Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
Dinners and lunches, food for friends and suppers at home – all kinds of savoury options
Cooking in a camper van, on a camping stove or barbecue can be a challenge, but it’s also a lot of fun. Take inspiration from Camping Soul Food, a smart collection of easy recipes that can be cooked anywhere with limited equipment and fridge space.
Before the asparagus season – oh, so short in Ireland but so, so sweet – disappears, it must be celebrated. Slice and pile it on top of a simple nutty-flavoured spelt pastry base that’s...
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.
It was not a good week. The airwaves and my feeds were full of horror and rage at what had happened in the US – some useful links here from #BlackLivesMatter – we were...
It feels as if there’s been a lot more sweet things around the cottage lately. This might be due to a combination of the girls baking more – thanks to cookbook gifts from the...
Smallies – frustratingly – change their minds about food. Cue lines from me like: “But you liked this pasta / rice / cheese / breakfast / lunch / dinner only last week! Little Missy,...
This chocolate tart takes minutes to put together, can be gluten free and – most importantly – has a gorgeous contrast between the gloriously smooth chocolate ganache filling and the textured, crunchy oatcake crust.
It started – as many things do – with one person. We all have a few of these in our lives: a dear friend and former colleague who was impossible to buy presents for....
