I’ve kind of lost my marketing mojo over the past while, with all the horrors going on in the world it seems a bit frivolous to be writing about yogurt and cheese, but this one caught my eye so I decide to put the fingers to keyboard again. I think a lot of us feel very helpless at the moment as we watch so much suffering, but I have to admire what I think is a very clever initiative. One Plate for Palestine it is an IRISH HOSPITALITY- LED FUNDRAISER running from JULY 22-27 called COOKING TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE. It first caught my eye when a local restaurant in Castlebar Co Mayo House of Plates ,got involved and tagged us on social media, I then saw RTE cover the story last night . House of plates created a traditional Palestinian dessert called Knafeh. It is Baked shredded pastry and velvet cloud soft cheese labneh flavoured with dates, apricot, pistachio, honey, sumac, and foraged rose hips. “Crunchy, creamy, sweet, bitter and slightly spicy. The guys are offering this dish all week on their dinner and brunch menus with 100% of the money going to @oneplateforpalestine. You will see this promotion offered in over 130 business around Ireland so if you get a chance by a plate.
