Food

Nanphun Srakhunthod and Una Lancaster are daughters of two of the oldest Thai families in Ireland, who opened Baan Thai, Ireland’s first Thai owned restaurant, in 1998. Now on the eve of the Lantern festival, the two girls sit down with Dee…

It's common in Ireland to see a sign saying 'soup and sambo offer' or 'tea and sambo'. In Ireland this doesn't raise an eyebrow but for people from other countries it is a really strange thing to see. The word 'sambo' is an old - fashioned…

The Irish drink more tea per capita in the world, and yet it goes without saying that their “cuppa” differs from that of other cultures. Follow us as we take a dive into this beverage, with a history steeped in class and colonialism that is…

It might not seem like visiting the neighbourhood grocery store or restaurant takes a lot of effort, but food delivery has quickly gone from a luxury to an essential. Whether you are interested in food delivery trends because of a busy…

The Irish adore Mexico, and who can blame them?  In this country, the range of Mexican ingredients has vastly improved, and we can now regularly order huevos rancheros for brunch. We talk with Lily Ramirez, founder of the shop and cooking…

Ireland has some of the best Indian food we at Spice Bags have eaten, compared to big cities like New York and London which have much larger south Asian populations. In trying to answer this question, we spoke to Indian chefs,…

From Australian chefs making Nashville hot chicken to Alison Roman putting coconut milk in her stew, cultural appropriation is a hot-button topic right now in the food world. What exactly is cultural appropriation? How has it shaped our…

Everyone loves a food fight. In the wake of the recent Alison Roman-Chrissy Teigen dustup, Spice Bags take a look at some of our favourite culinary squabbles, which range from delightfully entertaining to downright nasty. Also we salute…

Ireland’s relationship with wine is unusual - we drink a lot of it but we do not produce it ourselves, and historically we fall between the stools of Europe and the post-colonial “New World” which divide the wine business. These factors…

Our guest on Spice Bags this week is Manuela Spinelli, whose recent Irish Times article celebrating carbonara went viral. Manuela Spinelli is the secretary general of Euro-Toques Ireland, and is also beloved by many in this country as…