What's hot and what's not
Going up
Making butterLook what you started, Darina. (Darina Allen's Forgotten Skills of Cooking won the André Simon award for best food book in London on Monday night)
Happy chickens and pigsThe country is awash with them, in back gardens and on small plots, eating kitchen scraps
Sustainable fishTry gurnard and mackerel
Organic milkIt's a flavour thing
Cork food marketsFeast on Grand Parade and the new boardwalk, today and tomorrow from 10am-6pm. Also on St Patrick's Day itself
Salted butter caramelYes, we know its's just fancy toffee sauce . . . but so delicious
MacaronsThe new cupcake; they're even on sale in McDonalds in Paris
New appliances of scienceDomestic sous-vide appliances, food mixers that also cook, and thermally-insulated slow cookers - all three coming your way
Pub quizzesThey're the new fund-raising ball
Going down
Conversation at the dinner tableIt has gone ballistic. We're all about roaring and shouting nowadays, fingers jabbing the air while we make dire prognostications
Convenience foodToo heat-treated, salty, sugary and fatty
Overpriced wineWe want better wines by the glass - for less
Early birdsNo longer a bargain, and who wants to rush their food
Bottled waterGet a filter, save a fortune . . . and the planet