Monthly Archives: April 2018

The 2018 Burren Slow Food Festival, which is supported by Clare County Council and Fáilte Ireland, takes place in two week's time from Friday 11 May to Sunday 13 May 2018 in Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare.

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At some stage, in the last century, it must have been trying to say the least, to be French and live in Ireland. Food was not really up to scratch at that stage, nothing much to write home about. But all that changed now! So much so that French food blogger Katia Valadeau is writing one blog p... Read more

And the participants will literally go on a seafood journey - this year's Burren Slow Food Festival will start with a short ferry trip over to the smallest of the Aran Islands, Inis Oírr, where a seafood buffet will wait for them.  Why is this festival on the west coast of Ireland so attractiv... Read more

Ireland is probably still not widely known for its culinary delights - wrongly so, as author Kara Murphy from Escape magazine in Australia proves. In her article, she describes quite a few of all the available delicious highlights that are found throughout the island of Ireland (and not just i... Read more

Did you know that interest in superfoods has grown by 202% over the past five years? The new millennium as a whole has brought innovations in technology, as well as a heightened interest in health. “You are what you eat,” has never been truer than right now, with studies indicating... Read more

This recipe was inspired by a visit of author Karen Schneider to County Clare in spring 2017.  She was so enchanted especially by the amount and quality of tea rooms, and by the quality of the food in general, that she wrote an article with recipes about her experience in the Coastal Journal ... Read more