Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
First published in the Irish Examiner on 17 February 2021. A muesli bar and coffee, eaten on the move. A quick bowl of cornflakes. A banana tucked into a handbag. Or breakfast in the...
For International Women’s Day 2020 we gathered in a room at GMIT. We didn’t know it then, but it was to be the last public in-real-life event for some time. Schools closed that Thursday...
Gadgets, I’ve had a few. But then again, too many to mention… Talking to PJ Coogan on 96FM’s Opinion Line about kitchen gadgets this morning made me look around my own kitchen and see...
Everything changes. In 2020, the entire world changed. But some things remain the same. At the start of December every year, when we drag the battered old suitcase of Christmas decorations from under the...
First published in The Echo on 8 December 2020. Let’s get one thing out of the way: there’s no such thing as THE perfect Christmas dinner, but there are many little elements that can...
First published in The Echo on 5 November 2020. There’s a newly minted nip in the air and the whole idea of tights, warm coats and wooly cardigans no longer seems far fetched. Nor...
It took a pandemic, says James Kelly of Ballymore Organics, “for people to develop an appreciation of the provenance of flour and of the synergy that it has with other quality Irish products.”
Using the slow cooker to cook a whole spiced cauliflower lets you lather your cauli liberally with some good flavours, turn the slow cooker to high and ignore it – apart from the gorgeous aroma – for three hours.
