Feasts delivered, Tannery take-outs and hot sauces for warmer weather Food File: Enterprising and tempting new food offerings from Kilkenny, Waterford and Dublin
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Andrea Keogh and her partner Pete Dowling have been running KD Food Co since last October, having moved from Dublin to Keogh’s home town of Kilkenny in August. Her background is in music promotion and production management, while Dowling is a chef. Initially the couple began selling cheese and charcuterie grazing boxes in a variety of sizes, for collection or delivery.
They are now expanding to offer complete banqueting tables, suitable for special occasions, when regulations allow. The team assemble the food, which can include Irish cheeses, cured meats, olives, seasonal fresh fruit, nuts, raw honey, homemade hummus, chutney, bread and crackers, on boards supplied by a local carpenter. These are delivered to the party location and the table is dressed with leaves and wild flowers to create a del
David Bowie is headed to a U.K. auction block, expected to fetch thousands. Ground Control to Major Tom, from the 1969 classic Space Oddity.
The seller was given the guitar as a replacement for one purchased in a 2003 Bikers Against Drunk Drivers charity auction that arrived broken. After learning of the shipping mishap, Bowie s team sent the replacement containing this rare inscription.
The guitar came from Bowie s own collection; experts note evidence of wear on the instrument, including scratches on the pickguard that suggest Bowie played it often.
Omega Auctions auctioneer Paul Fairweather noted that Bowie is believed to have only ever included the Space Oddity inscription on one other guitar.