By Mark Keane Craft beer is everywhere these days. Walk into any good bar and you will find offerings from Brewdog, 8 Degrees and Founders to go along with Guinness’s HopHouse 13 or West Indies Porter. But how far will craft beer lovers go to drink something tasty? Will they drink a beer that is made from rotten fruit?...
By Mark Keane Got a food idea that you think will make you a fortune but you’re unsure how to get the ball rolling? Shane Bonner of “Newmarket Kitchen” in Bray has come up with the solution by merging the three concepts of kitchen space, incubation and office space into one for potential Irish food start ups. He came...
By Mark Keane We worked hard to help create the perfect smoothie, tasting and trying many different ingredients so you didn’t have to. Now we have compiled a list of the essential food products that every juicer enthusiast needs to own! Coconut oil All rights reserved Need some healthy oil for cooking and in your...
By Mark Keane We’ve previously discussed the issue of food waste and how it has been one of the more pressing issues for the food world. On the other side of the coin is the effect of food production on the environment. People have become more aware of the damage over-fishing has done on eco systems over the years,...
By Mark Keane We’ve got all your food and drink needs covered with our Bite Size news of the week! Revolution Bakery doughnuts All rights reserved Want to take a page out of Hank Scorpio and Homer Simpson’s book and improve work productivity by 2%, then follow their motivational techniques of doughnuts with the...
By Mark Keane Sound the horns, the fries are coming! Abrakebabra have been hard at work creating their next hit-in-the making range. Their constant desire to be innovative and satisfy customers cravings, has led them to the creation of their “Loaded Fries” which were originally inspired by the Abra Taco Fries. What...
By Mark Keane Back in 2013 the inaugural “Kerrygold Ballymaloe Litfest of Food and Wine” brought 8,000 people onto the Cork grounds. It soon became known as one of the world’s top food festivals, getting coverage from the likes of the New York Times, Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. As you would expect,...
By Mark Keane Chances are one of the following happened to you between Christmas and New Years. You were either given a Nutribullet as a present or you made a New Year’s resolution to be a healthier version of yourself. If it was the latter then this article will still be helpful for you, but you may need to “borrow”...
By Lynn Kuehner New year, new places to travel to! As you may already be planning where you to go to in 2016, always make sure that your get to know the local cuisines. Hamburg in northern Germany has delicious specialities – often including fish, as the Hanseatic city is located on the Elbe river and close to North...
By Mark Keane Christian Bale, star of the Batman movies, and known for his willingness to lose and gain weight for film roles, has turned down the role of Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann’s biopic after feeling he couldn’t gain the required weight in a healthy way before filming began. Bale, having previously suffered for...
