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Spud Sunday: Spud On The Move

Top of the packing list for my house move: red potatoes, blue potatoes, purple potatoes and even the yellow and white ones – they’re all coming with me


Last Of The Summer Rhubarb

Ketchup, it’s not just for tomatoes, you know. This recipe for rhubarb ketchup is a case in point.


Spud Sunday: The Yield So Far

My crop of potatoes so far may be small but they are welcome on the dinner plate nonetheless

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Spud Sunday: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Boiled new potatoes may be wonderful with butter and salt, but they will positively sing with the addition of herbs like parsley, mint, chives, dill, rosemary, thyme or sage


Spud Sunday: New Spuds On The Block

The first new potatoes of the season have been dug and a new potato salad recipe is on the menu, this one packed with feta cheese, roasted garlic, lemon and mint


A Time To Bloom

If it was real Irish food and drink you were after, then Bloom in the Park was the place to be, with boxty to be made, poitín to be drunk and much else besides


Putting The Ham In Sandwich

A ham sandwich from Denny – an Irish tradition between two slices of bread. This year’s Bloom in the Park festival is just one of the many places to enjoy same.


If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Eat ‘Em

Dandelions, they’re extremely edible, y’know – fried dandelion flowers being just one of the many possibilities.