Pie of the land: Festival-goers can expect to do well in the nutritionstakes this summer, with the launch of Pie Kitchen Irish-made gourmet pies, which will be available at many big music events, as well as from farmers' markets in Leopardstown, Malahide and Howth, Co Dublin.
David and Dee Coffey set up in Smithfield, in Dublin, three months ago; they are now making about 500 savoury pies a week, using Irish ingredients. Everything from the stocks to the herb-flecked pastry is home made, and the pies are filled with hearty chunks of well-seasoned meat and veg. Current varieties are chicken Chardonnay; steak and stout; lamb and rosemary; and seasonal vegetable. Until they secure nationwide distribution, their pies, which cost about €5, are available from Haddington's Deli, Dublin 4; SuperValu, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin; Spars in Booterstown, Monkstown and Stillorgan, Co Dublin; Nolan's of Clontarf, Dublin 3; and Fresh, in Smithfield, Dublin 7. See www.piekitchen.ie. Marie-Claire Digby
Sunday hunch
He's back, he's brasher than ever and he's got a cookbook to plug. Gordon Ramsay bounced back on to our TV screens this week with the second series of his excellent Channel 4 show Gordon Ramsay's F Word, and this time he's on a mission to change the way we eat. He's targeting home cooks with his campaign to revive family meals, Sunday lunch in particular. Gordon Ramsay's Sunday Lunch (Quadrille, £19.99) arranges the recipes cooked on the show into 25 three- course menus, with stunning photos by Jill Mead. Marie-Claire Digby