Have yourself a gourmet lover’s Christmas
Taste Kilkenny Food Producers tempt with Christmas hampers full of exceptional local products WITH the countdown to Christmas now on, a group of Kilkenny-based food and drink producers have collaborated to create a remarkable range of seasonal hampers with something to suit everyone – and every budget. Discussing the initiative, local food expert and business …
Yulefest – Christmas in Kilkenny is back!
Yulefest is back for Christmas 2021! Celebrate Christmas in Kilkenny with a wide range of events from live music to markets, movies and more. Working alongside our partners providing festive fun, activity and entertainment to locals and visitors alike, there is something for everyone in Kilkenny this Christmas season. The Elves are busy working away …
Artesan Cheese House New to Friary Street Kilkenny!
Students from the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Culinary Arts Waterford Institute of Technology studying Media and Visual Arts: writing about food. Pictured at Artesan Cheese House, Unit 2, Regency Court, Friary St, Kilkenny.
Recipe for success on offer to Kilkenny foodie start-ups
THE closing date is fast approaching for applications for Food Works, a collaborative initiative run by Bord Bia, Enterprise Ireland and Teagasc for innovative and export driven food and drink start-ups. If you want to follow in the footsteps of thriving food and drink companies as Nobó, Wicklow Wolf, and Fiid, you have until December …
Simply Gorgeous
Paul Hopkins, a Satoa Travel Writer of the Year recipient — awarded for writings on Africa, Asia and the Indian Ocean — describes a visit to the luxury Steenberg Hotel WHAT would make you want to come back to a place that’s so much more than a piece of paradise? A place with almost eternal …
Elderberry-Immune support
BY CLAIR WHITTY I think looking after our immune system is at the top of our list this year more than any other. Many of you, like me, will be trying to prevent common cold symptoms developing into respiratory problems. You won’t want to miss any days from work or your kids any days from …
Not drinking in the 2020s
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST PRIOR to the 2020s, choice was limited for people who chose not to drink alcohol when socialising. Normal everyday drinking options were plentiful enough. Tea, coffee in a wide variety of styles, tisanes, soft drinks, milk, juice or just good old plain water were enough for daily purposes. That changed completely …
A global Elf shortage or Chinese whispers?
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR WE didn’t have #Elfontheshelf back in my day, but Santa’s spy has been keeping kids in check for several years now. However, there are a million Elf on the Shelf toys apparently stuck in China due to global port congestion, prompting media scare stories about elf rationing (only two per …
The benefit of living backwards
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON A FRIEND who was making a speech at her 80th birthday celebrations suggested that maybe we should live our lives backwards. Think about it, she said, you would climb out of your coffin, gradually lose your aches and pains, get your job back, emerge from that mid-life crisis …
How our duty of care is to one another …
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS The scientific consensus goes that the holy grail for containing Covid – herd immunity – is achievable. Achievable if enough people get the vaccine – at least 70%, if not 90%, of the world’s population (the figures vary). Also, there is the matter of an annual booster, Covid …
