A taste of the west: Galway pulls them in with food - Food & Drink | Recipes, Reviews | Restaurants, Wine & Healthy Eati - Mon, Jun 02, 2014

A taste of the west: Galway pulls them in with food - Food & Drink | Recipes, Reviews | Restaurants, Wine & Healthy Eati - Mon, Jun 02, 2014: "But just cooking and serving beautiful food is not enough, he believes, and anyone who is going to survive needs to be plugged into the social network. “It’s not enough to be a chef or a restaurateur any more. Social media is so important for bringing the international element to food culture here. The fact that you can communicate with anyone in the world, including chefs and critics you never would have access to before, creates new thought patterns and ways of thinking when it comes to food.”
And when McMahon thinks about food, respect is almost always the first ingredient that comes to mind. “People look to the apex of everything but we should always put as much effort into making more everyday food like sandwiches or burgers better.
“Chicken is so cheap in Ireland because we’re killing up to 100,000 of them a day. If we spent a little bit more and ate it a little bit less we’d be happier, because we don’t need to eat it in every meal. We can talk all we want about good practice, but if we go back to the supermarket and pick up the cheapest packet of chicken fillets, then what’s the point?”"



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