
Joe McNamee
Senior Food Writer at Irish Examiner
Eats for pleasure/writes about it for money | Senior Food Writer @irish_examiner etc | Ringmaster @grubcircus | Member @FoodGuild |
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2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe McNamee
Two Irish cookbooks have just made the cut in a Vogue list entitled, 41 Cookbooks That Everyone Should Own, a wide-ranging selection of contemporary cooking styles from around the world leavened with a smattering of classic old culinary tomes.
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3 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe McNamee
Two weeks ago, at a special lunch in Ashford Castle, Euro-Toques Ireland unveiled the winners of their annual food producer awards for 2025. Sweet suffering kidneys of Christ, says you, not more awards. With each passing year, it seems more crop up, right across the commercial world.
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3 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe McNamee
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4 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe McNamee
Recently, I headed into town on a ‘fat-finding’ mission, culinary cousin of the fact-finding mission, that has me seeking out wonderful new ways to pile on the pounds. In one favourite venue, a selection of divine dishes included roasted aubergine slice, rolled and stuffed with cream cheese and walnut. Aubergine has long been one of my most favourite foods, first discovered decades ago upon moving abroad when it was still largely unknown on these shores.
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4 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Joe McNamee
Never forgetting for a moment that we are in Ireland, where rain was first invented, and without offering any hostages to fortune, at the precise moment of writing, the sun is splitting the stones as if it has no intention of ever moving on to its more usual haunts further south. Naturally, when gifted with such weather, we can’t bear to abandon it for a single moment, wanting to do absolutely everything outside, and one of the greatest al fresco pleasures of all is outdoor dining.
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