Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
This was first published in the Irish Examiner on Wednesday, 10 August 2016 but – as I got so carried away when writing about fabulous fictional food in children’s books! – there wasn’t quite enough space for all...
First published on Irish Country Living. One day while collecting the Small Girl from preschool, a teacher stopped me with a question: “would you like some lettuce?” For the last term, the preschool class had...
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by Caroline · Published July 27, 2016 · Last modified October 25, 2017
We came, we learned, we loved every minute of it. The Kerrygold Ballymaloe Litfest 2016 was an absolute corker, from Francis Mallman’s 4am fire vigal, the Claire Ptak-Jeremy Lee comedy duo /cookery demo, Irish cider...
This is a sponsored post for Bord Bia’s tastyeasylamb promotion. The opinions and words are my own. “How many?” “Four,” I said. And with that, the butcher unhooked his longest, largest saw, picked up a...
First published on Irish Country Living. One cold winter’s morning in 2014 I went, radio mic in hand, to Ballingarry where I recorded Theresa Storey – aka The Green Apron artisan preserve company – making her...
English sparkling wine; a joke no longer, especially if you taste the fruits of Dermot Sugrue’s labours at Wiston Estate Winery. These elegant and poised wines come from the chalk slopes of the South Downs in...
Sunday, 11.30am. Seven IPAs. ABV: from 5% to 9%. 60 minutes. Two presenters. Hops & Glory, an IPA tasting, was what kicked Sunday morning at the Ballymaloe Litfest into a very chilled afternoon. (Or...
First published on Irish Country Living. At the cottage we are surrounded by elder. The ditches on three sides of our half acre plot are spotted at irregular intervals with the gnarled trees. Ignored for...
