Myrtle Allen and the birth of an Irish food culture 60 years ago Her highlighting of quality Irish produce and ingredients in the Yeats Room restaurant made her Ireland's leading food activist Myrtle Allen • 05 Jul
Why is there a shortage of Irish spuds in the shops right now? There are two reasons why we are seemingly short of Irish potatoes at the moment and both are related to weather Potatoes • 04 Jul
'There is no 3 second rule': your guide to picnic food safety How to ensure no-one ends up sick after your picnic at the beach this week Food • 20 Jun
Why the sniff test is not reliable for food safety Microbes likes Listeria and Salmonella are going to be near impossible to pick up with the sniff test Food • 20 Jun
Here's why chicken doesn't need to be washed before cooking Only cooking can remove the harmful pathogens raw chicken contains and washing chicken can actually increase your risk of foodborne illness Food • 14 Jun
What food traditions were associated with May Day in Ireland? While Bealtaine may have had fewer foods associated with it than other festivals, milk, butter and eggs did feature highly Folklore • 30 Apr
TikTok vs science: does freezing bread really make it healthier? TikTok users claim freezing bread can make it healthier, but here's what the science actually says Food • 29 Apr
What could EU changes around GM crops mean for Ireland? New legislation will allow for the increased use of new genomic techniques in plant research and crop development Food • 25 Apr
What your sad desk sandwich says about your working habits Like quiet quitting and the great resignation, a minimal effort lunch can be seen as another response to a more demanding work culture Work and careers • 09 Apr
Why oats and porridge aren't bad for you as some claim The debate about oats and porridge highlights that no food is perfect – or completely useless – for our health Health • 04 Apr
Are you going around collecting guggies for the clúdog at Easter? The clúdog tradition saw children in Ireland going door-to-door at Easter collecting eggs (or 'guggies') for an outdoor feast Easter • 28 Mar
Will you be eating shamrock for St Patrick's Day? It's shamrock's time to shine, but there are still many historical and botanical puzzles to be solved about that little plant st patricks day • 14 Mar
72 words for potato: the rich history of Irish names for food Whether in placenames, folklore, songs or poems, sources for Irish food history are abundant and often hiding in plain sight History • 14 Mar
How the 'McDonaldization of society' hits micro food businesses A distinct local food ecosystem from city to town to village runs contrary to a McDonald's model with its relentless search for uniformity Food • 07 Feb
What food is associated with St Brigid's Day? You should mark February 1st with a feed of poundies, boxty, colcannon or champ, followed by rice pudding St Brigid's Day • 29 Jan
How generations of Dubliners kept pigs in their back yards There were up to 400 piggeries in the capital in the mid 1950s and the last two were only removed in the 1990s Food • 02 Jan
7 things you probably didn't know about the humble spud Some lesser-known biological, cultural and scientific facts about the vegetable most closely associated with this island Food • 17 Dec 23
Why Ireland goes mad for turkey at Christmas It's time for the birds hatched at Easter to become the stars of the show on the Christmas dinner table Farming • 15 Dec 23
All you need to know about microgreens These miniature leafy salad crops pack a lot of nutritionally beneficial and flavoursome goodies into a small space Health • 07 Dec 23
What Ireland ate and drank during the Second World War From the "black loaf" to a shortage of tea, the Emergency's hardships forced Ireland to try out many alternative foodstuffs History • 20 Nov 23
What's the carbon footprint of the meat and veg we eat? Achievable changes to the familiar foods we eat would represent a 25% reduction in emissions from our current eating patterns Food • 03 Jan
The Halloween conundrum: is it a barm brack or a barn brack? A fierce debate broke out in 1927 between Barners and Barmers on on the proper name of the cake associated with Halloween celebrations Halloween • 27 Oct 23
Are you paying the true price for your supermarket food? The percentage of our income spent on food can range from 10% to 25% depending on our level of wealth Food • 04 Oct 23
A fruit fly has landed in my glass of wine. Is it OK to drink? That pesky fruit fly is unlikely to change the taste of your Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc Nature • 05 Sep 23
How food delivery apps represent a potential health opportunity Changing the design of food delivery apps could help nudge us towards rather than impede healthier choices Health • 23 Aug 23
