Special grá for West Waterford Festival of Food
The Menu retains an especial grá for the West Waterford Festival of Food (April 10-13) — after all, the inaugural opening lines of the very first edition of this column some years hence were a paean to the joys of culinary cavorting in delightful Dungarvan in springtime, a town so beloved of The Menu, the bells and whistles of some of the bigger events around the country are rendered redundant. Alongside this year’s demo tribute to Myrtle Allen, featuring Micheal Quinn, Rachel Allen and Eunice Power, The Menu is looking forward to: a collaborative meal by the splendid Louise Clarke’s Nude and the very wonderful Highbank Orchard’s organic apples and associated produce; Galway’s Aniar posse fetching up to recreate their micro-local magic in the South-East; chomping and chuckling at the Dungarvan Brewing Company’s Comedy Grub Club Winner Winner Chicken Dinner, with Joe Rooney and Danny Dowling tickling funny bones while the audience sup on DBC’s fine ales and nibble on hot snacks. The Travelling Cookery School at The Tannery Cookery School features the ever-splendid Carmel Somers of Good Things Café in Durrus and Lynda Booth of the Dublin Cookery School. Chockfull of child-friendly events, The Menu’s weekend inevitably culminates in the great jamboree on the town square that is the open-air food market. www.westwaterfordfestivaloffood.com
