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Domini Kemp: Get planning now for your Valentine’s Day feast

Our resident chef shares her romantic menu for you to enjoy this month

Mick O’Connell: Watch out for wines from Wales

Consider the offerings made by our nearest neighbours across the Irish Sea when you’re choosing your next bottle

New food festival in Dublin City Fruit Market promises ‘no Paddy’s Day clichés’

Me Auld Flower will take place in the historic property on St Michan’s Street in Dublin 7 from March 16 to 19

Clewed in: Meet the Dublin coffee business helping to replenish Mayo’s oyster beds

The Green Ocean initiative from Watermark Coffee is funding habitat rehabilitation in Clew Bay

Domini Kemp: Get planning now for your Valentine’s Day feast

Our resident chef shares her romantic menu for you to enjoy this month

Mick O’Connell: Watch out for wines from Wales

Consider the offerings made by our nearest neighbours across the Irish Sea when you’re choosing your next bottle

Cathal McBride: Give your palate a treat by taking a punt on wines from Portugal

Don’t be deterred by unfamiliar grape varieties – both red and white Portuguese wines offer bang for your buck, especially in the €15-€30 range

‘People are generally in awe of Ashford’: Liam Finnegan on becoming head chef at the Mayo castle

The native of Louth returned from England to take up the role of executive head chef at Ashford Castle in Co Mayo, but says it was France that really formed his approach to food

The Secret Restaurateur: ‘What does it say about Irish restaurants that so many staff are leaving?’

At a time when recruitment and retention is so difficult, you would think that employers would be bending over backwards to keep their staff happy

Dublin Michelin-starred Variety Jones expands with new restaurant next door

The restaurant’s existing space will offer more ‘casual’ fare, while the established outlet moves into a bigger venue next door on Thomas Street

Doing The Business

A family affair: Simon Rudd on going back to his food roots

Twenty years after his family parted ways with the business that bore their name, Simon Rudd is back with the brand and ready for a new era

Cathal McBride: Consider a visit to a vineyard for a vintage vacation

On a wine tourism trip, you can take in one or more wineries in a region while also enjoying good food and fabulous accommodation

Just got paid? Treat yourself to a ticket to one of these tasty food events

Wine, whiskey and seasonal supper clubs are all on the menu this month

Guinness drinkers drive Diageo sales growth in Ireland but American spirits falling

The drinks giant reported net sales of £9.4 billion, an 18.4 per cent increase but its shares dropped due to a sales slowdown in North America.

‘My target is people who think they’re not good cooks’: Alice Zaslavsky on her new cookbook

With The Joy of Better Cooking, the Australian chef is aiming to give more people the confidence to get into the kitchen

Cathal McBride: Finding the sweet spot in the balance between sugar and alcohol

There’s been great improvements made in the production of low alcohol wines as people look to reduce their intake yet challenges remain as they retain a high sugar content

Gillian Nelis: In Rome I sampled a world famous pasta carbonara, and here’s why you should too

A visit to Rome provides the perfect excuse to sample Luciano Monosilio’s native cooking at Luciano Cucina Italia

Black beer, smoke beer and barley-free beer: Three unusual brews to try this month

Broaden your horizons with these interesting options from Germany, Dublin and Galway

Jordan Mooney: Pedigree Naas eatery a welcome addition to the Neighbourhood

Menu surprise notwithstanding, Neighbourhood in Naas is an exciting new opening that pays attention to detail in food, decor and service

Cathal McBride: Matching fruit and vegetables comes naturally to vegan wines

Whether you’re looking to partner salads and light dishes or hearty vegetarian roasts, there’s a vegan wine for every occasion

The Innovators: The Irish names and businesses shaking up the global status quo

Irish people are making their mark on the global stage – here are the names to look out for in 2023

Award-winning fish shop and restaurant goes into liquidation

Saltwater Grocery’s founders Niall Sabongi and Karl Whelan ‘gave it everything’, but ‘it was accumulating debt and we had to make a decision’

One pot wonders from Matthew Evans

Matthew Evans, a former food critic and chef turned restaurateur and food activist based in Australia, shares four delicious recipes from his book The Real Food Companion, the newly revised version of his popular 2010 book that includes more than 200 recipes focused on how to ethically source, cook and eat real food. Photography by Alan Benson.

Five top picks from this weekend’s Food&Wine Magazine

Our picks from the January issue of the award-winning food magazine.