"For me and other members of the Guild of Irish Food Writers, it was a deeply moving experience to walk around the city on top of the old walls, past the now peaceful Bogside and the Free Derry Wall."

"I love to make a foragers' salad or a silky foragers' soup from a mixture of wild leaves, flowers and herbs like wild thyme."

With a few basics, you could make a myriad of dishes in a very short time

Freshness is everything with fish

The latest book to arrive on my desk is entitled Agak-Agak (pronounced 'aga-aga'). The author is Sham Hanifa, an award-winning Malaysian chef, businessman and broadcaster who now lives in Carrick on Shannon, County Leitrim

We made a pilgrimage to The Sportsman in Seasalter, Stephen Harris’s pub. His recipe for The Sportman’s Soda Bread is below

Many farmers tell me that they would not no longer be on the land if it wasn’t for the Farmers’ Market movement. Remember farmers are fortunate if they get paid a third of the price on the supermarket shelf and are super lucky if they’re paid within a month.

Jamie Oliver‘s 13-year-old son Buddy's new cookbook takes children on an irresistible adventure

Fruitful is the title of a new cookbook penned by Sarah Johnson, a very personal collection of sweet and savoury seasonal recipes inspired by farms, orchards and gardens

For these, the core ingredient is cut into a wedge and left whole