I’d like my Beetles cooked medium rare please, then I’ll have my Silkworm to start, for dessert I’d like the Bee Larvaeand I’ll have a bottle of your finest Ant Eggs. To be honest reading this opening paragraph puts me off without...
Understanding what ceoliac disease and gluten intolerance is I think it is about time I wrote an article on Gluten. I really think that people don’t understand or have very limited knowledge of this subject and symptoms, and now this is part of global society I want...
I’ve been really lucky in my life to meet some fascinating people within the food industry that have turned into great friends or working colleagues, through hospitality as a chef or just through my own company. The journey continues for me and along the way I...
Craft Beer - An Alcoholic Beverage or a Drink with a Purpose? Going back years ago when I lived in Dublin, my life seemed to be exposed to living the young Irish man’s extreme drinking culture, and four days out of seven you would probably find me inside a pub or...
First Commercial Snail Farm in Ireland As food innovation moves forward so does other countries’ culture regarding food. We never really turn our noses up at something different until it’s placed in front of us or perhaps as kids we were forced to eat what was put in...
Chef Matthew Brownie and The Skibbereen Food Company goes from Strength to Strength with his Scratch My Pork Snack Range By Linda O'Leary Five years in business and Matthew Brownie the Kiwi Chef who owns The Skibbereen Food Company (TSFC) gets his first...
3, 2, 1 we have lift off Houston, always a childhood memory watching rockets go into space & everyone remembers the excitement of this happening over the years of growing up. I always wondered what on earth (Excuse the Pun) they ate for if there is no gravity how...
Growing up as a small kid in the seventies and eighties I always remember eating this soft spreadable meat product that my whole family used to eat on sandwiches or on a cracker & being a kid I wouldn’t know any different if it was good for me or where it came...
I have never really thought about a country who would eat their national emblem until I lived in Australia & fell in love with the taste of Kangaroo. The kangaroo is a recognisable symbol of Australia. The kangaroo and emu feature on the Australian Coat of Arms....
The last couple of years all we have heard about in hospitality is people talking about the chef crises, the lack of chefs, and no service staff, and to be honest, it’s only going to get worse and as this problem deepens so will the closures of hospitality...