The Menu: Hampers with a 'taste of home'
‘The Cheeseboard’ is just one of several splendid ‘Field’s Care Packages’ hampers available for delivery anywhere in the world featuring finest Irish produce from the Skibbereen store.
Although it sold out in the run-up to Christmas, the Field’s Care Package was designed for year-round availability. John Field’s family-run supermarket, in Skibbereen, is a former recipient of The Menu’s annual Munchie Awards, as Food Emporium of the Year. This was awarded several years ago for its tremendous commitment to finest local producers, wonderful cheese counter overseen by Kevin Collins, superb local fish and meat counter helmed by the estimable store manager, Christy Dempsey. A trawl through the aisles pretty much explains why West Cork is one of the finest places in the world to put on bib and tucker. If all supermarkets operated like Field’s, The Menu might take a far less jaundiced view than usual of this particular sector of the food retail offering.
