Now that the sun is down, a little bit of Halloween
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It was a lovely pleasure to take part in the BBC Food Programme’s Butter is Back. Thank you to food writer, Felicity Cloake, and producer Robin Markwell.
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Writing this piece about blackberries brought back memories, memories that many of us remember almost as a collective, but alongside the familiar are the less well-known worlds of the blackberry. See link below 👇🔻

All you need to know about the blackberry season. The blackberry is a plant of notable cultural significance in Ireland, not least in its ability to evoke all sorts of emotional memories and nostalgia, writes @culinaryireland.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Starting again this September UCC’s MA & Postgraduate Diploma in Food Studies & Irish Foodways. For contact details & full info. ucc.ie/en/ace-pdfif/ & ucc.ie/en/ace-mafif/
With a special thank you to our funding partner, Taste4Success Skillnet for their generous support.

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: why the last Sunday in July was celebrated in Ireland of old. @marionmcgarry.bsky.social looks at the history of and traditions around the day known as Garland Sunday, Bilberry Sunday or Reek Sunday www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Today is Bilberry Sunday a day that traditionally celebrated the (near) end of the bilberry season & the beginning of the new potato season. My piece is over on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social

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Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: it's Bilberry Sunday tomorrow, but have you ever eaten one? @culinaryireland.bsky.social @ucc.ie delves into the history of why the fruit was an important feature of activities, games and entertainments associated with the festival of Lughnasa www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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. Peter was the soul & spirit of the museum & he will be missed.

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

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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…

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Food on Saint Patrick’s Day, a liturgical feast day and the national holiday, is a multilayered topic. Some further detail here in a little piece I wrote for RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social

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I’m over on @newstalkfm.bsky.social later this morning, c. 10.50 talking about the topic of food and its interesting profile on Saint Patrick’s Day.

Very happy to have contributed this piece to @theconversation.com 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 and cabbage but as it's food, it's always complicated
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What food did the real St Patrick eat? Less corned beef and cabbage, more oats and stinky cheese

Food historian Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social writes. #StPatricksDay

I’m new here, so a little bit of what I do. I’m a food and culinary historian concentrating mainly on Ireland at @ucc.bsky.social where I manage the MA in Food Studies and Irish Foodways- see here 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐔𝐂𝐂:
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