Published (Writing/Journalism)

While I’ve been writing professionally for over ten years, mainly for the Irish Examiner, just a fraction of my work is available online as the IE only recently began to make arts and features available on the internet. Here’s links to some of my stuff:

FOOD, DRINK & TRAVEL

Myrtle Allen at 90, Ballymaloe House at 50 | Irish Examiner (publ. 01.03.14)

http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/ballymaloe-still-has-recipe-for-success-fifty-years-later-260351.html

Know How to Find the Cheaper Cuts | Irish Examiner (publ. 05.09.13)

http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/know-how-to-find-the-cheaper-cuts-241962.html

Sourcing meat to feed the family for less

A Wise Choice | Irish Examiner (publ. 14.01.12)

http://www.examiner.ie/weekend/foodandwine/a-wise-choice-179944.html

My review of Sage Restaurant, in Midleton, Co Cork

Making The Cut | Irish Examiner (publ. 30.04.11)

http://www.examiner.ie/weekend/features/making-the-cut-152839.html

My day in a Michelin star restaurant, Dublin’s Chapter One

Cheers | Irish Examiner (publ. 02.06.11)

http://www.examiner.ie/features/cheers-168448.html

On the Irish Craft Brewing Industry

Limerick’s Gourmet Gamble | Irish Examiner (publ. 06.08.11)

http://www.examiner.ie/weekend/features/limericks-gourmet-gamble-163210.html

Limerick’s rise as a food destination

Window into the Past| Irish Examiner (publ. 15.10.11)

http://www.examiner.ie/weekend/features/window-into-the-past-170574.html

A night spent in Sandbrook House, Co Carlow

In the Best Possible Taste| Irish Examiner (publ. 13.08.11)

http://www.irishexaminer.com/weekend/travel/in-the-best-possible-taste-163916.html

Wine tourism in Rioja, Spain

France Falls for the Big Mac| Irish Examiner (publ. 17.07.10)

http://www.examiner.ie/opinion/books/france-falls-for-big-mac-125305.html

Review of Au Revoir to All That: The Rise and Fall of French Cuisine By Michael Steinberger

Cooking Dirty| Irish Examiner (publ. 06.03.10)

http://www.examiner.ie/opinion/books/cooking-dirty-life-love-and-death-in-the-kitchen-113881.html

Review of Cooking Dirty: Life, Love and Death in the Kitchen By Jason Sheehan

Going off the Boil | Irish Examiner (publ. 23.10.10)

http://www.examiner.ie/opinion/books/going-off-the-boil-134285.html

Review of Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain

Having a Cut off Modern Meat | Irish Examiner (publ. 02.04.11)

http://www.examiner.ie/opinion/books/having-a-cut-off-modern-meat-150090.html

Review of An Irish Butcher Shop by Pat Whelan

BOOK REVIEWS

Between the lines | Irish Examiner (publ. 19.01.11)

http://www.examiner.ie/opinion/books/between-the-lines-142382.html

Review of A Global Life By James D Wolfensohn

MISCELLANEOUS

Long and Winding Road | Irish Examiner (publ. 09.06.12)

http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/long-and-winding-road-196585.html

On Paul McCartney reaching the age of 70

Having a shot at adventure| Irish Examiner (publ. 14.05.11)

http://www.examiner.ie/weekend/features/having-a-shot-at-adventure-154354.html

An adventure trip around Munster for the truly fainthearted

Clouds Have a Silver Lining | Irish Examiner (publ. 02.06.11)

http://www.irishexaminer.com/features/clouds-have-a-silver-lining-158516.html

On the first Irish Cloud Festival