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<p>Orla McAndrew: The freezer helps to keep Christmas cooking grounded in common sense</p>

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Making friends with your freezer over Christmas

Avoid wasting money and food by using your freezer to store ingredients, home-prepped meals and leftovers. No-waste caterer Orla McAndrew gives her top tips for making the most of this underused kitchen appliance

'Cork has been our most requested site': Oakberry Açaí opens first Munster store in Cork City

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'Cork has been our most requested site': Oakberry Açaí opens first Munster store in Cork City

Irish Soda Bread

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Top 10 ieFood recipes our readers loved in 2025

Darina Allen: Three recipes for cooking for Christmas crowds

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Darina Allen: Three recipes for cooking for Christmas crowds

Bottling Irish magic: the renaissance women of Ireland's distillers

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Bottling Irish magic: the renaissance women of Ireland's distillers

Puff Pastry Pinwheels stuffed with salmon, cheese and spinach served on a board on a black wooden table

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Michelle Darmody: How to bake savoury scrolls with puff pastry

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Restaurant Reviews

The Ivy Asia is an assault on all five senses — I hated it

Leslie Williams

Park yourself at Dublin's Amy Austin for a fine meal — sans wheels

Leslie Williams

Washington Street's latest eatery brings the Soul to Cork

Joe McNamee

Kaldero's Filipino focus brings charm and flavour

Leslie Williams

Wine

Wine with Leslie: The three wines from Chile making their debut in Ireland

Wine with Leslie: The three wines from Chile making their debut in Ireland

The wines are only just in the market and I like what I’ve tasted so far.

grape harvest bucket with red wine bottle and wine glass

Wine with Leslie: What I learned about Les Deux Cols wines — and why wild boar are a challenge

Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner

Wine with Leslie: Burgundy or good Chardonnay is the classic white choice for turkey

Glass of red wine on the hills of Tuscany in Italy.

Wine with Leslie: Exciting wines from lesser-known European regions

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Darina Allen: Three recipes for cooking for Christmas crowds

Michelle Darmody

Michelle Darmody: How to bake savoury scrolls with puff pastry

Sarah Butler: Simple and comfy Christmas-time sides for family gatherings

Seafood Made Simple: A show-stopping seafood Christmas dinner

FOOD NEWS

Sarah Butler: Simple and comfy Christmas-time sides for family gatherings

Sarah Butler: Simple and comfy Christmas-time sides for family gatherings

Give these recipes a trial run ahead of your Christmas hosting so you have them perfected and ready to impress family and friends with your homemade sides.

Seafood Made Simple: A show-stopping seafood Christmas dinner

Seafood Made Simple: A show-stopping seafood Christmas dinner

Joe McNamee: Southern hospitality continues to stand firm — despite a tough year

Joe McNamee: Southern hospitality continues to stand firm — despite a tough year

Restaurant review: Ten years in, Bastible balances precision and pleasure

S Restaurant review: Ten years in, Bastible balances precision and pleasure

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An inside look at our exclusive Examiner Eats Club

An inside look at our exclusive Examiner Eats Club

The Irish Examiner Eats Club was the closing event of the 2025 Cork on a Fork food festival, as 40 lucky diners enjoyed an evening for Irish Examiner subscribers in The Glass Curtain restaurant, on Cork’s MacCurtain St.

How to make perfect mashed potatoes

How to make perfect mashed potatoes

How to make creamy vegetable soup

How to make creamy vegetable soup

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