Hot tip

The fifth Eurotoques food forum and fair will take place at Brooklodge, Macreddin, Co Wicklow on Sunday, September 3, 2006.

This event is always a fantastic day out for all food lovers. It includes an organic & and wild food BBQ and a wonderful food fair featuring Ireland’s top artisan producers, along with food-related discussions. Email: [e-mail] www.eurotoquesirl.org Telephone Ruth at 01-6779995 for information or to book a stall.

* Cooks Academy in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin will run Green Living, their popular wholefood/detox cookery courses from the start of September. Green Living nutrition and wholefood cookery course, from Monday, September 4 for six weeks; vegetarian and wholefood cookery class on Friday, September 8 and again on Monday, October 16. www.cooksacademy.com or ring 01-2145002.