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When planning Christmas dinner I always start with the best of good intentions. Quality before quantity, don’t go mad on the sauces, remember the vegetarians
The full re-opening of shops this week caused a wave of excitement in many homes. Some people got up at dawn to be first in
The grapes for Champagne are picked by hand and always have been since the seventeenth century when the monk, Dom Pérignon, is said to have
The great RTÉ Covid apology has made disturbing viewing and listening. There was, I suppose, a certain satisfaction in seeing the tables turned on our
What’s the difference between cider and apple wine? Well, about €30 a bottle for one thing. But there are some other factors that make the
A trip down Dublin’s Henry Street has long been part of my Christmas. It’s an authentic Irish Christmas market, not an import from Scandinavia or
Good wines, like good books, are best bought from shops where you can look at the stock, savour the atmosphere and get advice from somebody
When news broke last Saturday that Joe Biden would be the next President of the United States, I felt happy. It wasn’t the obvious satisfaction
According to Shakespeare, the third Duke of Clarence was drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine at the behest of his brother Richard III. It’s
America has been part of my life for almost as long as I have had a life. Through my childhood, Uncle Sam was the distant
