Person: Noreen Conroy

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Darina Allen on eating a little less meat

Former president Mary Robinson really put the ‘cat among the pigeons’ recently when she called on people from developed nations to consider eating “less meat or no meat at all”, due to the toll its production takes on the environment.

Sat, 19 Nov, 2016

Elderflower Champagne

FOR OUR May Slow Food East Cork event we returned to Sage Restaurant in Midleton to celebrate the local food.

Sun, 15 Jun, 2014

Top chefs seek ‘safety net’ for small food firms

A SAFETY net for indigenous food producers was sought yesterday by top chefs at an annual food awards ceremony in Dublin.

Tue, 24 Nov, 2009

FOR YEARS the “inner hippy” in me has longed to go to a rock festival but I’ve always chickened out at the last minute for a variety of reasons — those huge crowds seemed scary and would I not look and feel completely ridiculous in the midst of all those be-bopping young people.

Sat, 19 Sep, 2009

Let’s go to the markets

THE Farmers’ Market movement is coming of age – it’s now over 12 years since Myrtle Allen and I first set up our stalls in Cork’s Coal Quay side-by-side with fish smoker Frank Hederman, vegetable grower Caroline Robinson, Klaus and Hannah Balz with their beautiful bunches of fresh flowers and a couple of other brave souls.

Sat, 25 Jul, 2009