Archive for the Lifestyle Category

Ringsend community allotments: Growing your own

By Geneva Pattison As you walk through Ringsend Park towards the back you’ll find the Ringsend allotments, run by DCC. There are a total of 34 plots currently in use. At the moment, there is a three-year waiting list for […]

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Decemberfest in Donnybrook

Decemberfest in Donnybrook

Fancy a little bit of Alpine magic without having to travel to the Alps this Christmas? Then why not come along to Donnybrook where Decemberfest has blasted into action. Located at Morehampton Road/Belmont Avenue in what used to be O’Connell’s […]

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Bread41: Under the bridge downtown

Bread41: Under the bridge downtown

By Paul Carton  Opening this Friday at number 41 Pearse St is a bakery-eatery selling fresh long-fermented sourdough, pizzas, pickles and the latest food trend; fermentables kimchi and kombucha. Before I was able to ask Bread41 co-owner Eoin Cluskey on […]

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The SuperNatural Food Market

I always feel that September is the real New Year. After the more laissez-faire summer, the change in the air ushers in a more purposeful feeling and a cohesiveness after a season of unbuckling. Post sunshine and rest, there is renewal […]

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The Culinary Corner

The Culinary Corner

By The SuperNatural Food Market Summer’s in full swing and it’s time to let the sun in whether it is shining or not! It is a blissful seasonal treat to indulge in the light floral flavours that come into abundance […]

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Fast food with a boost

By SuperNatural Food Market A recent survey found almost half of Irish consumers want to add more plant-based food and drink into their diets over the next year. Plant-based foods offer a variety of nutritional benefits, from macro essentials such as protein, […]

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Spring is for lovers SuperNatural Food Market

Nigel Slater the cook and food writer has a wonderful book call The Kitchen Diaries, a year-long account of his shopping, cooking and eating on almost every day of one year. Week by week, month by month, season by season […]

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Dublin’s Best Burger

Burger Fest 2018, an eight day food festival which began on January 22nd, ends today with the announcement of Dublin’s Best Burger and the chance to also be crowned Ireland’s best burger. Two outlets in the Dublin 4 area have […]

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Coddle: a winter warmer

The annnual Government Budget and the mention of coddle for dinner almost seem to happen in synchronicity but unlike the budget, what’s simmering in your pot, if you’re a Ringsender, is the same every time. There has been some debate […]

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Food and Wine Awards Recognise D4

We have all known for quite a while that some of the best nosh and vino are to be found in Dublin 4. Well now it’s official with the arrival of the Irish Food and Wine Awards, as the organising […]

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