As an anti-immigrant encampment dwindles on Basin View, its organisers try to rally
One man who’s been involved has been trying to organise a social event on a nearby council football pitch, something the council says it’s “monitoring”.
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A crunchy mouthful stuffed with potatoes and your chosen mix of chilli, spices, and sweetness
Restaurants around the city centre serve the South Asian snacks pani puri, dahi puri, sev puri and other variations on the theme.
On Dorset Street, a new Somali restaurant aims to welcome a wider community
“Samosa is 90 percent similar to restaurants in Somalia,” says owner Hamza Tahir. The aim, he says, is to make a place where people can mix.
In Terenure this time of year, a woman carries apples wherever she goes
Last year, her knitting group had a code on WhatsApp, says Ailish Scanlon: a hand emoji if you’d be at the next meeting, and an apple if you needed apples.
Rosemary for the people: does Dublin need more public herb gardens?
“It could be as small as a herb garden on a lamppost, on the base of a tree, or on the corner of housing estates, so space wouldn’t be at a premium.”
In Phibsboro, a baker takes her time on the many layers of her honey cakes
The cake is brown, with cheese frosting between the layers, sweetened with honey. It’s also infamous for how long it takes to make.
In Ballymun, a sunny new cafe took off so fast they had to expand the kitchen after a week
“It worked out from day one,” says Udo Wittmann, owner of the Grían cafe. “We opened the door, and we were full.”
From Egyptian street foods to a Yemeni salad, a Citywest food start-up offers vegetarian Middle Eastern specialties
“The traditional-style handmade work we do translates into products that you cannot easily find,” says Abdulaziz Almoayyad.
On Aungier Street, a Japanese restaurant specialises in okonomiyaki
A savoury pancake made in all kinds of ways, one version has cabbage, bacon, udon noodles and eggs.
Councillors call for tables and umbrellas on the city’s streets to be free from alcohol branding
It can look cheap and tacky, make life harder for people trying not to drink, and advertise drinking to children, critics say.
The allure of wobbly Japanese cheesecake
From their shop Traditional Asian Cake in the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, Stephen and Vivian Goh sell their own special version of the treat.
Have your say on Dublin City Council’s draft food strategy
It aims to tackle inequalities in access to healthy and affordable food, while also addressing impacts of climate change on the city’s food systems, it says.
To push Dubliners to care for our little planet, artists offer them seeds grown in its orbit
The idea is to tap into some of the profound feelings astronauts get when they gaze upon Earth from afar, says Zack Denfield of the Center for Genomic Gastronomy.