadmaking into a thriving home bakeryGerry Godley dived in to breadmaking during Covid, rediscovering a passion that has changed his lifeSat Sept 10 2022 - 06:00
First Look: Inside the new Irish restaurant that’s aiming for two Michelin stars even before it opensTerre, the new restaurant at the five-star Castlemartyr Resort, aims to bring guests on a ‘culinary journey’Fri Sept 09 2022 - 05:00
Welcome to September’s Food & Drink Club newsletterWant to be first through the doors of new Blackrock restaurant Big Mike’s? Get tickets here for a VIP eventFri Sept 09 2022 - 04:00
Graham Herterich: ‘I’m nervous about stepping out from behind The Cupcake Bloke’Graham Herterich’s career has taken him from trainee priest to baker and now author of a delicious cookbook, BakeSat Sept 03 2022 - 05:00
Food File: Table for two at top Dublin restaurants in aid of a good causeInitiative to help suicide charity, plus a new food festival is coming to CorkSun Aug 14 2022 - 05:00
Welcome to August’s Food and Drink Club newsletterWin tickets to The Big Grill Festival, this weekend’s must-see celebration of cooking over fireFri Aug 12 2022 - 04:00
Big Grill Festival: Dublin 4 is about to go up in smoke, here’s whyAll you need to know about the four-day celebration of barbecue at Herbert Park this weekendThu Aug 11 2022 - 05:00
Food File: Tasty tomato festival, back to school with a MA in gastronomy and a mushroom huntOne-year full-time course at TUD, food events in Kilkenny and DublinSun Aug 07 2022 - 05:00
Sabrina Ghayour’s new cookbook is all about serving up delicious dishes in minutes Persian/British food writer channelled her new parental and familial role into writing her latest cookbookSat Aug 06 2022 - 06:02
Great Taste Awards 2022: How did Ireland perform?These are the Irish products that earned a coveted three stars from among more than 14,000 entries overall, including food and drink from 110 countriesTue Aug 02 2022 - 11:27
Food File: The weekly food news round-upNovel recipes from Ixta Belfrage, learning about fish in Howth, and some high-class chocolate ideas for summerSun Jul 24 2022 - 06:00
Fine dining events: What’s coming up this summer? Food File: Pop-up plant-focused meals, champagne evenings and rosé tasting temptationsSun Jul 17 2022 - 06:00
How the pandemic helped Eva Pau turn her family’s Asia Market business into an online triumphWebsite went from offering 350 items to more than 4,000 products that can be delivered anywhere in IrelandSat Jul 16 2022 - 12:11
Food File: The weekly food news round-upIntense demand for innovative tacos, a cookery book dedicated to sweet treats and tree-ripened olivesSun Jul 10 2022 - 06:00
Welcome to July’s Irish Times Food & Drink Club DigestSummer holiday food to savour, prizes to be won and food and drink writing to dip intoFri Jul 08 2022 - 05:00
Family affair in Connemara as Little Fish food truck parks upFood File: Paul Flynn’s Food Truck Favourites on RTÉ; Paradiso Chef Denis Cotter’s pop-up dinner in DundrumSun Jul 03 2022 - 06:00
Sample a feast of Middle Eastern authenticity from Tramore-based coupleFood File: Ballyhoura Mountain Mushrooms’ scientific background and an agri-tourism initiative in the southeastSun Jun 26 2022 - 06:00
