Bougie picnic: Up your al fresco game with quality bites and minimal fuss
Colourfully arrange platters in minutes mixing breads, crackers, cheeses, fruit and vegetables
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Interviews, travel, recipes, fashion, gardening, advice columns, and more from the Irish Times Magazine supplement
Baba’de restaurant review: You won’t eat like this anywhere else in Ireland
Expect rogue dishes at ridiculously reasonable prices at this casual restaurant in Baltimore
The best restaurants around Ireland for a long, leisurely lunch
From modern Irish cooking to Asian fusion, here are the best spots for a lovely lunch
Ten great food trucks and restaurant pop-ups around Ireland
The tastiest moveable feasts this summer, from mushroom fillet rolls in Potobello to seafood spice boxes in Ballycotton
Ten days in Mexico: ‘Is it dangerous, everyone wants to know’
From mariachi dance parties to traditional trajinera boats, Frida Kahlo’s house and ‘kisses’ of mescal, Mexico is a swirl of joyous activity
Yes, I’m a grump, but I don’t get all the fuss about barbecues
You have to sit there and munch on your insect-laced burger and declare it to be delicious to stroke the ego of a man who barely knows how to switch on a kettle
Is it worth investing in fine wine?
How to Drink Better: As with any investment, you need to understand the market
How can I protect my garden from drought?
Weather extremes are becoming increasingly common, creating challenging growing conditions for garden plants
Death Cafes: ‘It’s a privilege to talk about death and dying with people, because you learn a lot about living’
A network of Death Cafes have sprung up around the country, offering people a place to talk about life and death over tea and cake
I’ve met a wonderful man – but he’s starting to give me the ‘ick’
Ask Roe: Should I accept that no one is perfect, or keep looking?
The struggles and charms of variegated gardening
I belong firmly to that judgmental minority for whom variegated plants rarely get through the garden gate
FeliSpeaks: Life as a ‘black, Irish, queer culchie’
Felicia Olusanya, aka FeliSpeaks, has created a show with thisispopbaby for the Dublin Fringe, exploring what it is like to grow up as a ‘queer black Irish midlands culchie’
The old dear made a seating plan for her own funeral. She didn’t want ugly people in the first three pews
It’s the morning of Fionnuala’s funeral and the gaff is a scene of chaos
Two easy lamb and cod dishes transformed by quick flavoursome sauces
Very simple ingredients can be elevated to restaurant standard with handy professional flourishes
An easy guide to the best Languedoc reds
John Wilson: One general rule is that mountainous terrain further from the sea produces more interesting wines
‘I saw a lot of graphic content’: Meet the Gen-Zers who are switching off their smartphones
It’s not easy to live in the modern world without a smartphone or social media, but a growing number of young people are actively choosing to reduce the time they spend on them
Steamed cod with asparagus and vinegar butter
A trick here is the vinegar butter – a version of the classic beurre blanc
Roast lamb rump with jus gras, peas and mint
The cut is slightly tougher in texture than the more commonplace leg or loin, but repays you in flavour
Always on your phone? Five ways to reduce your screentime
Setting time limits on certain apps is a good place to start
‘Moving home to Ireland was the best thing I ever did, but I’ll always have this love of Denmark’
By selling out and taking on capitalistic values of the UK and US, we’re in danger of selling our birthright
Dr Sam Bunting: ‘By 40, your skin has half the energy it had at 20. It can’t respond the same way’
Skincare brand owner and dermatologist reveals the beauty of a pared-back routine, and her hero skin ingredient
Nothing really terrible can happen to you while having a little sit-down. With a biscuit
Work, especially if you love what you do, will be stressful. It will challenge your abilities daily. At least let me do it in a chair with a good back
The Counter Deli review: Reliable sausage rolls, sandwiches and gourmet specialty foods
A smart pit stop for toasties, charcuterie and pantry treats, but not everything hits the mark
From distorted GAA jerseys to retro football shirts: Robyn Lynch’s new collection at Brown Thomas
Collection includes cotton T-shirts, caps and beanies at ‘price points that are accessible’
The Lady Helen at Mount Juliet: It’s no secret this restaurant is chasing a second Michelin star
A tasting menu can go two ways. Get it right and the plates glide; get it wrong and it drags like a bad wedding speech
Ten great places for coffee, lunch and sweet treats
From ‘daycent’ coffee in the city to a sandwich by the sea or fresh pizza in beautiful garden surroundings
Are leggings over? Fitness fashion loosens up for summer
Layering and mixing silhouettes offers breathability, flexibility and versatility
Riona O Connor: ‘I was counting points on Weight Watchers when I was 15’
The comedian on warped beauty standards, shedding toxic diet-culture messaging of the 1990s, and the benefits of exposure therapy
‘My friend’s affair with a married man is destroying our friendship’
Ask Roe: ‘I miss our friendship but I’m also struggling with my own values’
Imagine lying on your death bed and thinking - I’ve had a good run. I went to a lot of meetings
Most meetings are, at best, a waste of the working day, and at worst, an egregious, soul-sucking waste of life itself
My dahlias are struggling this summer - what can I do to rescue them?
The plants are growing in good, rich soil in a nice sunny spot in the garden where they’ve always done well before now
In Sicily, I keep a promise I made to myself decades ago
On the volcanic island of Stromboli, all eyes are drawn to its high crater and the promise contained in the puffs of smoke and sulphur on the wind
How long can I keep a bottle of wine after opening it?
How to Drink Better: It’s worth remembering that wine starts to oxidise as soon as it comes into contact with air
A roll call of stars - including Joy Larkcom-Pollard and Monty Don - to feature at hugely popular Carlow Garden Festival
Now in its 23rd year, the festival has become a joyful celebration, and this year’s roll call of home-grown and international names is testament to its flowering
Kerry’s secrets: I thought I knew everything the Kingdom had to offer. I was wrong
Cathedral Rocks is an awe-inducing feat of nature on Inishnabro, one of the Blasket islands, while Ballygarry Estate outside Tralee is the perfect base to explore from
Summer bodies: Your body is not a ‘before’. It’s not a problem to be solved
Summer is an uncomfortable season for many, where the freedom to bare skin is tangled up with the weight of shame and expectation, but things can be different
I get this sudden flashback to when I was six or seven and I’d hold the wheel steady for the old dear while she drove home, half-cut
Ross and Honor dress up the visitors’ room to take the old dear to her favourite restaurant for a bloody Mary with an extra shot
Two flexible time-saving dishes with big flavours you can eat any time
A salmon bowl and chicken broth will both manage to stay light while packing in taste
Hot and sour chicken and sweetcorn broth with egg and noodles
This dish is specifically designed for using up a leftover roasted chicken
Sesame and miso baked salmon bowl with peanut and carrot coleslaw
This dish presents common ingredients in a different way
‘As an Irish person with an English accent in Ireland, you have to sit there and take it’
The author’s show Am I Irish Yet? explores the experiences of a second-generation London-Irish person trying to fit in in small-town Ireland
The best fake tan products for a summer glow
Simone Gannon share the tanning staples she keeps coming back to, and what they say about how we use fake tan in 2025
Brianna Parkins: People who get up early in the morning for no reason are a menace to society
Getting up and journaling at 6am is seen as self-discipline, but writing things in a diary at 2am is a cry for help
Delhi2Dublin at Priory Market review: Indian fast food that hits the spot
From samosas to kebab platters, this family-run stall has found its forever home in Tallaght
Comet review: Is this Ireland’s next Michelin star restaurant in the making?
Make sure you have the pommes boulangère – potato cooked to French and Irish buttery perfection
The best restaurants around Ireland worth travelling to
Sensational sea views or a Michelin-starred stone-wall cottage? These places offer something more than just great food
Dublin photographer Sarah Doyle: ‘I am more interested in style than fashion’
Doyle has photographed everyone from CMAT to Michael D Higgins. This fashion shoot, with Dublin stylist Eoin Gavin, is a joint personal project rather than a commercial one
From Marseilles to Genoa: seven days in the lap of luxury on a Mediterranean cruise
Ditch any notions of a stuffy, floating retirement home: the joy of a cruise is the chance to sample many cities in style
Why the weight of your wine bottle is important
How to Drink Better: The biggest contributor to a wine’s carbon footprint is the glass bottle containing it
‘You just felt it all through your body’: Derry carers find their rhythm with Japanese taiko drums
A group of women carers come together for fun, a new focus and even improved mental wellbeing through this centuries-old Japanese art form
My beech hedge looks brown and tatty. Is it past the point of rescue?
The unseasonably warm, dry weather in late spring put young hedges and trees under stress
Living with endometriosis, a disease so horrible and painful, it has upended my life
Endometriosis is as common as diabetes and asthma, yet in Ireland it takes eight to 10 years to get diagnosed on average. It took me 28 years
Irish people are great with words but we’re terrible communicators
If an Irish person invites you over, you know to wait until they’ve reissued the invitation at least twice
‘I’m the only single one in my friend group and I feel overlooked and taken for granted’
Ask Roe: Ask Roe: How do I navigate changing relationships with my friends who have partners, exes and kids?
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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