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Sensational Sweetmeats
Lizzie Gore-Grimes enjoys sampling the variety of sweet treats that this time of year is synonymous with the world over… There may be wonderful roasts and succulent birds to savour, not to mention goose-fat crisped potatoes and warm, spiced wine, but for many people it’s the surfeit of sweetmeats that the festive season is really…
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Famine Food
By Lucy Madden. It’s difficult to imagine, in this world of choices, a subsistence diet based on one foodstuff. We have the privilege, although some might argue with the use of that word, to feed ourselves on a bewildering array of edible matter. We can chew what we want, we can become locavores, frugavores, vegans,…
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Wild and Slow Festival November 11-12th 2011
By Biddy White Lennon. Picture yourself wandering down a frosty winter street in a rural, picturesque Irish village in Wicklow, your breath hanging foggily in the air, and your hands warmed by blazing wood-burning fire-pits and a cup of spiced mulled wine. Imagine the smell of freshly-roasted chestnuts and the animated buzz of children’s laughter.…
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