offset X souvenir present: HOMECOMING

IT'S ON! SUNDAY.A SPECIAL EDITION 'andPOPUP' IN TAMP+STITCH. Steve says:

Are you coming or going?HOMECOMING an Art trail and homecoming party

Sunday March 16th day & night

This St Patricks bank holiday weekend,

SOUVENIR & OFFSET have teamed up with Hunt & Gather, Gruel Guerilla and a band of wildly creative artists and independent businesses to bring you a two-part celebration of coming home, and going home

A 100 minute art trail across dublin city, featuring posters inspired by the question "are you coming or going?" will be exhibited two by two in a call and response style. Themed culinary treats will be prepared along the way for daring trailers courtesy of GRUEL GUERILLA.

but be quick, pieces will only be available at a special discounted price for 100 minutes!

So we've put together a little care package to get you on your way, we've also decided to let you have a sup of our supa special:

WHISKEY FLOATAWAY!

TEELING WHISKEY, MURPHYS ICECREAM AND HOMEMADE GINGER BEER.

HERE'S THE PICTURE OF THE POSTER: CLICKY

It starts at 4. we feed you later. you'll be happy, you'll remember your mammy.

The sixth ‘andPOPUP’ at TAMPandSTITCH

BOUT TIME THE PULLED PORK APPEARED!

We're going to get some nice auld craft porters, suggestions are always welcome....kind of.

THE SIXTH 'andPOPUP' SHALL BE:

PORKERSandPORTERS

PORK SHOULDERS COOKED IN PORTER AND SERVED IN A BRIOCHE ROLL TOPPED WITH APPLE SLAW AND CINDER VINEGAR BBQ SAUCE

Here's the menu for your viewing pleasure: CLICKY

The facebook event will be right here in a moment!

MEATBALLSandMARGARITAS | 2 SAD VEGETARIANS | A LOT OF BREAD EATEN

It happened again, you hung out on the street. I watched sadly from my bubbling pot and my mind drifted to thoughts of cool air easing the heat from my skin.

Angrily an Italian woman shouts "meatballs" reality struck and my heart sunk.

I handed the food over. You ate it. Outside. I was again saddened.

When will I eat food outside! When will I be the one to take food!

Well certainly not next month when we return to Tamp & Stitch on July 25th for a night of:

HOTDOGSandHOPS

Tell your friends, tell your Ma. She deserves a night out, good woman herself.

The third ‘andPOPUP’ at TAMPandSTITCH

It returns, what you have been waiting for since the last one! A 'andPOPUP' for the ages.

Say hello to MEATBALLSandMARGARITAS!

We're going with a super seasonal drink this month, instead of a beer you shall be enjoying a cocktail, an Irish cocktail. We'll be infusing early season tart gooseberries in some magnificent Irish Gin.

The food shall be 'meatballs in spicy sauce with wilted greens and a little flat bread to mop it all up'

Have a peak here to get yourself going.

It's our usual fare, food and drinks, €12 blips, 6pm till there's nothing left.

EVENT PAGE BABEH!

p.s meatBALLS+COCKtails ......bahahahahahaha

Solving Food Waste!

30% of all food produced globally is wasted; this catchy statistic began making the rounds though news media earlier this year.We can all do our best to buy only what we need and make the most of everything we buy but none of that will ever reduce the kind of waste food thrown away by supermarkets and other businesses that sell food everyday; most, if not all of it perfectly edible.

I've worked in cafes, delis, restaurants and factories where I witnessed the harrowing sight of black bags of  fresh food chucked in the bin.

Working in a factory that processed meat was one of my first summer jobs and to be fair, they had a good policy for distributing its surplus among the staff. That factory is now gone and as I moved on to other things I saw noticed a sort of hysteria developing around liability and disposing of surplus food. By the time I was nearly finished secondary school it was a sacking offence to eat any food at the Centra I worked in part time, never mind the sacks of sandwiches, freshly-made ready meals, cooked meat they were chucking in the bin. This madness is still practised everywhere that fears liability, should someone be sick from eating perfectly okay food. I suspected this was a flimsy excuse for laziness and for putting the responsibility of food waste in someone else's lap.

Fortunately here in Dublin at least a Trinity based group Food Glorious Food have come up with an simple and effective solution: They liaise between businesses with surplus food and charities. The business can sign off liability to FGF who arrange for the food to be shared with people who need it. It's something I would really encourage more businesses in Dublin to get involved in and I hope we will see this model replicated elsewhere. As of today FGF won Social Entrepreneurs Ireland's Mini-Innovation award fund for their work. As food and energy prices rise and harvests continue to suffer from bad weather conditions, it is imperative that we eliminate senseless dumping of such a valuable and energy-intensive resource.

Make sure to LIKE Food Glorious Food Dublin on Facebook and spread the word! You can also follow them on Twitter @F_Glorious_F

Posted by ROBIN

THE FIRST BRUNCH HAPPENED!

Well it was a minor success, it was great for everyone involved

and everyone got their eggs. We chatted with most people and we'll keep working on it! We're already looking forward to this Saturday's Brunch with a magnificent special coming!

You shall come expecting buttermilk pancakes with fruit and orchard syrup and you shall receive! The buttermilk is made from the production of the McNally Family Farm's butter and it is amazing. You'll have the option of topping it off with some bacon if savory is what you're looking for.

We'll have the regular trio on this weekend too. Meat eggs, Veg eggs & the special coffee friendly {rb} granola!The granola just so you know is now available all week long in Roasted Brown. We make it with lashings of cardamon so it's bang on with {rb}'s amazing brewed coffees! Go try! You must!

Well I'm sure we'll pop back on with some bits during the week! Keep an eye out for some new tasty goods floating around cafés this week.

In Defence of Brussels Sprouts | January 16th

They are not just for Christmas! These wonderful little cabbages that have stood the test of time and taste! We celebrate the amazing produce of the McNally Family Farm on Wednesday and show you what these little fellas can do! Come along, you know you must. It will be outstanding! A night of appreciation of the most unpopular of Christmas Day sides! It's the usual fare turn up, eat and enjoy yourself! See ya here!

Making/baking with the sister 2

  Michelle arrived early Wednesday morning, I had just gotten back the evening beforehand. I had to get everything ready that night! So we had a bit of a busy morning. We got right to it..we went for breakfast. Then went looking for biscuit cutters. Then we decided to start getting ready. We got around to making 3 things.

Supper for Wednesday 27th!

There's 2 seats left! BYOW and all that! It's probably €20 a head. But it'll be wonderful.