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

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

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

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

The Waterford Harvest Festival also returns on September 6

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

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

Moongate Irish Gin features 18 botanicals — one for every hole on the Mount Juliet Estate course

— and a summer picnic lunch from the English Market is such a treat

— and a Blue Book and crisps collaboration is a tasty combo