Person: Joanna Blythman

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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The Menu: A new tea room at Muckross; and a pairing of farmhouse cheese and stout

Plus, the Irish Examiner picks up some tasty Irish Food Writing Awards

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8 top vegan bites in Cork

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The Menu: Food news with Joe McNamee

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Darina Allen: Homemade frozen treats

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The menu: Summer food festivals

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Darina Allen: A sample of some of the exquisite food cooked during Litfest

Darina Allen: It’s crazily busy at Litfest HQ – the fifth Ballymaloe Litfest is underway

This year we’ve changed the emphasis somewhat so the proper title is A Food and Drinks Literacy Festival at Ballymaloe.

Sat, 20 May, 2017

The Menu: January food festivals to look out for this month

According to TS Elliot himself, April is the Cruellest month but the bould Tomás obviously never put down a January round about The Menu’s neck of the woods as, post-festivities, all about don contritional Lycra hairshirts and take to diets of seeds and water. 

Sat, 21 Jan, 2017

Darina Allen: Food trends for 2016

With 2015 behind us, I thought it might be fun and interesting to have a look at food trends for 2016.

Sat, 02 Jan, 2016

Business books 2015: Tony O’Reilly, TED, and food secrets

The best of business reading from 2015.

Mon, 28 Dec, 2015

Eight of the best books of 2015

Richard Fitzpatrick selects the biggest reads of 2015 across the various genres

Mon, 21 Dec, 2015

Our gardening noticeboard

Macroom Flower & Garden Club will host a Floral Art Demonstration by Orla McGrane (AOIFA Vice-Chairperson), on Thursday September 10 at 8.00pm, at Coolcower House. 

Sat, 05 Sep, 2015

The menu: Waterford harvest festival

There is activity in abundance in the sunny south-east, beginning with the Waterford Harvest Festival (Sept 11-13, www.waterfordharvestfestival.ie ). 

Sat, 05 Sep, 2015

Our gardening noticeboard

Terra Nova Gardens, Dromin, Kilmallock, Co Limerick, are having their last open day of 2015 on Sunday, August 30, from 2pm to 6pm.

Sat, 29 Aug, 2015

Our gardening noticeboard

Ladysbridge and District Flower and Garden Club will have a stand at this weekend’s Ballymaloe Garden Festival, 9.30am-5.30pm, Saturday and Sunday, August 22/23.

Sat, 22 Aug, 2015

Our gardening noticeboard

Joanna Blythman, Alys Fowler, Mark Diacono and other top names in the food and gardening world are lined up for GIY Grow Fest in Waterford, from September 11 to 13.

Sat, 15 Aug, 2015

Chargrilled Achill Mountain Lamb with Labneh, Pomegranate and Fresh Mint Leaves

A READER struggling to decipher labels at supermarkets writes to me: “How on earth do I find food I can trust nowadays?”

Sat, 25 Jul, 2015

If you imagine you really know what you’re eating think again

 Joanna Blythman has taken a look at what we eat and how the food industry is often so misleading. Her conclusions killed Richard Fitzpatrick’s appetite    

Sat, 11 Apr, 2015

Defections debate at Soil Association

In December, four of the 17 trustees resigned from the UK’s largest organic certification body, the Soil Association. The four were Joanna Blythman, Lynda Brown, Andrew Whitley and Pat Thomas.

Thu, 08 Jan, 2015

AFTER months of build up and careful planning by Rory O’Connell, Rebecca Cronin, Colm McCan and the Litfest team the second event came and went in a whirlwind of exciting workshops, debates, lectures, tastings, demos.

Sun, 08 Jun, 2014

Maggie Beer’s Salmon with Sorrel Butter

THE excitement is really mounting, it’s just a week to this year’s Lit Fest at Ballymaloe, May 16-18.

Sun, 11 May, 2014

Stevie Parle’s Madeleines

A MONTH after the Literary Festival of Food and Wine at Ballymaloe we’re still getting excited feedback and thank you cards in response to the event, from both participants and those who came along over the May Bank Holiday weekend.

Sun, 02 Jun, 2013

The Menu: Burren Smoked Wild Irish Salmon

Vintage rally to launch new cider

Sun, 28 Apr, 2013

Today’s special: Festival of food, wine

Barack Obama’s pastry chef and the co-founder of the world’s best restaurant are among a galaxy of global culinary giants on the menu for a major national festival next month.

Fri, 19 Apr, 2013

West Cork firm crowned the big cheese at food awards

AN IRISH cheese company was presented with a top food award in England last night.

Fri, 28 Mar, 2008

Hot tips

SOME new books not to miss:

Sat, 14 Aug, 2004