15/5/2011 The Wexford food festival in the Sunny South East. Pictured are sisters Megan (Age 7) and Holly Johnson (Age 10) at Greens Berry Farm, Wexford picking Juicy Strawberries for the inaugural Wexford Food festival which starts next Weekend (May 20th-22nd). photo Patrick Browne Sunday May 15th, 2011 Medieval Cooking Methods, Local Produce and Viking Shield making on the Menu as the Countdown to the inaugural Wexford Food Festival begins The inaugural Wexford Festival of Food will take place this weekend May 20 to 22 in Wexford town and a mouth-watering programme of events in on offer for the three day Festival of Food, which features the ancient cooking methods of ancient Wexford and the very best of South East produce. The festival will take place throughout the town and offers an exciting programme of events including; Celebrity Chefs Catherine Fulvio and Wexford Chef Phelim Byrne who will be on hand to whip up some cuisine using Italian and Fusion cooking styles at cookery demonstrations on Friday, May 20, an enormous ÔLocal Producers MarketÕ with the very best of artisan food produce from the epicentre of the Sunny South East and a Hog Roast will provide cracking fun on Saturday; and Sunday morning blues will be shaken off with a Wexford Produced Jazz Brunch. Harking back to a medieval era Saturday commences with a memorable feast for the eyes and taste buds in the heart of Wexford town with a spit Hog Roast and Crackling good food at Trimmers LaneÊfrom 11am. Continuing on the ancient theme the age old ÔFulacht FiadhÕ style of cooking will be demonstrated at The Irish National Heritage Park on Saturday and Sunday of the festival weekend. used by our ancestors as far back to the early Christian age between 500 BC and 1169 AD skinned animals were wrapped in straw and placed into a pit of boiling water which had been heated using rocks from a fire. Reflecting WexfordÕs Viking Heritage, The Irish National Heritage Park will also host a shield making workshop in
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