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# Dining

Saturday Serving: Three dinner party recipes from Alex Petit to wow your guests this season
The French chef from The Metropole and Cork International Hotel shares three delicious recipes for you to wow your guests this Christmas season.
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Christmas Fare: Master pastry chef Shane Smith shares some delicious chocolate-themed recipes
If it’s chocolate desserts you’re looking for to wow at Christmas, try these at home.
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Dec 23rd 2021, 7:00 AM
Poll: What kind of dining are you most looking forward to?
With restrictions easing from next week, we’re wondering what kind of bread-breaking you can’t wait to do.
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Jun 3rd 2021, 6:00 PM
Regulations drafted to waive restaurant street furniture fees nationwide this year
Draft regulations would also remove a planning permission requirement to bring in awnings and coverings for outdoor dining.
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Apr 17th 2021, 1:01 PM
Restaurants and gastropubs reopen today - here's everything you need to know
Time limits, substantial meals and all the rest.
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Dec 4th 2020, 6:20 AM
Irish stew named as one of top 50 culinary experiences in the world
It might have a love/hate reputation among Irish people, but the dish has proven a hit internationally.
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Aug 15th 2018, 8:44 AM
Here are the winners and runners-up from the 'All-Ireland of Restaurants'
They might give you some summer dining ideas.
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May 9th 2017, 8:45 AM
These are the 10 best restaurants in Ireland*
*According to TripAdvisor.
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Oct 18th 2016, 2:28 PM
The 6 stages of eating the world's hottest burrito
So much snot. So many tears.
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May 5th 2015, 11:18 AM
The Luas is set to become a restaurant ... for one day only
We’re getting hungry.
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Feb 23rd 2015, 2:45 PM
Here are the 8 unhealthiest restaurant dishes in America
Serious calorie counts on these bad boys…
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Aug 4th 2014, 4:30 PM
These are ten tricks restaurants use to make you spend more
Have you noticed the kind of music they play? Or that menus sometimes lack euro signs?
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Jul 26th 2014, 5:30 PM
These amazing food photographers will put those Instagrammed photos of your dinner to shame
The meals probably taste a lot better too. No offence.
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Jun 29th 2014, 5:30 PM
Poll: Would you welcome a ban on mobile phones in restaurants?
Or should basic manners dictate the practice?
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Apr 21st 2014, 9:00 AM
"Friends not Food": Chinese diners urged to reject cat and dog dishes
As pet-ownership grows among China’s expanding middle-class, an animal rights group is urging people to re-evaluate the practice of eating the animals.
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Nov 23rd 2013, 7:45 AM
25 of the most expensive tasting menus on earth
They can have up to 30 small dishes – but you’ll pay dearly for the mastery.
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May 6th 2013, 11:30 AM
Americans are consuming more guinea pig than ever before
Peruvian importers say the demand has never been higher – possibly from the ex-pat South American community in the USA.
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Apr 7th 2013, 6:30 PM
How gastronomy can make us more conscious of the true value of food
The original 19th century gastronomy movement encouraged restraint and reflection – and should make us sensitive to “smart, site-specific” agriculture to address the issue of how to feed the world well.
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Apr 7th 2013, 1:00 PM
10 surprising celebrity restaurants
Steven Spielberg, Robert De Niro and the best use of a celebrity name with burgers ever.
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Mar 20th 2013, 10:33 AM
What does food look like at a Michelin 3-star restaurant?
This is what it looks like at Alinea in Chicago.
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Feb 25th 2013, 7:30 AM
'Bush tucker' booming in Oz restaurants
Australia has an indigenous cuisine and it makes use of the land’s native foods and seasonal produce.
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Feb 5th 2013, 6:15 AM
How to eat cheaply in a Michelin-starred restaurant (in Hong Kong)
The world’s least inexpensive Michelin-starred experience sees you wash your own cutlery – but prices start at just over €3.
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Feb 3rd 2013, 9:45 AM
The burning question*: Is it okay to use your mobile in a restaurant?
It’s Monday, so let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
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Dec 17th 2012, 1:00 PM
The burning question*: Chunky or smooth peanut butter?
It’s Monday, so let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
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Dec 10th 2012, 2:45 PM
Bono's brother revives '90s restaurant for charity
Tosca was once a haunt for models, party people and visiting celebs – now it’s back for one night only for charity drive.
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Oct 6th 2012, 8:30 AM
Sandwiches, sushi and steaks: Dublin’s 25 best restaurants*
*According to users of Trip Advisor. The travel website has compiled a list of the top ranking eateries in the city.
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Jul 3rd 2012, 7:30 AM
10 of the world's most delicious dining experiences
Where are the most incredible places to eat in the world? A new global survey has decided on the top 100 – here is a peek at the top 10.
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May 19th 2012, 5:00 PM
The burning question*: Do you eat breakfast?
This and every Monday, let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
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Apr 2nd 2012, 1:40 PM
Live insects, a tooth and a dead rodent: found in food here last year
The FSAI says complaints to its advice line increased by 13 per cent last year.
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Feb 28th 2012, 11:54 AM
Rachel Allen to tackle 'dead bird' pics on RTÉ show
Chef to respond on Brendan O’Connor’s chat show to criticism of Facebook photo which shows her posing with shotgun and five game birds.
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Jan 6th 2012, 12:06 PM
Irish restaurants lose €125m per year by throwing away food: survey
One-in-two people admit to regularly over ordering and leaving food behind, according to new research.
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Sep 19th 2011, 7:00 AM