Welcome to
The Food & Drink Society
Ireland's Table
Food for the Way We Gather Now
Our food has changed. Our hospitality hasn't.
Irish kitchens have changed enormously.
We still love butter, potatoes, brown bread, beef, lamb, apples, seafood and farmhouse cheese.
But our kitchens also contain chilli, tahini, harissa, pasta, feta, burrata, chorizo, olive oil and influences gathered from travelling, restaurants and the people who now call Ireland home.
That doesn't make our food less Irish. It makes it more interesting.
Contemporary Irish cooking is about taking excellent ingredients and cooking them for the lives we actually lead now.
Welcome to the Society
The Food & Drink Society Ireland
Your seat at the table awaits
A community for people who care about flavour, place and good company. We gather around intimate suppers, guided tastings and food walks — celebrating the producers, kitchens and tables that make Irish food worth sharing.
Meet the founder
Sarah-Jane McGrath
Founder & Editor, Ireland's Table
Sarah-Jane McGrath founded The Food & Drink Society Ireland to bring people together around the things that matter most: honest ingredients, a well-poured glass, and the kind of conversation that only happens when the table is set and the room is full.
Through Ireland's Table, she writes and curates recipes, wine pairings and stories rooted in how we gather now — contemporary Irish cooking that respects tradition without being ruled by it.
“I want flour on the pages. Wine marks in the margins. A cookbook that becomes part of a kitchen.”
Why Ireland's Table?
Begins with the occasion
People rarely decide what to cook by thinking "I need something from the meat chapter." Instead we ask: what can I cook tonight, what can I make when friends are coming, what should I serve for brunch, what will work for Sunday lunch, can I feed six people beautifully without spending a fortune. Ireland's Table begins with the occasion rather than the ingredient.
What you'll find here
Midweek Table
Fresh, affordable dinners.
What to Pour
Accessible wine advice without intimidation.
The €40 Supper
Beautiful entertaining without unnecessary expense.
Cook Before They Arrive
Hosting plans that allow the cook to enjoy the party.
Meet the Producer
Irish ingredients and the people behind them.
There's always room for one more.
Ireland's TableFood for the Way We Gather Now
This blog is also the beginning of something bigger. Over the coming months the recipes, ideas, wine pairings and stories published here will help shape the future cookbook.
The aim is not to produce a cookbook that sits untouched on a coffee table. I want flour on the pages. Wine marks in the margins. Corners folded over. And somebody eventually writing: "Double this next time."
Because that is when a cookbook becomes part of a kitchen.
What's coming next
Midweek Table
Honey, Mustard & Rosemary Chicken Traybake
What to Pour
Five Wines Worth Knowing If You Love Seafood
The €40 Supper
Dinner for Six Without the Restaurant Bill
Cook Before They Arrive
How to Host Dinner Without Missing Dinner
Meet the Producer
Why Irish Butter Really Is Different
from our community
Recipes from the Table
The latest dishes shared by members across Ireland. Borrow a idea, then add your own to the table.
from the table
Moments from the Society
A glimpse of the gatherings, the kitchens, and the tables that bring us together.