Joe McNamee's annual Food Awards 2013

Weekend food columnist Joe McNamee highlights the best Irish produce each week in The Menu.

Here, he showcases the very best of 2013 with his inaugural foodie awards

YULETIDE is when The Menu’s admirable year-round commitment to indulgence is taken up with gusto by the rest of the nation. Naturally, those same Johnny-and-Joan-come-latelies will be not quite up to speed on what constitutes the very finest of fine Irish produce to feed this fashion for epicurean excess, so The Menu is delighted to share some of his own choices (including lovely seasonal craft beers), much of it fare that graces his stately banqueting hall the year round.