by
John & Sally McKenna August 2000
Happy kids at Bewley's Hotel
Bewley's Hotel at Newlands Cross on the outskirts of Dublin has become
famous for offering unbeatable value with its flat room rate of £49 proving
an irresistible draw to families and groups.
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Suffering for your art
The irrepressible Billy Forrester, of Cork's bubbly firm Bubble Bros, has
expanded his wine portfolio, with an exciting new range of wines from the
Languedoc.
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Just one more slice, please...
Take a balmy August day and a seaside village and some surprisingly delicious
cooking and utterly heavenly desserts and where are you? Ardmore in West
Waterford is the answer
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Hot Spots
Whilst we are on the subject of holiday resorts and happy eating, here
is a hotlist of places which should not be missed as you travel the country
during August..
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Meat Pies
Petrol station food has reduced the noble meat pie to a travesty of its
glory, but pie lovers in the north shouldn¹t despair, as the superlative
David Burns butchers of Bangor, County Down, have teamed up with the town's
local bakery, Simple Simon, to resurrect the meat pie to its noble status.
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The Greening of Italy
Roma Foods were pretty much the first company to offer mass-market Italian
foods in Ireland, but a long and successful history hasn't stopped them
innovating, and a new range of organic dried pastas, tomatoes and olive
oils are extremely good.
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Fontana Recipe
The citizens of that cosy little gourmet ghetto which is Holywood, County
Down, were distressed and distraught when Colleen Bennett's smashing Fontana
restaurant had a fire which forced it to close for several months (the same
thing, incidentally, once happened to Alice Waters' legendary Chez Panisse
restaurant, so Colleen is in good company).
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Cookery Book Review
River Café Cook Book Green
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August Competition
Eleaon Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Greece is one of the most impressive new olive oils we have come across in recent times, a subtle and adaptable oil with excellent apple notes and grassyness. Not only is it terrific to use in the kitchen, it's also exceptional value for money. We have six bottles of Eleaon to give away to the person who can explain, concisely, what factors allow an olive oil to be designated as 'extra virgin'. Replies to win@bestofbridgestone.com before August 30th 2000.
Til next month's Megabytes!
text © John & Sally McKenna
illustrations © Ken
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