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Lifestyle: January 2008

Food for traditional thought

Mary Anne Kenny | 25 January 2008 | Food

Handmade cheeses, exquisite silky chocolate, fragrant honey, tender dry-aged beef, succulent mountain lamb, traditional bread freshly baked by hand, Irish salmon smoked over woodchips from noble oaks felled in local woods. This is not exactly the usual fare on a... Read more

Grace Kelly: an enduring style icon

Dr John Wallace | 25 January 2008 | Literature

The past year has seen a number of events celebrating the life of Grace Kelly, who died in 1982. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of her death, Prince Albert, Grace Kelly's son, opened the palace archives in Monaco to provide... Read more

Éireann go breá- and in your face

Berna Cox | 18 January 2008 | Life itself

Charlie’s dead. But before you offer your condolences, nobody’s been bereaved. “Charlie’s dead” is a nice little euphemism us girls used among ourselves as a sort of secret code to let each other know that there was a bit of... Read more

Where it’s all in the nose notes

Giovanni Morelli | 18 January 2008 | Wine

By the time you read this, you will hopefully have recovered from the Christmas and New Year’s break, back ‘in the saddle’ again. I hope that you have all eaten and drunk sensibly and have not had too much recourse... Read more

Six year gallery display for new tax break masterpieces

Dr John Wallace | 11 January 2008 | Art

The National Gallery of Ireland now temporarily holds two highly controversial pictures, Omai, by Joshua Reynolds, and Reclining Nude, by Modigliani. Omai has already caused a major row with the Tate Gallery in London and also with the British government.... Read more

Recovering Irish equity stocks could provide 'treats' in 2008

Conor White | 11 January 2008 | Finance

Many headwinds face Irish equities in 2008, including slowing economic growth, declining house prices, the elevated cost of wholesale funding and the rising Euro. At Goodbody’s, we remain below consensus in both Irish GDP estimates and key stock metrics in... Read more

Chicken soup, is it really for the soul or good for a cold

Valerie O'Connor | 04 January 2008 | Food

Where does this expression ‘Chicken soup for the soul’ come from? Chicken soup, in its purest form, as a clear broth with vegetables and chicken meat is also known as ‘the Jewish Penicillin’ and must therefore be as old as... Read more

Bringing the New Year to book

Berna Cox | 04 January 2008 | Life itself

This week, the first week of January, is possibly my favourite week of the year. I like the notion of new starts; new beginnings. I hate the months of November and December and I’m always heartily glad to see the... Read more