Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
Ballymaloe Cookery School / Culture File on RTÉ Lyric FM / Radio / Work
by Caroline · Published June 13, 2014 · Last modified August 8, 2017
Bringing butter back? Well, if it’s on the cover of Time Magazine, it must be true (just try and forget about this one, which fronted a 1984 story on cholesterol entitled Hold the Eggs...
René Redzepi flew into Cork on Friday. Waiting to present his passport at immigration, he was confronted with an intense, furrowed-brow stare from the man behind the glass. Pause. And then a question: “What’s...
Bake / Cookery Books / Culture File on RTÉ Lyric FM
by Caroline · Published May 8, 2014 · Last modified September 5, 2017
I have measured out my life with homemade breads. From “helping” my mother make brown soda loaves on Saturday mornings, through to my teenaged attempts at yeast baking with orange and raisin scrolls, coming...
Culture File on RTÉ Lyric FM / Radio / Work
by Caroline · Published April 25, 2014 · Last modified June 15, 2016
There’s something stirring in Limerick. There are plenty of good places to eat, a vibrant, bustling centerpiece on Saturdays at the Milk Market and a community of food producers making local cheese, baklava – and...
Long haul travel with kids – does it get any easier? Not really, but at least experience helps you to be better prepared! I recently wrote a piece for the Irish Examiner on last...
Culture File on RTÉ Lyric FM / Radio / Work
by Caroline · Published February 18, 2014 · Last modified June 15, 2016
Raspberry and Chocolate Preserve, Oh My Darlin’ Clementine Marmalade and Partridge in a Pear Tree Chutney. With names like those, how could you resist just trying the samples at The Green Apron stall in Limerick’s...
Those of you who stop by here on a regular basis may have noticed a somewhat, shall we say, beery note to Bibliocook proceedings in the last few years. I blame New Zealand. After all,...
Culture File on RTÉ Lyric FM / Do / Food Events / Radio
by Caroline · Published January 21, 2014 · Last modified June 15, 2016
Joe Fitzmaurice, from the family behind Blazing Salads in Dublin, runs the Cloughjordan Wood-fired Bakery in North Tipperary. The bread he makes there is a thing of beauty, meant to nourish and feed in...
