Read: Irish Examiner | 24 hours in Auckland
An edited version of this feature was first published in Irish Examiner. Make the most of a post-NZ holiday stopover by spending a night in Auckland with your family. New Zealand’s largest city is...
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Slow cooker cosy + Slow Baked Beans
First published on Irish Country Living. When days are dark and the mood is gloomy, there’s nothing better than coming home to a kitchen that smells of something rich and gloriously savoury. Weeknight dinners are...
Read: Irish Examiner | Fabulous fictional food – Part 2
First published in the Irish Examiner on Wednesday, 10 August 2016. As the feature I submitted was a little longer than necessary (it was the recipes, honest!), I’ve broken it into two for the blog. Part 1 –...
Read: Irish Examiner | Fabulous fictional food – Part 1
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...
Read: Growing and cooking with kids + Strawberry halloumi salad
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...
Read: All in the Cooking: a basic life skill + Rice Pudding
First published on Irish Country Living. When my mother did domestic science, as it was called in the 1960s, she used the Irish version of a book called All in the Cooking. This was an...
Read: Blessed be the cheesemakers + Baked eggs and ham
First published on Irish Country Living. The cheesemakers of Ireland sure do know how to put on a hooley. The cream of the crop gathered on a dark November night at the Grainstore in...
Read: Irish Examiner | Why not have a ‘crafty’ beer or two this Christmas
First published in the Irish Examiner on Saturday 6 December, 2014. By Caroline Hennessy and Kristin Jensen. Wine gets a lot of press in the run-up to the big Christmas feast, but who says...