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Joe McNamee

A former chef, Joe McNamee is Senior Food Writer at the Irish Examiner. Holding a BA in Culinary Arts, he writes about food and reviews restaurants for Weekend.

Meals on wheels: Why casual street dining and food trucks are here to stay

Food trucks have become an intrinsic part of Irish food culture. Joe McNamee on why our love affair with mobile cooking is going nowhere

Sat, 30 Jul, 2022

The Menu: Family-friendly dining, artisan sourdough and the perfect BBQ selection

Plus an adult take on the popular 'slush puppy'

Sat, 30 Jul, 2022

The Menu: The off-grid cabin experience in top-secret locations

Off-grid hospitality at Slow Cabins removes 'the stress of making the choice'

Sat, 23 Jul, 2022

Honeybee flying to Desert Gold Peach Flower

The Menu: Ask the biodiversity experts, buy local Irish honey and enter a photo competition

biodiversityweek.ie has an amateur photography competition with cash prizes of up to €500 for pics of our natural flora and fauna and there is also an ocean photography category

Sun, 15 May, 2022

The Menu: Foraging and cooking like a pro is easy with experts on hand

— and A Bit On The Side condiments are super versatile and delish

Sat, 02 Oct, 2021

The Menu: Savage Sauces from Cork collaborate excellently with seafoods, salads and meats

— and wine tastings, harvest feasts and Spanish Food and Wine Week

Sat, 25 Sep, 2021

Menu: Boutique cocktails, food and cider weekend and oyster season — so much to celebrate

Try a Rhubarb & Sorrel Margarita from Cask cocktail bar, on Cork’s MacCurtain Street

Sat, 04 Sep, 2021

The Menu: Whiskey passports; no-added-sugar granola; and food waste solutions

The Waterford Harvest Festival also returns on September 6

Sat, 28 Aug, 2021

Menu: outdoor dining in Galway, stylish Dublin drinks, and a North Cork getaway

Joe McNamee gives us his roundup of the week's food news

Sat, 17 Jul, 2021

The Menu: Cooking classes and Clonmel-made snacks that are a chip above

Phil Martin's Blanco Niño tortilla chips are nacho average snack

Sat, 10 Jul, 2021