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From The Dark Margins To The Spotlight: The Evolution Of Gastronomy And Food Studies In Ireland, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire Jan 2021

From The Dark Margins To The Spotlight: The Evolution Of Gastronomy And Food Studies In Ireland, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

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For many years, food was seen as too quotidian and belonging to the domestic sphere, and therefore to women, which excluded it from any serious study or consideration in academia. This chapter tracks the evolution of gastronomy and food studies in Ireland. It charts the development of gastronomy as a cultural field, originally in France, to its emergence as an academic discipline with a particular Irish inflection. It details the progress that food history and culinary education have made in Ireland, suggesting that a new liberal / vocational model of culinary education, which commenced in 1999, has helped transform the …


Dining Out, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire Jan 2019

Dining Out, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

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Dining out during the 1980s in Ireland could be summarised gastronomically by prawn cocktails, Chicken Maryland, Black Forest gateau and bottles of Blue Nun or Mateus Rosé. All this changed with the Celtic Tiger when the Irish public was introduced to Caesar salad, tomato and fennel bread, tapenade and Chardonnay. From 1989 to 1993, Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud was like a lone beacon of consistency in the Irish edition of the Michelin Guide. However, in 1994, five Michelin stars were awarded on the island of Ireland. Change was afoot. Many young Irish chefs and waiters emigrated during the 1980s although some, …


'From Jammet's To Guilbauds': The Influence Of French Haute Cuisine On The Development Of Dublin Restaurants, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire May 2014

'From Jammet's To Guilbauds': The Influence Of French Haute Cuisine On The Development Of Dublin Restaurants, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

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Tickling The Palate: Gastronomy In Irish Literature And Culture, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, Eamon Maher Jan 2014

Tickling The Palate: Gastronomy In Irish Literature And Culture, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, Eamon Maher

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This volume of essays, which originated in the inaugural Dublin Gastronomy Symposium held in the Technological University Dublin in June 2012, offers fascinating insights into the significant role played by gastronomy in Irish literature and culture.


Ireland, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire Jan 2011

Ireland, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

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This book section provides a history of food in Irish culture from the early beginings to the present day.


Kenneth George Besson, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire Jan 2009

Kenneth George Besson, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

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Biography of Ken Besson with information on his father Paul Besson and the Royal Hibernian Hotel, Russell Hotel and Bailey Restaurant which they owned and ran in Dublin.


Theodora Fitzgibbon, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire Jan 2006

Theodora Fitzgibbon, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

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This is a biography of the internationally renowned Irish food writer Theodora Fitzgibbon.