Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
A fabulous, feel-good beer festival in a deconsecrated Methodist church. Crunchy whitebait cichetti at Coppi. Instagram-perfect weekend brunches at Established Coffee, that taste even better than they look. Belfast, in 2017, was an exciting, fun, friendly, food-filled city...
The Kiwi has four sisters. Each of them is married. Each couple has two children, ranging in age from our eight-year-old Little Missy down to the newest addition, a sleepy, snuggly sausage of a...
When you get an email from The Gannet, asking you if you’d be interested in taking a couple of people on a tour of Cork city, with a particular focus on pubs and microbreweries,...
It’s a wrap! Gingerbread House 2017, a tradition that I started when the Small Girl was a babe in arms and Little Missy a determined two-and-a-half year old toddler, has been completed. Made from...
Cookery Books / Food Books / Read
by Caroline · Published December 11, 2017 · Last modified October 23, 2018
I never can resist a new cookbook. I love the thrill of cracking the spine so that I can lay it out on the table to read over breakfast. I can let the morning...
When life hands you apples, it’s time to make stewed apples, and apple-glazed pork ribs, and – most importantly – apple sponge. The girls and I went for a walk down the fields on...
The first hands-on experience I had at Ballymaloe Cookery School was in the garden. Day 1 of the 12-week course, fresh from nervously juggling cups of coffee and introductions, we were ushered into the orchard...
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...
