The poor old Menu can hardly sleep with excitement, praying this is the year he fights off sleep long enough to finally meet Santa — that, of course, and the humungous preparations for the Christmas dinner. 

Six celeb chefs — 12 questions. Lily Higgins, Trish Deseine (recent winner at the prestigious Gourmand Awards), Yotam Ottolenghi and others reveal their dream dinner party guests, memorable meals — and their favourite recipes to create the perfect summer menu to Joe McNamee.

IT MAY not be the kind of icy economic indicator that would beguile Standard and Poor’s or Moody’s, but the fact that a Saturday night table at Farmgate is not so easily secured must mean something positive.

DIGNITARIES will feast on some of Cork’s landmark buildings today ahead of the Queen’s arrival in the historic English Market.

AN AMBITIOUS tourism strategy will use Cork’s renowned food culture and its 23 annual festivals to tempt an extra one million visitors to Leeside.

TRAIPSING through a sea of organic and eye-catching produce untainted by genetic modification, John Gormley yesterday visited what could be seen as the spiritual home of the Greens.