Best Possible Taste With Sharon Noonan

8 December 2020 by Sharon Noonan

In this episode of Best Possible Taste, blogger Helen Cooke from This Winding Life returns to talk about mindful and intuitive eating. Triona O Callaghan tells us about the latest addition to the Limerick food producer scene, the Little Meringue Company and Rosemarie Bennis in Sonas Healthfoods store shares details about her favourite food and drink producers from Co Tipperary.

In this week's Best Possible Taste Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants has wine suggestions for Christmas gifts and to pair with the Christmas dinner. Courtney Sheehy from Food Share Kerry addresses the very important issue of food banks. And finally at the end of the programme, we meet Anna Coffey Lynch who started her artisan chocolatier business, Braw, in the middle of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.

The Stop Food Waste campaign takes place this week and we hear from food waste expert and EPA scientist Odile Le Bolloch. We meet Jane Conlon from Sodalicious in Limerick City and Colette O Connor from Delicious Kingdom shares her favourite "dine in" options from Co Kerry.

In this Best Possible Taste podcast, Sharon Noonan talks to Ireland’s food writing royalty, Drs John and Sally McKenna, about their latest book “Milk” which explores the story of ireland’s culinary treasure thgour recipes history and culture. Helen Cooke from This Winding Life.org returns after her first appearance last month when she talked about sleep and tonight shares her morning ritual which includes her rescue dog, Pippin. And finally at the end of the programme we check in with our weekly regular, Colette O Connor from Delicious Kingdom, who has some suggestions about who we should follow on instagram for food inspiration.

In this programme we visit Sonas Health Foods in the heart of Newcastle West to meet owner Rosemarie Bennis to find out about the wide selection of food and drink products that are made in West Limerick. Then we travel to Co Offaly to chat to Anne Marie Feighery about Feighery’s Farm Blas Na hEireann award winning Irish beetroot juice and finally towards the end of the show we check in with the Delicious Kingdom’s Colette O Connor to hear about Colette’s favourite food and drink producers in North Kerry.

Colette O Connor from Delicious Kingdom and Sharon Noonan visit artist, grower writer and filmmaker Lisa Fingleton at her home near Ballybunion in Co Kerry to hear about the local food project. Maria Svejdar from GS1 joins Sharon on the programme to tell us about the work she does with food and drink producers and in particular the launch of a new interactive map that identifies the Blas Na HEireann finalist and award winning food and drink businesses in all corners of Ireland And blogger Helen Cooke from www.thiswindinglife.org encourages us to slow down and gives advice on food and drink for sleep.

In this episode we hear about the annual Irish Food Awards / Blas Na HEireann from Fallon Moore. Colette O Connor from Delicious Kingdom shares details of her visit to Ballylongford to talk oysters. Vincent Hanley, who blogs at Reviews Rants and Rambles, recites the Ballad of Salad Sunday by Michael Harnett and tells us about the annual literary and arts festival to celebrate the West Limerick poet.

In this episode Sharon Noonan visits Kerry with Colette O Connor from Delicious Kingdom to taste some delicious plant based treats thanks to Sid Sheehan at Nourish by Nature Cookery School In Listowel Colette talks to Pierce Walsh at John R’s Food Hall about the tradition of making pies during race week And back in Limerick Sharon travels to Number One Pery Square in the city’s beautiful Georgian Quarter to meet chef Keith Piggott to find out about this year’s Pigtown Festival

This episode of Best Possible Taste features an interview with Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants about what has been happening behind the scenes in the drink industry. Sharon Noonan meets Ursula Guiltenane in D&M Garden Centre in Croagh to find out about a programme of wellness events and in Listowel, Colette O Connor from Delicious Kingdom, introduces us to Melanie Harty from Harty Foods.

Best Possible Taste is back after a 6 month break! Sharon Noonan is in the studio with Colette O Connor from Delicious Kingdom where they meet Billy Jo O Connor from Leagh Farm. In Newcastle West Rosemarie Bennis from Sonas Healthfood Store has advice about back to school lunches and supplements. We travel to Adare where David and Petra Hayes introduce us to the latest culinary addition in Ireland's prettiest village - Logr.

On this evening’s programme Artie Clifford has details about the 13th Blas na hEireann/Irish Food Awards which open for entries on St Patrick's Day. Karen O Dohonoe shares news about the 3rd series of Grow Cook Eat which starts on Wednesday 18th on RTE One until April 28th And Kevin O Toole will be telling us about his supper club which he is hosting in Picado in Dublin on Thursday 19th March.

On this week’s Best Possible Taste we pay a visit to Limerick City to meet Gary Huynh at Sambros on Thomas St. 
Janice Casey Bracken has details about the Primary School Food Education Week which takes place in April and chef, author and restaurateur Jp MCMahon tells us about his new book - The Irish Cookbook.

On this Pancake Tuesday episode of Best Possible Taste we pay a visit to Limerick City to meet Deirdre McMahon to find out about Neighbourfood.
 Lorcan Bourke reveals details about a new campaign Bord Bia will be running in conjunction with a number of other EU Countries to promote potatoes to millennials. Chef Chad Byrne tells us all about the County Cooking Championships and we get a reminder about how to make a non dairy pancake thanks to Ciara Brennan from Happy Food at Home.

In this episode of Best Possible Taste, Sharon Noonan visits the Long Room in Limerick's One Pery Square to meet owner Patricia Roberts. We delve into the archives for Valentine's Day dinner inspiration thanks to chef Barry Liscombe from Hartes in Kildare and 7 year old Mikey Noonan has a special Valentine's Day poem for his mummy!

This episode meets 3 culinary heroes from Cork. Avril Allshire Howe from Rosscarbery Recipes & Caherbeg Free Range Pork, Susan Robbins Fehily from Wildberry Bakery and award winning chef Aishling Moore from Goldie.

Sharon Noonan meets David Matchett from Borough Market in London. Olive Sheehan shares the history of her family's trio of hotels in West Limerick and Tralee and there's a reminder about Christmas wines thanks to Ron Forrestal from Forrestal Wine Merchants.

We travel to Northern Ireland for a showcase of food and drink producers and meet the director of Invest NI's Food, Drink and Tourism division, John Hood, buyer Paul Hargreaves and 3 award winning food/drink producers.

This BPT episode visits the Foynes Flying Boat Museum to find out about its connections with Irish coffee, Maureen O Hara and plans for 2020 and dietician Aoife Deane has great advice about "polite calories" and enjoying healthy eating habits.

In this episode of Best Possible Taste Sharon Noonan meets David Fitzgerald to find out about the iconic Milk Market in Limerick City, a food lover's paradise. We return to Leahy Farm in Co Limerick to find out how the business of making goats cheese is progression thanks to Seamus and Breda Leahy.