August is bumper harvest time in Ireland. Just coming into season we have swedes, turnips, fennel, kale, sweet corn, peppers, shallots, leeks and ….love them or hate them the nutritional balls of goodness..Brussels sprouts. Most Irish vegetables are in season now and at their best. Coming out of season shortly are Aubergines and Broad Beans. [...]
Just coming into season we have the first of the early potatoes, beetroot, marrows, onions, parsnips, runner beans and sweet corn. In seasonal thrive, we have broccoli, carrots and peas so load up. We will lose Asparagus by the end of July until next year, so get that nutritional powerhouse in.
July is truly the season [...]
For over a year, the five wooden pallets that we go through a week have been mysteriously disappearing at night from the back of our shop. Some consider this stealing but we were delighted to save the recycling costs but it did remain puzzling.
Last week we caught the would-be pallet crusader in action and we [...]
We think these five DVD’s explore what is really happening to our food and provide an interesting insight into industrialised food…
1. Food Inc 2009
2. Fast Food Nation 2007
3. Food Matters 2008
4. Dirt the Movie 2009
5. The Future of Food 2005 (You can now watch this documentary on the director’s website for free. http://www.thefutureoffood.com/onlinevideo.html)
We are delighted to announce that our website has been shortlisted for two prestigious awards at the 2010 Irish Web Awards. Last year we where humbled that our young company scooped the “Most Beautiful Website in Ireland 2009” awards.
This year we are all grown up and mature and have been shortlisted for “Best eCommerce / [...]
