Foodtalk on Newstalk

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Neil Clancy of Soundsdoable (an independent radio production company)  asked me to take part in FoodTalk.  A show for Newstalk about food and the people who produce, harvest, rear, cook and eat it!  I was asked to do the 'Wild Food' element of the series, and was only delighted to rabbit (excuse the pun) on about the delights of foraging for the likes of Cluaisins, Wild Mushrooms, Sorrel and Berries.  The show hosted by the lovely Caroline Henessy and the indefatiguable Kevin Thornton.  Soundsdoable officially launched Food Talk last Monday night in Kevin's restaurant, but I missed it as I was in France with a group of journalists from Ireland, (more of that again).  I was very disappointed to miss the launch, which I understand, was an absolute feast.  The programme launches on Christmas Day, so listen in to the foodie equivalent of the Queen's Speech!  (Mine is on Jan 18th!)

Foodtalk on Newstalk radio schedule is as follows:

Program 1: “Livestock” (Christmas Day, 1.30pm)
Kevin Thornton and Caroline Hennessy hunt down some fine meats and discuss Kevin’s project to rear Irish Kobe beef.
Guests: Jacque Barry from Jacques Restaurant, Cork and Fingal Ferguson of the Gubbeen Smokehouse, Schull, West Cork

Program 2: “Seafood” (New Year’s Day, 4.30pm)
Kevin Thornton and Caroline Hennessy share their pleasure in eating seafood.
Guests: Tony Daly from The Lime Tree, Kenmare, and Paul Kelly, mussel farmer and goldsmith, from Kilmackillogue

Programme 3: “Spices” (11th Jan)
Kevin Thornton and Caroline Hennessy marvel at the power of spices.
Guests: Carmel Somers from The Good Things Café, Durrus, Co Cork and Arun Kapil of Green Saffron, Midleton, East Cork

Program 4: “Wild Food” (18th Jan)
Kevin Thornton and Caroline Hennessy gather up an armload of free, wild food.
Guests: Áine Maguire from Drumms and Seamus Moran of LoTide Gourmet Sea Vegetables, Westport, Co Mayo

Program 5: “Dairy” (25th Jan)
Kevin Thornton and Caroline Hennessy explore all things creamy.
Guests: Aoibheann McNamara, Ard Bia, Galway and Kieran Murphy from Murphy’s Ice Cream, Dingle

Programme 6: “Garden” (1st Feb)
Kevin Thornton and Caroline Hennessy marvel at the good things a garden has to offer, and wonders how many more of us will now start to grow our own.
Guests: Henry Stone from The Sha-Roe Bistro, Clonegal, Co Carlow and Ultan Walsh of Gort-Na-Nain Organic Farm,Nohoval, Cork, who grows the veg for (among others) Denis Cotter of Café Paradiso   

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