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Kate Ryan - Flavour.ie
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Multi-Award-Winning Food Writer
🌍Founder of www.flavour.ie
✍️Writing for Irish Examiner, The Echo, Business Post, BBC + others.
🧑‍🎓MA Irish Food Studies & Foodways, PGDip Irish Food Culture
🏆2023 Blas na hEireann Irish Food Producers’ Champion.
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THE BIG CORK FOODIE GIFT GUIDE…
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Looking for some last minute gifting inspo for the food lover in your life? Well, my BIG Cork Foodie Gift Guide is back and bigger than ever and has you 100% covered!
The big Cork foodie gift guide
The countdown to Christmas is underway amd KATE RYAN is back with her big Cork foodie gift guide to help you find the perfect present for the foodie ...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
WOW! BITES - THE FLOUR PATCH GIRL…
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The final WoW! Bites of 2025 features a gorgeous homegrown success story of one young woman’s determination to build a food business that has created a community in and around it.
‘I never imagined it would get to this level’: Cork Flour Patch girl on TikTok success and local food
In this month’s WoW Bites, KATE RYAN meets Cork’s Flour Patch girl, Anna O’Leary who has had quite the year this year. Anna chats about her TikTok ...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
One of the best bits of what I do is having the chance to showcase people and products I really admire!
Huge thanks to @flavour-ie.bsky.social for including us in her kitchen kit guide for the Irish Examiner.
Limited stocks for pre-Christmas delivery available here
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December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
COZY CORK TIPPLES… 🎄🍸🎄
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Go beyond Mulled Wine with these simple recipes to elevate your festive cocktails and cozy drinkies at home, and make the most of some great Cork drinks’ producers, too!
Elevate your festive Cork sips with these simple recipes
KATE RYAN shares her favourite festive sips - all made with the best tastes of Cork.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
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Ireland’s first hard kombucha brewed by Kombeara had its official launch recently. Inspired by the wilds of Beara and a rising demand for better for you drinks, I catch up with founder Feargal Harrington.
‘Everyone is looking for something different’:  Ireland's first 'hard kombucha' being brewed in Cork
Ireland’s first hard kombucha was officially launched in recent weeks. Kombeara was born and is brewed in West Cork. KATE RYAN chats to founder ...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
LOVELY LEFTOVERS
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What to do with any Lovely Leftovers:
🦐 Prawn Bisque from leftover langoustine shells
🪿 Goose Rendang
🌱 Ideas for leftover herbs
🥠 Braised Red Cabbage & Feta Samosa-Style Pockets
🥧 Potato & Cheese Pie
🥖 Topped Sourdough Crostini
🥣 Veggie Soup
WoW Food: Simple ways to elevate Christmas leftovers
Forget leaving the leftovers in the fridge indefinitely. KATE RYAN has plenty of ideas to transform those odds and ends into standout dishes all of ...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🎄BUILD THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS CHEESEBOARD…
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Fancy building a cheeseboard to serve up this Christmas but not sure where to start? I share some of my top cheese picks as well as advice on how to create a showstopper board!
WoW Food: How to build the perfect cheeseboard
Fancy building a cheeseboard to serve up this Christmas, but not sure where to start? KATE RYAN shares some of her top cheese picks as well as advice ...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
VOLATILE” SITUATION FOR FREE RANGE PIG FARS
“The situation is volatile, but we’ve not given up” says free range pig farmers facing increasing challenges with abattoir access following. Two free range pig farmers in Cork tell me about the challenges facing their farms.
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‘The situation is volatile, but we’ve not given up’: Cork pig farmers facing challenges
Small-scale pig producers in Cork are facing a number of challenges, with one producer making the difficult decision not to offer their usual hams ...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
POULTRY UNDER PRESSURE…
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“A good Christmas will either make or break the year for us…”
Cork poultry are farmers under pressure with just weeks to Christmas, producers are facing a number of challenges, not least avian flu...
'A good Christmas will either make or break the year for us': Cork poultry farmers under pressure
With just weeks to Christmas, poultry producers in Cork are facing a number of challenges, not least around avian flu. KATE RYAN chats to three Cork ...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
WOW! BITES : I’M BACK IN TOWN… BACK WITH MY PEOPLE
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Sitting down with one of Cork’s best loved chefs, Kate Lawlor, to talk closing Fenn’s Quay, burgers, Japanese food, marriage & babies before returning to her beloved Cork and creating her “Fancy Chipper”!
Kate Lawlor-Lyne: ‘I’m back in town..back with my people’
Kate Lawlor-Lyne tells KATE RYAN why she’s happy to be back in Cork and back in her groove.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
NO BOOZE? NO PROBLEM!
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Tapping into the rising demand for alcohol-free social spaces, Cork's first ever Zero Alcohol bar, SAØR, is set to open at Marina Market.
'We wanted to offer a different kind of experience': Cork’s first zero alcohol bar set to open
Cork’s first zero-alcohol bar is poised to open its doors this weekend. KATE RYAN meets Steve Guiney to find out more.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
CHAMPION CHATS
Listen back to a very happy chat that took place at the Blas Backyard during Blas na hÉireann. It was a pleasure to chat Champ 2 Champ with a fab trio of 2025 Irish Food Producers’ Champions Anthony O`Toole, Caroline Hennessy & Santina Kennedy 🙌
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Producers’ Champions 2025
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October 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
WOW! BITES: FASH FORWARD TO SUCCESS…
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This month’s WoW Bites features Ailís Crowley, founder of Macroom-based FASH Forward helping businesses to find sustainability solutions in Food, Fashion & Tech to make real impact for businesses in the pocket and the planet.
WoW Bites: Cork woman on a mission to change the way we think about food, fashion and tech
Ailís Crowley tells KATE RYAN about the steps she is taking to help businesses become more sustainable.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A TASTE OF KOREA IN CORK
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Is K-Pop a bop? Did you binge watch Squid Game? Is Kimchi life? If so, the global phenomenon of Korean Culture has gotten under your skin! Jay Choi of @ogamkorean talks bringing a taste Korea to Cork with her award-winning Korean BBQ sauces.
Bringing a taste of the Korean cuisine of my youth to Cork
In this month’s WoW Bites!, KATE RYAN meets Jay Choi who chats about her pivot from business to food.
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September 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Reposted by Kate Ryan - Flavour.ie
“Bake me a cake as fast as you can” is an unhinged demand.
September 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
SEED LIBRARY OPENS IN HEART OF CORK
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A new library of seeds has been established in the heart of Cork. I spoke to Aisling Kitt about the project, why demand for seed libraries is growing and the important role seed libraries have for seed sovereignty and food security.
‘Small things like this can have a ripple effect’: Seed library opens in heart of Cork
A new seed library has opened in Cork city. KATE RYAN was at the launch to find out more about the initiative.
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September 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
MEET ME AT CORK ON A FORK!
Delighted to be returning to Cork on a Fork Feat again this year where I'll be hosting some incredible events over two days in the Live Cookery Demo Marquee and the new Talk & Taste Marquee outside Cork Opera House on Emmet Place - see you there!
August 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
WOW! BITES: “I WANT PEOPLE TO TASTE PALESTINE”
This month’s WoW! Bites is special. Eman Aburabi of Izz Café spoke to me about Palestinian cuisine, creating a taste of home in Cork & working with her husband on new cookbook, JIBRIN.
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‘I want people to taste Palestine’: Eman Aburabi of Izz Café on new cookbook
In this month’s WOW Bites!, KATE RYAN chats to Eman Aburabi of Izz Café about Palestinian cuisine, creating a taste of home in Cork, and working with ...
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August 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
THREE’S A CHARM FOR TRIA CAFE…
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Hospitality business partners Richard Gavin, Laura Sureda and John O’Mahony have created a new concept cafe for Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork city, called Tria Cafe.
We walked our dogs in Fitzgerald’s Park... now we run the cafe here
The new Tria Café in Cork city basks in 18 acres of greenery. KATE RYAN talks to the owners to find out why they decided to open a business there.
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August 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
MORE THAN MILK…. CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF LISAVAIRD CO-OP
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From local farmers bringing their milk to the co-op in churns on the back of a donkey cart to a state of the art dairy and agri co-op, the story of Lisavaird Co-Operative has always been about community.
MORE THAN JUST MILK: Celebrating a century of success at Lisavaird Co-operative | The Southern Star
March 13th, 1925 saw the first meeting of Lisavaird Co-operative committee, marking the start of 100 years of dairying success.This article was featured in our West Fork 2025 magazine – you can read t...
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July 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
KOMBEARA - MEET IRELAND’S FIRST HARD BOOCH!
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Hard Kombucha has landed in Ireland with the first true-brew hard booch brewed in West Cork Gaeltacht by Kombeara…
Kombeara, Ireland’s first ‘hard’ kombucha, is brewing in West Cork | The Southern Star
In the world of food and drink the hunt for the next big thing is always in earnest and West Cork is a fertile hunting ground, excelling as it does in blending heritage and tradition with innovative a...
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July 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
MILK ON THE MOO-VE... 🥛🐄
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A growing number of farmers are offering on-farm and mobile milk vending machines directly to the public. I spoke to three Cork farmers who have embraced the trend, and find out why they do it.
'It's become such a community hub': Cork farmers embracing milk vending machines
A growing number of farmers are offering on-farm and mobile milk vending machines directly to the public. KATE RYAN chats to three Cork farmers who ...
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July 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
KINSALE: WHERE TO EAT, STAY & PLAY…
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Check out my selection of best places around Kinsale to make the most of the many fine food outlets, festivals and activities that keep Kinsale’s worldwide fame alive!
Kinsale: For great natural produce, accommodation and fun things to do
A selective guide to some of the many fine food outlets, festivals and activities keeping Kinsale’s worldwide fame alive — guide and interviews by Kate Ryan
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July 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
BALANCE WORK + PLAY IN KINSALE…
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Whether your a digital nomad, a WFH-er, or just looking to find the perfect balance between work and play, Kinsale’s great location, connectivity, social and community vibes make it the perfect base to blend work and play.
Balance work and play by the sea, with tasteful treats in Kinsale
If your 9-5 allows for working from home, then Kinsale might just be the ideal place to balance work and play
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July 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM