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Many thanks to Rosita Boland for featuring our recent conversation in today’s The Irish Times Food historian Regina Sexton: As an island of farmers, we have moved far away from food production irishtimes.com/food/2024/11/2…

An interesting recipe from the Airfield Estate archive for 'War Cake' dated 1944, replacing a traditional Christmas cake during war times. The archive also includes Letitia Overend's ration book for flour! #CountryHouseArchives

A new UCC short course Gut Instincts:unlocking the secrets of the microbiome got off to a fantastic start this week w. Prof Colin Hill He outlined the remarkable research being undertaken by APC Microbiome Ireland + nicely summed up as changing our understanding of what it is to be human

Join us 6pm March 10th for the NiMe Diet book launch at Cork University Business School (CUBS). SPEAKERS: APC's Jens Walter @ucc, a Research Ireland Professor & Dr Anissa Armet University of Alberta MC: Fergus Shanahan Free download bit.ly/41BV0HW Tickets bit.ly/3EVxa15

Fascinating research results in relation to gut health + minimally processed food will be presented tomorrow evening by Jens Walter and Dr Anissa Armet. The presentation will also launch the free to download accompanying cookbook. 6pm, 10 March UCC Ireland Business School, Lapps Quay

Why are there so few food traditions around St Patrick's Day? As St Patrick's Day always occurs during Lent, it meant tensions between the public holiday celebrations and the moderations of Lent. By Regina Sexton UCC Ireland rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Early parading and why we do it in Dingle & on Achill Island!

What food did the real St Patrick eat? Less corned beef and cabbage, more oats and stinky cheese Food historian Regina Sexton Regina Sexton writes. #StPatricksDay theconversation.com/what-food-did-…

Very happy to have contributed this piece to The Conversation. It takes a speculative look at what the saint may have eaten based on evidence from early + later medieval sources. And no it's not corned beef + cabbage although as it's food, it's complicated lnkd.in/epxS6PJN

I’m over in NewstalkFM later this morning, c. 10.50, talking about food and its interesting profile on Saint Patrick’s Day

Food on Saint Patrick’s Day, a liturgical feast and the national holiday, is a multilayered topic. Some further details here in a little piece I wrote for RTÉ Brainstorm RTÉ Brainstorm rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

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This year's memorial lecture is by Prof Jens Walter School of Microbiology + Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) UCC. His lecture is ‘Can Food Be Both Tasty & Healthy? A Scientific Take on Myrtle Allen’s Food Philosophy’ All welcome but booking essential eventbrite.ie/e/university-c…

For anyone interested in Irish food culture now + in the recent past, health, wellbeing + how we might design approaches to consumption + dietary behaviours, this event is not to be missed eventbrite.ie/e/university-c…

Very interesting - tying in the #micobiome which we now know is so important to our physical and mental health

This will be an important and informative lecture- looking forward to this evening’s event.

After almost 25 years at the Cork Butter Museum Peter Foynes retired this weekend. He was an intrinsic part of the museum-his work there elevated its reputation & popularised our understanding of Ireland’s butter heritage. He was the soul & spirit of the museum- he will be missed

The door compliments my eyes. Thank you.

Must. Resist. Overwhelming. Urge. To. Scratch...

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: it's Bilberry Sunday this weekend but have you ever eaten one? @culinaryireland UCC Ireland delves into why the fruit was an important feature of activities, games, food and entertainments associated with the festival of Lughnasa rte.ie/brainstorm/202…