Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
First published on Irish Country Living. I grew up in a house of scones. Scones – my mother’s large, golden, sultana-flecked scones – were, and are, the warm and butter-soaked answer to everything, even those...
Food for Friends / Read / Work
by Caroline · Published April 11, 2016 · Last modified October 10, 2017
First published on Irish Country Living. It’s a love story. It’s a quest for home. It’s a showcase of great Irish food. It’s a love story. Once upon a time, one cold Minneapolis night, creative...
Cook / Food for Friends / Work
by Caroline · Published March 30, 2016 · Last modified October 10, 2017
First published on Irish Country Living. In New Zealand, catering is often on a grand scale. When we – two adults, two smallies – come to visit, we stay with the Kiwi’s parents – another...
Bake / Irish beer & cider / Sláinte: The Complete Guide to Irish Craft Beer and Cider
by Caroline · Published March 14, 2016 · Last modified December 1, 2020
St Patrick’s Day doesn’t have to be all about drinking beer – you can always use it in the kitchen! Now I’m not necessarily saying to use all the beer in baking, but when you’re picking up...
Culture File on RTÉ Lyric FM / Do
by Caroline · Published March 3, 2016 · Last modified March 7, 2019
An export stout, pickled herring, organic milk, foraged preserves, sourdough bread and an organic orchard. Just imagine being a chef presented with such an eclectic selection – and asked to create a meal using these...
First published on Irish Country Living. When my mother did domestic science, as it was called in the 1960s, she used the Irish version of a book called All in the Cooking. This was an...
First published on Irish Country Living. The cheesemakers of Ireland sure do know how to put on a hooley. The cream of the crop gathered on a dark November night at the Grainstore in...
First published in the Irish Examiner on Saturday 6 December, 2014. By Caroline Hennessy and Kristin Jensen. Wine gets a lot of press in the run-up to the big Christmas feast, but who says...
