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Sat 08 Aug 2009Come dine with me
TREND:The recession has brought about a new way of eating out that is turning tables. Jean O'Learymeets up with "home restauranteur" Maria Reidy to find out what's cooking
IT’S 5AM ON a sleepy Saturday morning, and while most people are still firmly tucked up in bed, Maria Reidy is busily starching napkins. The 29-year-old has spent weeks transforming the living room of her Dublin apartment into a “secret restaurant” where she will cook for 24 paying guests – some friends, some strangers – and slumber has not featured prominently on her long to-do list.
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