A hound for knowledge, The Menu is never done learning and always on the lookout for new culinary educational opportunities.

There comes a time in spring when The Menu pokes his nose into the air and draws deep a draught from the east, checking the wind for first stirrings of his beloved West Waterford Festival of Food in Dungarvan (April 10-14).

British beermakers come up with a special ale just in time for the Winter Olympics at Sochi.