The Menu: Food news with Joe McNamee

The Menu and his progeny have been burning the midnight oil in a flurry of green-tinged preparations for Lá Féile Pádraig and while the dye may have already run from his emerald-green undershorts, his smorgasbord of fine Irish foodstuffs to serve on the day should prove infinitely more rewarding.

Fáilte Ireland has been equally busy and, over the festival weekend, its group of ‘Food Champions’ begin taking to the highways and byways for a sustained campaign (#ThisIsIrishFood) to promote real Irish food shorn of all the usual Paddywhackery. One of the first events is an Irish brunch (March 17) at L Mulligan Grocer (lmulligangrocer.com).