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Five of Darina Allen's go-to family recipes for a classic Christmas feast

This year I’m championing the old-school and the traditional, writes Darina Allen

Sarah Butler: How to make the perfect roast potatoes and slow-cooked ham

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Sarah Butler: How to make the perfect roast potatoes and slow-cooked ham

Aishling Moore: Lobster to get your claws into this festive season

food columnists

Aishling Moore: Lobster to get your claws into this festive season

Christmas Mince Pies with Icing Sugar

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Michelle Darmody: How to bake filo mince pies for the Christmas table

Rustic bowl of Mashed Potato.

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Darina Allen: One potato, two potato, three (kinds of) potato — Yum!

Joe McNamee: The Munchies are back — here are my food highlights of 2025

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Joe McNamee: The Munchies are back — here are my food highlights of 2025

Favourite recipes

Your favourite recipes

From quick weeknight dinners to crowd-pleasing treats, find inspiration and start cooking today.

Restaurant Reviews

Italian flair both fair and flavourful at Gloria Osteria Dublin

Leslie Williams

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

food columnists

Sarah Butler: How to make the perfect roast potatoes and slow-cooked ham

Aishling Moore: Lobster to get your claws into this festive season

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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

FOOD NEWS

Restaurant review: Italian flair both fair and flavourful at Gloria Osteria Dublin

S Restaurant review: Italian flair both fair and flavourful at Gloria Osteria Dublin

Gloria Osteria arrived in Dublin in late November, having fully refurbished the corner of Westmoreland Street and College Green

Making friends with your freezer over Christmas

Making friends with your freezer over Christmas

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

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

Irish Soda Bread

Top 10 ieFood recipes our readers loved in 2025

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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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