Give the gift of a book this Christmas with Prannie Rhatigan’s award winning Irish Seaweed Christmas Kitchen. Integrate seaweeds into more traditional menus for Christmas Day and give mince pies, puddings and desserts a delicious seaweed twist. Available from Liber bookshop in Sligo or order online here.

Shells do a range of carefully selected, unique and quirky gifts. Their book, Surf Café Living is inspired by living, surfing and eating by the sea. It has everything from keeping bees and harvesting herbs to sourcing the perfect vintage treasure for your home. More books, mugs, soaps, jewellery and more can be found in their shop or online at shells.com

Cawley’s have cheesecakes available to order in a range of delicious flavours. Choose from Baileys white chocolate, Winter Berries and White Chocolate, Chocolate Fudge and White Chocolate or Lemon. Call Teresa on 071 91 85025 to order.

Pick up a voucher with a difference this year from one of our Sligo Food Trail Experiences. Your loved one can indulge in Sligo Bay Oysters at the Sligo Oyster Experience at WB’s or discover the secrets and magic of the brewing process at The White Hag Brewery. Sligo Food Tours have Gift Vouchers for 2020 available now so let them enjoy something different and choose from a Sligo Vegan Tour, Sligo Town Food Tour or a Wild Food Foraging Tour. For more info visit sligofoodtours.ie. There’s Afternoon Tea at Eala Bhan if they want something a little more relaxing or choose one of the activity adventures if they are the outdoors type. For a full list, visit our Food Experience page.

And remember to visit our Markets on Sligo Food Trail to support small local businesses. Visit our guide on Sligo’s festive markets here.