The menu: Mouth-watering Macroom

This year’s Macroom Food Festival (Sept 23-25) sets out under the thematic heading of ‘Blás na hÁite’, which is as it should be for the lovely Cork town and its glorious hinterland, heaving with some very fine producers, farmers, and growers, many of them great favourites of The Menu. 

Events include a Real Bread Ireland demo of the ongoing Sourdough September campaign with chef/baker Eoin Jenkinson of Left Bank, in Kilkenny; Jack Buckley, of The Castle in Macroom; and The Menu there to chivvy things along and hoover up any spare crusts.

A trio of superb Cork roasters — Golden Bean, Badger & Dodo, and West Cork Coffee, gather for a cupping session, and a local cheese expo features the legendary Coolea Cheese, Sunview Goat’s Cheese, and Toonsbridge Dairy.