In this program we talk to Deirdre McCafferty from the vegetarian restaurant Cornucopia.ie on Wicklow Street, Dublin. Deirdre tells us how she became interested in food while working at The Hippocrates Institute in Boston (hippocratesinst.org) and how a raw vegetarian diet is beneficial to our health. She set up Cornucopia in 1984 initially as a health food shop and later it became a restaurant. In one of our future programs Deirdre will take us through the award winning “Cornucopia at home” cookbook.

Then we go into the Cornucopia kitchen and make some beetroot salads with James the chef.

Then we are outside in the Tymon Park Allotments with Michael Fox who has been growing his own food for 25 years. Michael is also the Chairman of the South Dublin Allotmens Association and runs an 8 week course from his house in growing your own food(plottopot.ie). Michael talks about some of the veggies he is growing and how he likes to cook them. We also talk about the importance of allotments allowing people to learn about food growing and what the future of allotments might be in Dublin.

SouthDublinAllotmentsAssociation.ie are having their annual open day this saturday from 12 till 4
Friarstown Allotment Site, Bohernabreena, Tallaght

You can now download Program 3 of the 10 part series here:

“Grow it, Cook it, Eat it” Program 3

Please leave a comment once you have listened to it and let us know what you think or share any food related thoughts with us.

Thanks for visiting!

Michael Lemass