Hello ‘ello! Just in case you haven’t heard, the Irish Farmers Market has added a new venue to its route: Park Place, Station Building, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. The market assembles in the old station every Thursday from 10am to 4pm and offers organic, artisan and multicultural foods, craft stalls and other delights. Don’t want […]
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Is An Bord Snip pointing its scissors at you? If so, nothing will keep those blades at bay more effectively than looking and feeling fabulous. No cash? Why not invest your last pennies in the kind of human energy fortunes are made of? Life force lurks in the lowliest of lentils and when you are […]
How's this for synchronicity? A course on growing your own organic veggies and herbs, run by the nice people at The Organic Centre in Co. Leitrim. And not just any old growing but indoor growing, so even those of us living a garden-free life can benefit. Now, I have to be patient because the course […]
Pronounced Ah-Sa-E, Acai is a fruit we are hearing more about in the media these days. So what’s the big deal? Well acai comes from a palm tree grown in Central and South America, with commercial sources mostly found in Brazil. It contains a very high concentration of polyphenol anti-oxidants such as anthocyanins (OPC’s) which […]
So often gluten-free cooking can be uninspired at best…but then David got involved. Diagnosed as coeliac in late 2005, he has since built up a repertoir of tasty recipes so extensive that it almost defies belief. David escaped the shackles of his kitchen and called into the shop a few months ago and shared with […]
Thank you Jessica – one of our favourite customers (who is about to leave us for sunnier climbs) has of late fed me a number of fantastic links to the sorts of blogs you only get in the states…thoughtful, entertaining, and with stunning photography Gluten-Free Girl‘s tasty little blog is an all aspirational, lifestyle-driven foodie […]
Final installment for the day – yet another Jessica special (we’re turning her into a minor local celebrity!) – this link is truly special. Vegan ayurvedic blogs are not oft found on the interweb, but maybe that’s because there’s no room for two such niche-ish enterprises. But I don’t think we need another – Franlife […]
Though we can’t quite comprehend/believe the figures being slung about by Doomsday Media Empire Inc. it’s becoming harder to ignore the prospect of a flu-filled winter. Whilst we are sure that most of you (like us) would rather be reading something worthwhile like the latest Harry Potter installment, owing to the raised level of concern […]
Kelli O’Halloran, a medical herbalist, will be giving a talk at Rude Health (Main Hall, RDS, Ballsbridge) entitled ‘Health from the Hedgerows’ at 12 noon on Saturday 12th September.  While walking on a coastal path in Wales last week, I spotted lots of Comfrey growing very happily. Annoying that itâs not as abundant in […]
So our first opportunity to leave a message with the world at large…it better be good I hear you say. Well this website has big dreams, let me tell you, but we will be working towards them a little at a time. For now you will see our blogs will become more frequent and varied, […]