Drink

Tea. It’s a national obsession - just ask Irish emigrants to America about the first time they tred to get their hands on a kettle. While the infusion of tea leaves in hot water might unite the city dweller from her country cousin, the tiny…

Once dry January comes to a close, publicans around the country will rejoice as those fasting from booze filter back through their doors with a newfound fondness for drink, glowing after their month of abstinence. This might be a time when…

Food and Drink - two wondrous words. It was over a basil and blueberry margarita that Alan leant over and shouted above the blaring 80’s music ‘let’s talk about a new Food & Drink section for HeadStuff’. I smiled and nodded. Partly…

Most people will have heard of adrenaline, serotonins and endorphins. Hormonal chemicals which provoke specific cognitive and emotional responses from the human brain. But there is another hormone unique to the Irish population – it is…

Minimum alcohol pricing. The three words on everybody’s lips this winter. Most notably Health Minister Leo Varadkar’s, as he continued to push plans for a new bill that would restrict off-licences, supermarkets, and shops in Ireland…

Personally, my hangovers have been getting worse and worse and so I am really interested in finding the best scientific strategy to cure a hangover. We’ve all heard of numerous different hangover cures over the years. Some are preventative,…