gifts for foodies

This Arugula Planter Pencil is not just a pencil. It's made from recycled paper and contains a small parcel of mustard seeds on its top, meaning no...

Lestrain by Dreamfarm, is a really handy piece of kit. The soft flexible material and small slots make it ideal for scooping and straining peas or ...

Probably the easiest way to make popcorn. Pop some kernels in the base of the pot, flip down the sides to cover, pop it in the microwave and turn o...

This nifty little gadget uses heat to hermetically seal any open packages so you can store them easily and keep the contents fresher for longer. I ...

A lovely little magentic timer that will help you stay on track in the kitchen or elsewhere. With a timer of up to 60 minutes, you can time the per...

Keep your fridge and freezer fresh with these lemon and lime shaped fridge and freezer fresheners. Add baking soda to the bright yellow, lemon shap...

A delight to the eyes, this beautifully laid out book is a catalogue of ways on how to use garden produce to provide food all year round. It steps ...

Edible is a food adventure exploring 70 sustainable plants that are changing how we eat. While you might not find most of these in your local super...

Grow your very own oyster mushrooms at home with this amazing kit in less than a couple of weeks. It's easy, sustainable and so much fun to see the...

 Paradiso is a celebration of the unique cuisine of the internationally renowned Cork restaurant. This exquisitly presented book reflects on the pa...

A delightfully fun little book, Irish Kitchen Cocktails is packed tot he brim of recipes that are colourful, testy and very accessible.  There's no...

It's an old saying (and one we firmly agree with) that tea by itself is too wet. You need a biscuit or a cookie to go with it. And whether your pre...

Soups - is there anything more comforting? From those soups the Ma would make for us when we were sick, to rich thick stews on a cool winters eve, ...

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Buncrana, author and chef Kwanghi Chan has created a uniquely Irish-Chinese set of recipes. Inspired equally by tra...

This authentic guide to the making, eating and etiquette of Mexican Tacos comes from Lily Rameirez- Foran, a Mexican born shopkeeper, food writer, ...

This beautifully compiled and illustrated cookbook contains a tasty array of recipes that aim to show you how to get the very most out of your vege...

Pickles make everything better. Cooking is all about balancing basic flavour profiles- sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami and adding contrast, turni...

New from Nine Bean Rows and chef Graham Herterich comes this beautiful new book Cook: Traditional Irish Cooking with Modern Twists. Graham grew up ...

Contiuning the excellent Blasta series we have Agak-agak (pronounced aga-aga, with a silent k) is a Malaysian saying that means ‘guess-guess’ or ‘u...

I find the point of most cookbooks is inspiration, and while I own and look at lots of them, rarely do they actually change what I cook on the regu...

BiaSol’s Crafty Cookie Mix uses some very super repurposed, zero-waste grains, so you can create some very tasty and moreish cookies, infused with ...

The full Irish traditionally comprises of egg, beans, bacon, sausage, tomato, mushroom, and pudding. it's the weekend breakfast treat we are occasi...

A pocket sized guide to what you can forage in the countryside.  There are over 100 edible plants listed, fully illustrated and described, along wi...

Three blind mice... well okay they may not be blind, but maybe if the farmer's wife had these she would have found them very useful instead of want...