The Menu’s grievously overworked gob is always either eating or yapping from morning til nightfall, so the notion of a spot of yapping about eating at Foodcamp (Oct 26) as part of Savour Kilkenny Food Festival sounds most promising.

IT’S RAINING, ‘pull-over-it’s-too-dangerous-to-drive’ rain. Hardly ideal conditions for roaming the forest and hills around Kinnitty Castle Hotel, Co Offaly, foraging for mushrooms.