Regina Sexton

NEW COURSE LAUNCH @ucc.ie
Food Heritage in Action:Turning Tradition into Sustainable Enterprise with Dr Bill Schindler. This timely course will be of interest to those working in food tourism, food production + food business development. Full details ace.open.ucc.ie/courses/ace2...

Why you shouldn't eat blackberries after Halloween The folk tales around blackberries, the púca, devils and death reinforce the message that out-of-season food is insipid and unpleasant

Now that the sun is down, a little bit of Halloween
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It was a lovely pleasure to take part in the BBC Food Programme’s Butter is Back. Thank you to food writer, Felicity Cloake, and producer Robin Markwell.
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Thanks Claire.

And long may your Irish childhood last!

Writing this piece about blackberries brought back memories, memories that many of us remember almost as a collective, but alongside the familiar are the less well-known worlds of the blackberry. See link below 👇🔻

All you need to know about the blackberry season The blackberry is a plant of notable cultural significance in Ireland, not least in its ability to evoke emotional memories and nostalgia

All you need to know about the blackberry season. The blackberry is a plant of notable cultural significance in Ireland, not least in its ability to evoke all sorts of emotional memories and nostalgia, writes @culinaryireland.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Starting again this September UCC’s MA & Postgraduate Diploma in Food Studies & Irish Foodways. For contact details & full info. ucc.ie/en/ace-pdfif/ & ucc.ie/en/ace-mafif/
With a special thank you to our funding partner, Taste4Success Skillnet for their generous support.

Northern counties here often call/called them blaeberries too. Obviously, traditions not confined to Ireland but widespread in areas of Europe. Scotland and moor and heath lands in England also have some fine traditions.

Why the last Sunday in July was celebrated in Ireland of old Known as Garland Sunday, Bilberry Sunday or Reek Sunday, it was a day to mark the end of Hungry July and anticipate the harvest to come

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: why the last Sunday in July was celebrated in Ireland of old. @marionmcgarry.bsky.social looks at the history of and traditions around the day known as Garland Sunday, Bilberry Sunday or Reek Sunday www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

It's Bilberry Sunday this weekend but have you ever eaten one? The bilberry was an important feature of activities, games, food and entertainments associated with the festival of Lughnasa

Today is Bilberry Sunday a day that traditionally celebrated the (near) end of the bilberry season & the beginning of the new potato season. My piece is over on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social

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It's Bilberry Sunday this weekend but have you ever eaten one? The bilberry was an important feature of activities, games, food and entertainments associated with the festival of Lughnasa

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: it's Bilberry Sunday tomorrow, but have you ever eaten one? @culinaryireland.bsky.social @ucc.ie delves into the history of why the fruit was an important feature of activities, games and entertainments associated with the festival of Lughnasa www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

After almost 25 years at the Cork Butter Museum Peter Foynes retired this weekend. He was an intrinsic part of the museum-his work there elevated its reputation & popularised our understanding of Ireland’s butter heritage. Peter was the soul & spirit of the museum & he will be missed.

For anyone interested in Irish food culture now + in the recent past, health, wellbeing + how we might design approaches to consumption + dietary behaviours, this event is not to be missed

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This year's memorial lecture is by Prof Jens Walter School of Microbiology + Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) UCC. His lecture is ‘Can Food Be Both Tasty & Healthy? A Scientific Take on Myrtle Allen’s Food Philosophy’ All welcome but booking essential eventbrite.ie/e/university-c…

Already!

Thanks @paulmcs.bsky.social

(And those miracles with cheese, curds and milk.)

Thanks Paul.

(And those miracles with cheese, curds and milk!)

Food on Saint Patrick’s Day, a liturgical feast day and the national holiday, is a multilayered topic. Some further detail here in a little piece I wrote for RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social

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I’m over on @newstalkfm.bsky.social later this morning, c. 10.50 talking about the topic of food and its interesting profile on Saint Patrick’s Day.

Very happy to have contributed this piece to @theconversation.com It takes a speculative look at what the saint may have eaten based on evidence from early + later medieval sources. And no it's not corned beef and cabbage but as it's food, it's always complicated
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What food did the real St Patrick eat? Less corned beef and cabbage, more oats and stinky cheese Hagiographies (writing on the lives of saints) give us a glimpse of the food culture of early medieval Ireland, when Patrick lived.

What food did the real St Patrick eat? Less corned beef and cabbage, more oats and stinky cheese

Food historian Regina Sexton @culinaryireland.bsky.social writes. #StPatricksDay

She was the quintessential granny. And those are great photos.
Happy Christmas Jerry.

Winners, Losers and Florida David! Podcast Episode · Behind the Ballot · 02/12/2024 · 27m

He’s being interviewed here. The genealogying has begun.
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No sorry. I’m in now and happy to be there. Thanks Joanne and thanks too for the time you’ve given to putting together this great resource.

Hi Joanne, add me too when you get a chance. Thanks.

We had a brief encounter some time ago about jello over in the other place! Very much liked your tweets so glad to be in touch here.

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I’m new here, so a little bit of what I do. I’m a food and culinary historian concentrating mainly on Ireland at @ucc.bsky.social where I manage the MA in Food Studies and Irish Foodways- see here 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐔𝐂𝐂:
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Thank you Annie for taking the time to compile this great list. If you get time, do please add me in and thanks.