Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
Artisan baker Declan Ryan of Arbutus Bread, and winner of the first Michelin star in Ireland, talks to Caroline Hennessy for SilverCircle.ie about the resurgence of interest in good quality bread and his grandmother’s...
…during which I ate creamy, chive-flecked seafood chowder in an large bread bowl (€9.50) at the friendly Bakehouse (6 Bachelors Walk, Dublin). I arrived in the door with a pushchair full of squawking Small Girl – she’s not a...
Food for Friends / Lovely Lunches
by Caroline · Published January 17, 2012 · Last modified October 4, 2016
Parmesan, tomato puree, garlic, balsamic vinegar: all kitchen staples that we use, almost unthinkingly, every day when cooking. They are also four of the ingredients in Laura Santtini‘s intriguing Taste #5 Umami Paste. Named...
It’s January. Time for just a little indulgence. Yes, I know that we’re all supposed to be on a hair-shirt-fun-free-detox-diet but on a dark, dreary school/work morning it’s no harm at all to have...
Early morning, 31 December 2001. That was the moment when I made a decision that set my life on a totally new path. Rather than go home, as planned, to hang out with the...
I like to think I’m the kind of person who doesn’t need too many kitchen gadgets. But that wouldn’t be exactly true. But, while I can happily cook on a one-ring gas stove while...
I was digging through the archives this week to find my recipes for Christmas Muffins and Mincemeat and Polenta Shortbread – much better ways of using up mincemeat than trying to make fiddly mince pies with my pair...
Bake / Demos / Irish beer & cider
by Caroline · Published December 14, 2011 · Last modified April 7, 2015
Last week I was up in Dublin for the National Crafts & Design Fair in the RDS, doing a couple of demonstrations on the Cooks Academy stage in the Food Emporium. The title of my demo was Baking with...
