The Menu: Savour Wild & Slow Food Festival

If ever there was a time to visit the Garden County of Wicklow, then it is in early November as woodlands and forest swap summer green for the unspeakably beautiful autumnal palette, one of nature’s finest shows and a most exquisite closing act to the wild food foraging season. 

It is, however, the beginning of the wild game season so perfectly timed for the 2014 Wild & Slow Festival (Nov 8/9), Slow Food Ireland’s biennial celebration of Irish wild game, wild foraged foods and our traditional wild food heritage, all taking place in the delightful Macreddin Village, including myriad Wild Food Stalls at the street market and plenty of educational Wild Foods masterclasses. www.wildandslow.com

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