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Joe Gill: Heritage can play big role in shaping food sector’s future

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Joe Gill: Heritage can play big role in shaping food sector’s future

  Over the past week, a food festival took place in Cork to launch the Old Butter Roads Food Trail.      The idea is to use the traditional butter roads that led to Cork City via Kanturk, Macroom, Mallow, and Mitchelstown as reference points for high-quality locally produced food and beverages. A series of events are planned during this summer to help promote food and local eateries for tourists and Irish people alike. Presumably social media will be employed to drive the initiative and give it oxygen as it evolves. This idea is a useful reminder of the role...

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10 Incredibly Delicious Longueville House Cider Cocktails That Taste Like Summer in a Glass!

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10 Incredibly Delicious Longueville House Cider Cocktails That Taste Like Summer in a Glass!

Impress your guests with these unique and easy-to-prepare cocktails, all of which feature one of the season’s signature ingredients.... Longueville House Cider! 'Tis the season for Longueville House Cider. Gallons of the stuff are popping up at farmers markets, grocery stores, off licences and summer festivals. And with a few simple ingredients, you can transform this classic summer drink into a real treat. From a smoke and spice cider with jalapeno to a warm spiked cider tea, check out the 10 distinctive Longueville House Cider Cocktail recipes below. Cheers!   You can buy pre-made bottles of simple syrup at the...

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Visit Longueville House Beverages & Taste Cork at IFE 19-22 March 2017, ExCeL London

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Visit Longueville House Beverages & Taste Cork at IFE 19-22 March 2017, ExCeL London

Visit Taste Cork at IFE19-22 March 2017, ExCeL London Stand Number N2802 Taste Cork are thrilled to be bringing eleven food and drink companies to next week's IFE 2017, ExCeL London. IFE 2017 is the UK's biggest and most important food & drink trade show, having attracted in previous years up to 29,000 attendees from 108 countries, with over 1,350 exhibiting companies. This show creates a fantastic platform for Taste Cork to showcase the region's vibrant and unique food sector, and will provide exhibiting producers with invaluable exposure to both UK and International buyers. Visitors Register Online HERE The companies exhibiting at this year's Taste Cork stand are:   Mella's FudgeBased in...

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10 Must-Try Menu Items in Ireland and Northern Ireland

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10 Must-Try Menu Items in Ireland and Northern Ireland

10 Must-Try Menu Items in Ireland and Northern Ireland The Emerald Isle has long had the raw ingredients for world-class cuisine and top-notch drinks. Diners enjoy a meal at an outdoor cafe on Pottinger's Entry, one of the historic, narrow passageways in Belfast, Northern Ireland. PHOTOGRAPH BY IAN DAGNALL COMMERCIAL COLLECTION, ALAMY STOCK PHOTO By Kathleen M. Mangan Good food starts with good ingredients, so it was only natural for an artisan food movement to launch in Ireland. The island has always been home to excellent raw ingredients and communities with traditional skills like bread making and butchering, says Darina...

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Upcoming festivals 2017

Upcoming festivals 2017

Following the an entire month of sheer indulgence in December, where every tea break is celebrated with a mince pie, though it isn’t long before the hunger pangs kick in again and 2017’s food and drink events scene comes to life. Summer has always been peak events season, and rain, sun, or snow (it has happened) you can fill your weekends criss-crossing the country to make the most of foodie favourites like Ballymaloe LitFest, Taste of Dublin and The Irish G&T Fest. The festival fever doesn’t come close to cooling down going into Autumn, in fact September is the busiest...

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