Read: The Echo | Show some lunchbox love
An edited version of this feature was first published in the The Echo on 28 August 2019 The kids think that the summer holidays will never start, the parents think that they’ll never end...
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Read: Irish Examiner | The A-Z of flying with kids
I’ve distilled more than ten years of air travel (mostly long haul) with my smallies into an A-Z of flying with kids for the Irish Examiner.
Read: Irish Examiner: A bountiful feast served up in Beirut
I visited Beirut for the first time in March – a long-anticipated and hoped-for trip. My feature on that cosmopolitan city’s great food and warm-hearted hospitality appeared in the Irish Examiner last Saturday and...
Rosemary is for remembrance + Lemon, Poppy Seed and Rosemary Loaf
First published on Irish Country Living. Sometimes you cannot help. Words are not enough. There’s nothing that can be done. Nothing that you can do. But you can bake. My cousin’s little baby girl would...
Read: Irish stout gingerbread Christmas wreaths with citrus glaze
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...
Read: Not-so fictional feasts – Part 2
A final helping of recipes inspired by food in children’s books. First published in the Irish Examiner on 30 November 2016. Part 1, with Pippi Longstocking’s Pepparkakor and roasted eggs and potatoes from The Secret Garden is here. And what about you? I’d...
Read: Fishwives – Barley, Asparagus and Smoked Trout Salad
First published on Irish Country Living. Mag Kirwan is a force of nature. She’s the woman behind Goatsbridge Trout Farm in Co Kilkenny, which produces the first class fresh, smoked and tinned trout –...
Read: Not-so fictional fairytale feasts – Part 1
This was first published in the Irish Examiner on 30 November 2016 but – again! – I got carried away and there wasn’t quite enough space for all the text. Part 2 includes The Little House in...