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Call for Participants – The Consumer Show

Posted By: Gastrogirl, 17th May 2011, in News, World of Food
An interesting proposition came our way this week, via Boards.ie, the home of well, everything really.  With the cost of living on a rapid upward trajectory, God knows we consumers need all the help we can get, and RTE’s The Consumer Show is tasked with this job. ...

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Shopping Snapshots – February 26th 2011

Posted By: Gastrogirl, 26th February 2011, in Shopping, Shopping Snapshots
Ok so I was a wee bit more frugal this week, despite the fact I got a notion to cook cassoulet of all things (My Mum’s fault, we’ve just come back from a short trip to the Aude region!), which is a very traditional country dish in France, but...

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O’Brien’s Four-Week Wine Tasting Course

Posted By: Gastrogirl, 25th February 2011, in News, World of Food
You are not going to believe how much I spent at the cinema the other night. We committed a cardinal sin, to be fair – went hungry. That meant that we ordered a mahoosive popcorn (with butter, lest my arteries feel a bit chilly and need insulation), two portions...

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Special Offer Highlights February 25th

Posted By: Gastrogirl, , in Highlights, Special Offers
If you do your weekly shop at the weekends, you might want to factor this week's highlights into your shopping list... Aldi’s clearing out the competition this week with their 79c offers; Tesco’s Kerr Pinks at €2.07 and Supervalu’s Parsnip & Carrot trays at €1 aren’t coming...

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Review: The Hamptons, Limerick

Posted By: Gastrogirl, 7th January 2011, in News, Restaurant Buzz
The Hamptons, Limerick welcomed myself and a few of the lay-dees again last week and were fantastic hosts as always. We were seated immediately, despite a very full house, having been relieved of our enormous assortment of coats, scarves and hairstyle-friendly hats by the charming...

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Review: Ristorante Colosseus, Kildare town

Posted By: Gastrogirl, , in News, Restaurant Buzz
Ristorante Colosseus, Kildare town afforded us some very welcome hearty Italian food when we were forced back out of Kildare Village Outlet by the extraordinary pre-Christmas car park queues.  By arriving at 16:30 we were well within the Early Bird zone, which runs...

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