Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
Food Events / Irish beer & cider / Read
by Caroline · Published May 8, 2015 · Last modified October 25, 2017
Counting down the days? I am! The Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food & Wine (and other good things!) is kicking off this day week, Friday 15 May, and running for that entire weekend. I’ll...
Food for Friends / Lovely Lunches
by Caroline · Published May 1, 2015 · Last modified September 24, 2021
You know that sinking feeling when you realise you’ve had something in your freezer for, ooh, way too long? We all have them. Large blocks of unidentifiable meat, sitting ominously in the corner. Ours...
It had been 13 years since I last visited Belfast. Back in 2002, I hopped on the Enterprise one cold Friday evening en route to meet the new Kiwi boyfriend for, perhaps, the third...
Culture File on RTÉ Lyric FM / Food Events / Work
by Caroline · Published April 7, 2015 · Last modified June 15, 2016
In 2013, we came with no expectations and were subsequently blown away by the Litfest experience, listening to and learning from cookery legends Claudia Roden, Madhur Jaffrey and Stephanie Alexander. 2014 brought the world’s...
Never mind your green beer or big brand stout! Irish craft beer is the thing to drink – or bake with – this St Patrick’s Day. Incorporate some good craft porter or stout into...
I wrote a feature on the new world of Irish craft beer for the Irish Independent Weekend magazine last Saturday to coincide with the Alltech Craft Brews and Food Fair in Dublin’s Convention Centre....
Irish beer & cider / Sláinte: The Complete Guide to Irish Craft Beer and Cider
by Caroline · Published February 26, 2015 · Last modified September 5, 2017
Would you take wine recommendations from these people? Doerthe Woltermann, vice president of the Dublin Ladies Craft Beer Society and the Lovin’ Dublin beer correspondent, Wayne Dunne aka Irish Beer Snob, Kristin “Edible Ireland”...
You might have realised, over the years, that I’m a fan of cheesy Valentines: 2012 Something cheesy for Valentine’s Day 2008 The easiest Valentine’s Day dinner: Baked Vacherin Mont d’Or 2007 Valentine’s Night – delayed: Simple Irish...
