Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
Researching children’s books and food for the series of articles I’ve written recently in The Examiner, there’s one item that almost everyone seems to remember from their own childhood reading: the Turkish Delight that Edmund betrayed...
First published on the Alltech Craft Brews and Food website on 14 December 2016 under the title Hoppy Christmas! Written by Caroline Hennessy and Kristin Jensen. What’s better than drinking beer at Christmas? Cooking with...
Halloween time; time to remember past Jack-o’-lantern antics and these gorgeous Spiced Pumpkin Muffins from 2012 (cream cheese frosting optional – but worth it!). “Púca! Púca! Is mise an púca! Púca! Púca! Aon-dó-trí! Seo...
For National Bread Week – as I’m a little late for Sourdough September! – I’m revisiting a post that I first wrote on 1 March, 2013. It’s always a good time for real bread. There are...
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by Caroline · Published September 7, 2016 · Last modified October 10, 2017
First published on Irish Country Living. Ten years ago, the Kiwi turned 30. The night beforehand, we booked a corner in a pub on Wexford Street in Dublin, just 20 minutes’ walk from where we...
First published in the Irish Examiner on Wednesday, 10 August 2016. As the feature I submitted was a little longer than necessary (it was the recipes, honest!), I’ve broken it into two for the blog. Part 1 –...
This was first published in the Irish Examiner on Wednesday, 10 August 2016 but – as I got so carried away when writing about fabulous fictional food in children’s books! – there wasn’t quite enough space for all...
First published on Irish Country Living. One cold winter’s morning in 2014 I went, radio mic in hand, to Ballingarry where I recorded Theresa Storey – aka The Green Apron artisan preserve company – making her...
