Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
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...
Bake / Food for Friends / Print
by Caroline · Published February 11, 2017 · Last modified October 10, 2017
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...
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...
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...
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 –...
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...
An edited version of this feature was first published in Irish Examiner. Make the most of a post-NZ holiday stopover by spending a night in Auckland with your family. New Zealand’s largest city is...
Cook / Food for Friends / Print / Work
by Caroline · Published November 14, 2016 · Last modified October 10, 2017
First published on Irish Country Living. When days are dark and the mood is gloomy, there’s nothing better than coming home to a kitchen that smells of something rich and gloriously savoury. Weeknight dinners are...
