Events
Spud Sunday: Write Me A Weekend
A perfect weekend was had at the Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine, with world class speakers providing plenty of food for thought and a desire to do it all again.
Spud Sunday: Like It Or Lumper
Potato Day makes a welcome return to Sonairte in Co. Meath and I visit with Lumpers in tow. Unfortunately for some, they were of the not-for-sale variety…
Spud Sunday: Return Of The Lumper
The Lumper potato that famously failed during the Great Irish Famine is now for sale thanks to Michael McKillop – I head to Potato Day at the Organic Centre in Leitrim with some Lumpers to share.
Spud Sunday: Mash Monday
A visit to Mash Direct in Comber, Co. Down – an impressive company with an admirable ethos, a nifty double decker bus and oodles of potatoes
Spud Sunday: Potato Days Are Here Again
I might have missed National Potato Day in the U.K., but there are a number of potato days here in Ireland to look forward to
Spud Sunday: East of Cork
It all boils down to soup in the end, with beetroot and potato soup made from the spoils of a visit to to Midleton Farmers’ Market and to Barnabrow House in East Cork, where chef Stuart Bowes is making his mark
Tipp Top Traas
It’s all about Tipp, with the recent Tipperary Food Producer’s dinner in Avoca Monkstown, followed by a weekend trip to Tipperary’s Glen of Aherlow and a visit to Con Traas’ wonderful apple farm
Spud Sunday: Fight Or Blight
It was a champion day for naturally blight resistant Sárpo potatoes at the SPUDS.ie Tastefest with David Shaw from the Sárvári Research Trust, among many others
