A showcase of years of hard work, creativity and finesse is on the menu when the final-year BA (Hons) in Culinary Arts students from Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) take over the kitchen of Bellissimo restaurant in Waterford for four unmissable nights in March. The 12 students have created tasting […]
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Fairtrade town volunteers have visited schools in Clonakilty this week to spread the message of Fairtrade: farmers deserve a fair price for their work. Fairtrade International’s focus this year was on female cocoa farmers, with women producing around 65 per cent of cocoa globally, growing the main ingredient in the […]
The Clonakilty Fairtrade group is looking forward to Fairtrade fortnight, which will run this year from February 24 to March 8. ‘IChooseFairtrade – SheDeservesBetter!’ is the worldwide mantra for this Fairtrade fortnight, with a strong focus on cocoa, and especially on the particular role that women farmers play in the […]
Yorkshire native Hayley Milthorpe set up her business The Cultured Food Company in West Cork in 2014 after realising there was a gap in the market in Ireland for live fermented foods, which support and enhance digestion. She launched a range of raw unpasteurised sauerkrauts. After qualifying as a nutritional […]
Allow yourself time for privacy, quiet and introspection. Bíodh am agat féin don aonaracht, ciúnas agus an bhféinmhachnamh. Writer and Cook, Jacques Brennan will launch his cookbook ‘Hungry Soul’ at 49 North Street on Saturday, October 12, between 11am and 1pm. This is just one of the many events, says […]
By Eoin Roe It has been a fantastic week to be living in West Cork, the sun is shining and that has got me thinking about Vitamin D. Vitamin D is a vitamin and also a hormone that is produced in your body by exposure to UVB rays from sunlight. […]