IPA tasting at Kerrygold Ballymaloe Litfest
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...
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In Season: Homemade Elderflower Cordial
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...
Good eating in Belfast + Stout and Treacle Spelt Bread
First published on Irish Country Living. The first time I visited Belfast was back in 2002. I took the Enterprise from Dublin’s Connolly Station on a wintery Friday night to meet my new Kiwi boyfriend; we...
Irish cider at Kerrygold Ballymaloe Litfest
A cider tasting at 9.30am? Five Irish ciders, four producers, three presenters? Just kicking off another day at the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Litfest. That was last Saturday morning. The beginning of a day that included...
Listen: Lens & Larder at Ballyvolane House
A well-used wooden table, set for four in the middle of a farm yard, with mismatched plates, battered crockery and crumpled, earth-toned linens. Food gathered at the English Market – a whole smoked mackerel, sweet Toonsbridge buffalo ricotta, Tom...
Black pudding: the new superfood
Black pudding: how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I loved you when I had to chase you down for breakfast in New Zealand, a country not generally known for ignoring...
Date Scones + Kerrygold Ballymaloe Festival of Food & Wine 2016
First published on Irish Country Living. I grew up in a house of scones. Scones – my mother’s large, golden, sultana-flecked scones – were, and are, the warm and butter-soaked answer to everything, even those...
Read: The Farmette Cookbook by Imen McDonnell + Frangipane
First published on Irish Country Living. It’s a love story. It’s a quest for home. It’s a showcase of great Irish food. It’s a love story. Once upon a time, one cold Minneapolis night, creative...