So you have finally done it, moved out of home. You have been given the ultimate freedom. No more nagging from Mum or hassle off Dad, you are the master of your own destiny. At the same time and often …
Food & Drink
Spoons and Tunes: the Pairing Potential of Food and Music
Searching for a harmonious balance between musical and culinary tastes
Picking an exciting restaurant for date night is never easy. Not only do you have to find a place that serves flavourful meals and well-priced drinks, you also have to consider the location, the intimacy of the venue, the atmosphere, …
Seasonal Serves: What Irish foods to bring to the table this summer
The best foraging tips and recipes to get the most out of in-season produce
As late summer rolls in, the few hazy days of sunshine we experience in the year are maturing into harvest time. Ireland’s mild and wet climate means that we have a long growing season for many vegetables, and intensive agriculture …
Continental Cuisine: Discover the Traditional Taste of Europe this Summer
Whether you’re searching for a siesta snack in Spain, a bratwurst in Bavaria or a Portuguese pastry on your interrailing trails — our guide has a dish for you to try.
The return of idyllic interrailing travels over the summer break has been welcomed by everyone, especially adventurous foodies. If you’re planning a trip away to indulge your wanderlust and taste buds, this list of our favourite authentic meals and hotspots …
Taste of Dublin: A Capital Review
Trinity News’ Food and Drink team takes on Ireland’s biggest food festival
Over the weekend, annual food festival Taste of Dublin transformed the Iveagh Gardens into an unmissable foodie haven, exhibiting the best of the capital’s culinary scene. Our staff at Trinity News had the opportunity to sample the gourmet food and …
What’s in a name?
The relationship between sex and food may have been taken too far by Dublin restaurant Happy Endings
Food and sexual activities have always been linked. Whether it is through the medium of aphrodisiacs or branding used by bars and restaurants to entice couples, it is hard not to see the relationship between food and sex. But one …
Fighting food waste with Too Good To Go
Sophie Dibben and Saskia Steinberg rate Dublin’s best Too Good To Go spots
Too Good To Go is all about fighting food waste. The company was founded in Denmark in 2015, connecting people through their app to cheap surplus food, and has saved 29 million meals since its launch in 2015. For a …
It’s all about those buns
Bob McLarnon reviews the pastries at Hong Kong Taste
Bakeries are quite possibly where I am happiest on earth. For a few serene seconds, you are bathed in beautiful scents and surrounded by warm colours as you gaze at plump buns, blooming loaves, and tempting desserts. In choice spots, …
Worth the hype? Trying Dublin’s most Instagram-able restaurants
Eva O’Beirne explores the world of food blogging in Dublin
Dublin has some truly extortionate prices — from food, to rent, to cocktails, to using a public bathroom (a cool €3.50), it can be hard to decide if any restaurant in Dublin is good value anymore. I’ve taken on the …
Top coffee spots in the second most “coffee-obsessed” capital city in the world
Heather Bruton discusses the best places to get your caffeine fix in Dublin
Since the pandemic, meeting for coffee and chats has in many ways become people’s primary mode of socialising. Luckily for us, Dublin is brimming with cafés. In fact, according to a study conducted by Brew Smartly, Dublin is the …