There are some fantastic festivals on during the Autumn this year with local produce, children's entertainment, cookery demos all sorts of activities for the whole family. These in particular are my favourite! Midleton Food Festival - 9th September, Midleton. Co. Cork. Waterford ...

Produce is pouring out of the garden, we can't keep up (thank goodness for a bit of rain the past few days, those plants can drink!) and warm days mean lovely summery food. A new class schedule for the next few ...

We have beautiful loose leaves, baby spinach and rocket coming now this week, it is available loose or in 100g bags at 3 Euro per bag. It is really special for those of you who are salad lovers!

Delicious meat-free recipes will be cooked this Thursday night using fresh vegetables, herbs and store cupboard ingredients. Risotto the traditional way, pasta dishes, lovely baked vegetable dishes and a couple of desserts maybe...you get to sample everything so come hungry! ...

It's amazing how travel can change your viewpoint. I have just spent a few days in a really interesting part of Germany close to the French and Swiss borders. The Black Forest is a year round holiday destination - winter ...

The shop is  open from 12pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The range of vegetables is always broad, some weeks I have big bunches of fresh basil and fresh coriander. Bread is baked each morning, there aren't too many requests ...

After a long Christmas break we are open again...well we would have been open last week if we hadn't been up to our eyeballs in snow. Who would think it? Looking out this morning to sunny blue skies, mild temperatures, ...

So, as we all slowly attempt to get back into routines of work, school, and home after Christmas what are our food choices at this time of the year? I personally have an aversion to sugar at the moment - ...

These are the best recipes that I have ever used...delicious breakfast ideas, the main meal with the vegetables being the star of the show - but that is just a personal issue! There is a great recipe for an alternative to ...

Regarding vouchers - firstly mine do not expire...how can money expire? This is something that really annoys me about shops. They get paid for a voucher then it "expires" after a certain length of time....grrr....annoying, downright unfair and surely could ...

Tasteworks Farm Shop will be open Tuesday 22nd & Wednesday 23rd  December from 12 noon to 7.30pm. Christmas Eve opening from 12 noon to 5pm. Just a note regarding stock - I will only be able to guarantee supplies of vegetables and fruit ...

Finally I got a chance to do up the new Winter / Spring Schedule...go to Evening Courses page for details!

This is an outrageously luscious dessert from South Africa called Malva Pudding. It is like a toffee sponge - light but really rich at the same time. Not the best picture I have ever taken it won't be winning any ...

The following article was written by Michael Kelly of GIY Ireland, and it highlights the need to be more conscious of what cleaning products are used in our environments. We are hoping to stock Lillis products soon in the (tiny) ...

We were going to open today but it was just bananas around here this week with too many last minute things to sort out, so tomorrow it is....the fresh vegetables will be here at about 1.30pm. Shop open at noon ...

Co. Cork company Green Saffron is supplying their fantastic spices and blends into Tasteworks. This is a small family company who imports their whole spices, grinds them and sells them in pure form but also in these ingenious blends so ...

 “This is the best food event that I have attended in the last 10 years!” These were the opening words of John McKenna, editor of The Bridgestone Guide, as he addressed the participants and guests at the Kilkenny County Enterprise ...

Clearly we have lots of ideas for what to stock in our (little!) shop in a few weeks, but if there are any great products out there from Co. Carlow, Kilkenny, Wicklow, Wexford, Kildare or Laois that we haven't found yet ...

One-day Saturday courses are a fantastic Christmas gift as one it is a fun day out, but most importantly it is a useful gift. You are allowing someone to learn something new that will directly benefit their daily life. Gift vouchers ...

At the Kilkenny Food Innovation Network product launch last Saturday in the Castleyard in Castlecomer, 12 food producers unveiled new products to an invited audience of industry experts, restauranteurs, food writers, and food lovers! All were presented as tasting plates ...