Food Issues
Spud Sunday: Hold The Horses
After the recent horse-meat-in-beef-burgers scandal, these homemade potato burgers seem a much safer bet
Spud Sunday: Food Matters
Some upcoming Dublin events that provide food for both mind & belly, including the SPUDS.ie Tastefest, promoting naturally blight resistant potatoes, and Feeding the 5000, which highlights issues of food waste
Spud Sunday: Fear Of Spuds
While there has been much comment lately on genetically modified potatoes, when it comes to GM, I am more about this Garlic Mash than anything else
Spud Sunday: Swedish Spuds
Spud goes Swedish with some Jansson’s Temptation – a creamy gratin-style dish made with potatoes and anchovies – and also with the views of a Swedish reader, who is much exercised by how we put our spuds on display in Ireland
Spud Sunday: Potato Day Rides Again
It’s March, that must mean it’s time for another Potato Day at the Organic Centre in Leitrim, where I talk about the popularity of spuds and John Brennan voices the concerns of ‘No To GM’ regarding proposed GM potato trials
Spud Sunday: GM Spuds
A few thoughts on hearing that Teagasc have applied for a license to do field trials of genetically modified potatoes in Ireland
Have Your Cake And Tax It
It was an evening of positivity at the Bord Bia Food and Drink Industry Awards, though, with talk later of a VAT hike for certain bakery products, the realities of operating a food business were never far away
Spud Sunday: World Spud Day
A few sobering thoughts on hunger for World Food Day and on the role that the potato can play in global food security









