Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
Lunches, dinners and sweet treats for guests
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....
(Or, what to make when you’ve no time to make a cake.) It was the Little Sister’s Big Bad Birthday. She had been resolutely not wanting to make a fuss about it but eventually,...
Food for Friends / Online / Work
by Caroline · Published October 16, 2019 · Last modified October 27, 2020
It’s definitely the weather for a roast – but it doesn’t always have to involve meat. I wrote this feature on Sunday roasts that feature all the flavour, but with veggies as the main...
You know you’re properly grown up (or getting old) when there’s a cousins’ get together – with no Mammys or aunts present. One of my Malaysian cousins recently moved to Ireland and he brought...
Food for Friends / Storecupboard Specials
by Caroline · Published January 15, 2019 · Last modified February 1, 2021
On New Year’s Day, we had a bean feast. Now, while I’d like to say that this was because of the Italian tradition of eating lentils for the New Year to bring wealth and...
Food for Friends / Irish beer & cider
by Caroline · Published February 27, 2018 · Last modified September 24, 2021
When you wake up in the morning and there’s snow on the ground, it’s a good time to put on the oven. A few Sundays ago we had guests coming for lunch, but I...
Pancake Tuesday is almost upon us and my pair of smallies have decided that they’re having pancakes for breakfast, in their lunchboxes, for afternoon, after-school snacks and dinner. That’s their plan. So far. I’m...
