Food festivals galore on Leeside

Food festivals on the double

You spend half the year waiting for a food festival on Leeside and then two arrive along in tandem. While The Menu shall be gadding about Fitzgerald’s Park this weekend immersing himself (ie eating like a hound) in the wonders of the Irish Examiner Food Festival. He’ll nonetheless be keeping a weather eye on the waistline, the better to fit into the tux for the Titanic Ball in aid of Cope Foundation, a mere six days later, in Cork City Hall on Friday, Jul 27, the highlight of Cork Food Week, yet another celebration of Cork’s culinary magnificence. But with Cork’s finest restaurants all cooking a dish for the banquet, The Menu will most probably be in the market for a cummerband before the night is out. www.corkfoodweek.com

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