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Friday, October 3, is National Potato Day, and Bord Bia is calling on the nation to give potatoes a “glow up” to celebrate.

Friday, October 3, is National Potato Day, and Bord Bia is calling on the nation to give potatoes a “glow up” to celebrate.

Bord Bia’s National Potato Day 2020 will take place tomorrow, Friday October 1. The annual celebration honours one of Ireland’s favourite foods, the delicious and versatile potato.

Where would the nation be without the humble potato?

Where would the nation be without the humble potato?

Wow, St Patrick’s Day is here, so I thought what better way to celebrate, than some modern twists on Irish classics.

To celebrate all things Irish this St Patrick’s Day, why not try a hearty meal that is most associated with the country of your birth? And it really does not more Irish than a good feed of bacon and cabbage!

Happy New Year everyone, can you believe that it is 2017 already? Where did that year go? There’s been a chill in the air in the past week, my windscreen is frozen every morning.

Dahlias were such a revelation for me when I first got interested in gardening. I could not believe that the brown, wizened, dried up tuber in the packet would produce the dazzling blooms printed on the cover in just a few short months. Armed with some helpful advice from the sales lady (for instance which was the right way up!) I gave them a try and I was thrilled with the results – they’re brilliant plants for beginner gardeners because you get such magical results so quickly – within a few months of planting the tuber you can get dozens of fabulous blooms.

Hi everyone and thanks for all those e-mails, looking for recipes, etc. This week I got a lovely e-mail from Julia, who is looking for a few easy soup recipes, so here goes.