http://www.irishtimes.com Articles from The Irish Times - Magazine en-ie Copyright 2009, irishtimes.com. The Irish Times 2009-07-04T00:00:00 http://www.irishtimes.com/ http://www.irishtimes.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gif Search for articles on irishtimes.com keywords http://www.irishtimes.com/search/index.html?rm=listresults http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033260.html FOURTH OF JULY: JOSEPH O'CONNORfamously visited all the Dublins in the US – there are 11 in all – and it was near a Dublin in the Deep South that he had a conversation he has never forgotten. In honour of the Fourth of July, this extract from his new book reflects on that simple conversation and the changes that have since occurred Text Magazine TopStories 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033260 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033588.html INTERVIEW:Clare Mulvany spent a year travelling the world meeting volunteers and organisers who are helping communities and enabling social change everywhere from Uganda to San Francisco. In the process, she learned a lot about herself, too Text Magazine TopStories 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033588 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224249820657.html UPFRONT:WOULD YOU LOOK at the time? It’s six weeks to the wedding. Yes, I know, I only just got engaged, but I thought the point of doing that was just to organise the hoolie. Besides, I’ve always been an instant gratification girl, and would be hard pushed to hang around too long between the askin’ and the dancin’, so to speak. Text Magazine Column 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224249820657 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224249819464.html FOURTH OF JULY:In 1903, Isabella Stewart Gardener, a Boston heiress and friend of Henry James, opened one of America's first private museums with an eclectic collection of art, furnishings and manuscripts acquired during her travels. EILEEN BATTERSBYrecommends a visit. Text Magazine Magazine Features 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224249819464 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224249819408.html FOURTH OF JULY:Word is spreading about Drogheda's quirky new restaurant. Eastern Seaboard Bar and Grill offers simpe but delicious food in dramatic surroundings. The flavour is distinctly US of A writes EILEEN BATTERSBY. Text Magazine Magazine Features 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224249819408 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250034206.html WOMEN:In the West, the Barbie doll symbolises particularly superficial form of consumerism, but in China, it has become associated feminist movement that is challenging long-established patriarchal norms, writes CLIFFORD COONANin Shanghai Text Magazine Magazine Features 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250034206 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250001414.html FITNESS:Imagine a hen party, paddling around the Irish coastline . . . writes ANGELA RUTTLEDGE.
Text Magazine Magazine Features 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250001414 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033425.html EILEEN BATTERSBY's personal pick of her American Favourites Text Magazine Right Here Right Now 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033425 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033153.html Chances are, you are probably more familiar with American Apparel – the new retail success story opening in Grafton Street later this month – than you realise. All those bright-coloured T-shirts, zip-up hoodies and skin-tight trousers beloved of students are the brand’s signature pieces. Text Magazine Right Here Right Now 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033153 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033126.html One obvious novel to read this weekend is Richard Ford’s Independence Day. Nine years after publication of The Sportswriter(1986), Ford took up the story of Frank Bascombe, divorced father of two living children and one dead son. Text Magazine Right Here Right Now 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033126 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033297.html Below is an all-American, Fourth of July, short short story sent to us by our good friend Herb Shultz of Kingston, New York - jazz historian, trout fisherman, St Louis Cardinal baseball fan, man of letters and much else besides Text Magazine Right Here Right Now 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033297 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033285.html So is there an all-defining quote for us all to be found in US fiction? Text Magazine Right Here Right Now 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033285 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033475.html Forget about hot dogs with the US ambassador in the Phoenix Park today - instead, celebrate the land of the free with a rock'n'roll day of music, entertainment and piles of American food at Captain Americas in Tallaght, Dublin. Text Magazine Right Here Right Now 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033475 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033280.html We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. “This will be the line that defines Obama’s inaugural address. It is a warning to the outlaw pioneers of the boom times and the ordinary Americans infected by gold-rush delusions. Text Magazine Right Here Right Now 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033280 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033136.html What's going up and what's going down this week
Text Magazine Right Here Right Now 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033136 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250034387.html Food purists avert your eyes, DOMINI KEMPhas surrrended to the sticky pleasures of chicken wings. Text Magazine Taste 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250034387 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033883.html It's July 4th ... barbecue time, writes HUGO ARNOLD. Text Magazine Taste 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033883 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033898.html PIZZAS MADE with authentic Italian ingredients, cooked in a wood-fired oven, delivered to your door – with an interesting salad on the side. Can it be true? Shane Crilly and Aengus Lacey (above) are former Clongowes Wood College students who have diverted from careers in law and business to open Base Wood Fired Pizza in Terenure. Text Magazine Taste 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033898 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250008219.html LOOK OUT for Baron von Kuul's rich and delicious "flavours of the world" ice-cream, made by Christian and Ruth von Teichman in Ashford, Co Wicklow, with milk from their own cows. Text Magazine Taste 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250008219 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250008226.html THE NAME Ravinder Bhogal didn't ring any bells when I picked up her new book, Cook in Boots(HarperCollins, £18.99), but it transpires that the fashion and beauty journalist was the winner of Gordon Ramsay's campaign to find "the new Fanny Craddock" on his TV show, The F Word. Text Magazine Taste 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250008226 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033873.html www.savory.tv/2008/12/14/cooking-on-a-salt-block Text Magazine Taste 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033873 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033726.html MY FAVOURITE rainy-day reds come from the Languedoc. There is something immensely satisfying about the wines. Warming, but not over-ripe or sweet, they have an earthy, rugged, sometimes herby touch, usually with a tannic kick on the finish. These are wines that call out for food. With most red and white meats, hard cheeses, as well baked mushrooms and bean dishes, they provide a perfect foil. The best thing is, they don’t cost a fortune. Text Magazine Wine John Wilson 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033726 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033963.html Go for the steak, but skip the aubergine Parmigiana, writes TOM DOORLEY. Text Magazine Restaurants 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033963 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033640.html Dresses are the star of his first summer collection for a|wear, Peter O’Brien tells DEIRDRE MCQUILLAN Text Magazine Fashion & Beauty 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033640 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250034503.html DEIRDRE McQUILLANtalks to SHANE JENNINGS,  Leinster rugby player Text Magazine Fashion & Beauty 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250034503 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250034328.html BEAUTY BAZAAR: PHYL CLARKE's top picks for a summer glow Text Magazine Fashion & Beauty 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250034328 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224249820103.html SINÉAD MAC AODHA and Martin Shiels were married in a bilingual Irish and English service in University Church, St Stephen’s Green on June 26th, by Sinéad’s uncle, Text Magazine Vows 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224249820103 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224249820516.html VALERIE KELLY and Alan Collins, both from Co Wicklow, were married on June 5th at Cork city registry office by Bernadette Caulfield-Waugh. The ceremony was attended by family and friends and included an excerpt from Strumpet City, written by Valerie’s grandfather, the late James Plunkett Kelly. Afterwards, the couple drove to their reception at Blairs Cove House in Durras, west Cork, in a white vintage Fiat 500 belonging to the bride’s mother, with a procession of beeping and waving guests in tow. Text Magazine Vows 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224249820516 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250033926.html As the US celebrates Independence Day, we celebrate some of teh countries prettiest flowers. Text Magazine Gardens 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250033926 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2009/0704/1224250034371.html GROW YOUR OWN:APPLES ARE ONE of those fruits that suffer much from the travails of intensive farming. Commercial varieties are heavily and regularly sprayed to prevent disease and post-harvest they are often heavily sprayed again with chemicals, such as 1-MCP, to prevent the fruit from rotting. This is how we have “fresh” apples on our supermarket shelves now, even though it’s been about seven months since apples were in season. Text Magazine Gardens 2009-07-04T00:00:00 1224250034371