Cork Free Choice Consumer Group: Fruit, the best to buy. Alan Sloane, organic fruit importer will tell us about the best fresh and dried fruits available during the Christmas season and also throughout the year.

Recipe for Mushroom a la Crème

Serves 4-6

These nutritious biscuits keep very well in a tin.

CRUMBLY, delicate and glistening with golden sugar, these easy slice-and-bake cookies will quickly become one of your favourite standbys.

Ingredients:

Recipe for Fig and Almond Cake.

BurrenLIFE: Farming for conservation in the Burren.

This is one of the glories of Moroccan confectionery, great for a party. Individual ‘snakes’ can be made with a single sheet of filo.