Food
# food - Today’s News
10 great products to make more of your garden
Say no to gnomes this summer with IKEA garden furniture.
# food - Yesterday’s News
Over 30,000 tonnes of fodder delivered to struggling farmers
The transport subsidy was extended earlier this month, to help farmers suffering from food shortages following the harsh winter.
What is a Cronut and why are people queuing for ages to get them?
WARNING: May cause spontaneous licking of your computer screen.
# food - Sunday 19 May, 2013
7 desserts that will make you choke on your apple crumble
A €25,000 pudding?!
# food - Saturday 18 May, 2013
Kids have serious ‘pester power’ on family food purchases
The breakfast cereal in a family’s cupboard is often dictated by the children.
Here’s how ‘healthy’ foods could make you put on more weight
SafeFood says many people eat larger portions than recommended if a meal is advertised as having low or reduced fat.
# food - Monday 13 May, 2013
12 sandwiches that will change your concept of ‘sandwich’ forever
Prepare to have your tiny sandwich mind blown.
Column: We need to plan for a realistic, sustainable future in order to survive
Our collective inability to recognise the enormity of a growing food crisis caused by climate change is to our detriment, writes Gerry Crilly.
# food - Thursday 9 May, 2013
9 enforcement orders served up to Irish food premises in April
The orders were served to pubs, restaurants, and a food stall, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland said today.
11 ways bacon can make you live longer
The secret is happiness.
# food - Monday 6 May, 2013
Irish households ‘waste €700 a year’ throwing out rotten food
SafeFood says the average home could save quite a bit of money by adopting a “eat it or freeze it” model.
# food - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Raw food and Irish cuisine: The new breed of pop-up eateries
Pop-up dining experiences are becoming a popular addition to the Irish foodie scene. We talk to some of the people behind the latest events.
The 7 best dining experiences at Irish sporting events
Have you got your ‘hang’ sandwiches ready?
# food - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Make us feel ill with your favourite weird food combos
We’re almost afraid to ask but…
# food - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Not binning that chewing gum? Fine… (of €150)
This is year two of a three-year campaign – and last year saw a 28 per cent reduction in gum litter nationally.
# food - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Column: Hunger and the horsemeat scandal, both the consequences of inequality
We produce enough food for 10 times our population, but the horsemeat scandal shows just how inequality has forced people to low-price, low-quality food, writes Richard Manton.
# food - Sunday 28 April, 2013
This is what a McDonald’s hamburger looks like after 14 years
Surprisingly, only the pickle has suffered the onslaughts of time.
# food - Friday 26 April, 2013
4 babies fighting epic battles against sleep while eating
There can be only one winner.
# food - Thursday 25 April, 2013
TD calls on supermarkets to freeze prices of 19 basic products
John Halligan wants the government to meet with supermarket chains and examine a two-year price freeze on basic items.
# food - Monday 22 April, 2013
11 gross things you may have eaten for fun as a kid
Uncooked pasta, blocks of butter, spoonfuls of mayonnaise…BLECH.
# food - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Open thread: Is it ok to use your phone during dinner?
Should the phone be on the table, in your hand, or at the bottom of your bag?
# food - Sunday 14 April, 2013
11 food combinations we can’t believe exist
We’re repelled but we can’t look away.
# food - Friday 12 April, 2013
Important future of food events happening in Ireland
The agrifood industry is vital to our economy – and we’re hosting the likes of Al Gore here this month to examine hunger, climate justice and where the world goes from here.
# food - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
Irish firm among hundreds hit by new horsemeat scandal in the Netherlands
Earlier the Netherlands’ food safety agency said that a Dutch supplier may have distributed as much as 50,000 tonnes of contaminated beef to companies across Europe.
# food - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
Montessori among 11 closure orders over food safety concerns
Twelve enforcement orders were served on businesses by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, it said today.
# food - Monday 8 April, 2013
Here’s what dinner looks like in space
It’s not exactly food porn.
# food - Sunday 7 April, 2013
How gastronomy can make us more conscious of the true value of food
The original 19th century gastronomy movement encouraged restraint and reflection – and should make us sensitive to “smart, site-specific” agriculture to address the issue of how to feed the world well.
16 tasty works of art made with food
Artist gives new meaning to playing with her food.
# food - Friday 5 April, 2013
UPDATE: The PizzaBurger is Irish!
Set your mouths to water.
Interview: For children to eat healthily we must teach them about food
From an early age it’s important for children to learn the basics about the food they eat; helping them to ‘grow their own’ can do this, says chef Donal Skehan.
# food - Sunday 31 March, 2013
15 confused foods that think they’re something else
You wouldn’t eat a teeny weeny baby panda, would you?
The story of your Easter chocolate binge in pictures
So. Much. Chocolate.
# food - Monday 25 March, 2013
Second set of horsemeat tests published by FSAI
The results showed the presence of horsemeat in two products that had already been withdrawn from the market.
# food - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
10 surprising celebrity restaurants
Steven Spielberg, Robert De Niro and the best use of a celebrity name with burgers ever.
# food - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
HSE insists patients’ food meets ‘nutritional needs and requirements’
The HSE responds to newspaper reports that chips, frozen pizzas and doughnuts are being offered to hospital patients.
Birds Eye says products containing horse DNA came from Ireland
The company says it has carried out an investigation into all its beef products after some had to be withdrawn in February after horse DNA tests proved positive.
# food - Sunday 3 March, 2013
What overeating does to your body
You know it’s not good… but do you know the specifics?
# food - Friday 1 March, 2013
UK: Four new products found to contain horsemeat
However, 99 per cent of the Food Safety Authority’s tests continue to show no horse DNA at or above the level of 1 per cent.
# food - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
10 foods that are dangerous to eat in public
Knowledge is power.
# food - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
World’s biggest food companies ‘failing millions of people’
Research by Oxfam shows ten of the world’s largest companies are ranking low in terms of ethical standards.
Japan will not stop hunting whales, says minister
A Japanese minister said criticism of whaling is “a cultural attack, a kind of prejudice against Japanese culture”.



























































