Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
Irish craft beer, food events, studying at Ballymaloe Cookery School, eating out
For 2020, the Cork Long Table collective – reluctant to abandon the idea of celebrating Cork restaurants and local food altogether – put together a picnic, naming the restaurants involved but giving little more information.
While my first port of call in an crisis would often be the comfort of cinnamon rolls, when there’s no opportunity for yeast to take its sweet time, these cinnamon sugar-topped scones are a...
When she first got off school, Little Missy decided that she wanted her own food blog space so – with very limited editing and the first pic taken by her – here’s her first...
Three simple products: cheese, chocolate and black pudding. When done right, when made by people who care deeply about provenance, about craft and about the food that they produce, these can be sublime. Cheesemaker...
Proper flat whites. Failing that, proper long blacks with CMOS (aka cold milk on the side, according to the bill!). Camping breakfasts of bacon and eggs on a sunshiny Saturday morning. Brewpubs like Wellington’s...
Eating Out / Print / Work
by Caroline · Published November 29, 2019 · Last modified December 4, 2019
An edited version of this feature was first published in the Irish Examiner on 22 September 2019. Limerick was a city I learned by walking, with a side helping of food. Growing up an...
When the best chefs and producers come together, they create magic on the plate. It is a natural synergy, a creative partnership that thrives on passion and excellence – and one that all restaurant-lovers...
This is my sustainability story, a story about building a local sustainable food economy, as told at the first She Is Sustainable: Cork conference.
