Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, the Savour Kilkenny food festival is taking place from Thursday 26 until Monday 30 October. There’s a huge variety of activities, including demos and meals, a busy...
It’s a truth universally acknowledged at this time of the year that children will a) demand that you buy barm brack and b) poke through it to find the ring, then leave it, eviscerated...
When I did a drop off in Kilfinane on Thursday, I met Mike who had flown from Sydney to pick up a Hearsay Audio award for his A Nightmare before Christmas. Friday evening, at...
I was chuffed to learn late on Thursday night – thanks to Evin O’K (the well deserved winner of the best Arts and Crafts blog) – that Bibliocook had been awarded Bronze at the 2017...
It’s the start of October and the temperature has plummeted. The girls come home from school like ravening wolves, their appetites sharpened by the cold, ready to eat through each other – and me...
Staker, Staker, you can’t catch me, Staker, Staker, you can’t catch me, Staker, Staker, you can’t catch me… Staker Wallace was the bogeyman of Kilfinane. Hanged, drawn and quartered in the revolutionary year of...
I was delighted to learn that Bibliocook: All About Food, which in 2017 celebrates its 12th year in existence, is a finalist in this year’s V by Very Blog Awards Ireland in two categories. These...
I’m keeping an eagle eye on some trees at the moment. Hidden in the hedgerows of the fields that surround the cottage, there is a store of purplish-black gold for those who know where...
