Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
Fresh cranberries, those gloriously red, bouncy berries – ever dropped an open pack on a tiled kitchen floor? – are now synonymous with Christmas, but it wasn’t always so. In Ireland during the 1980s, the only cranberry you might come...
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...
First published in the Nov-Dec edition of Image Interiors & Living. In 2011, with a small baby in my arms and toddler underfoot, I decided that the one thing that would make Christmas complete was a gingerbread house. A nice project to do...
It all started with a stray comment down the back of a cookery demonstration. As I talked whispered, Diarmuid McIntyre, of Grey Heron Media and the HearSay Festival, through a beer tasting, he wondered if it...
Twinkle was my choice; my brother went for The Beano. Our weekly comics were on order at McCarthy’s Hardware, situated right in the middle of Main Street, Kilfinane. It was the largest shop in the town, with three...
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by Caroline · Published November 2, 2015 · Last modified June 15, 2016
Using a computer? Listening to a digital radio? About to search the internet? Bookmarking a dinner recipe that you’ll be weighing on a digital scale? Your life is touched every day by Boolean algebra, which...
Culture File on RTÉ Lyric FM / Irish beer & cider / Radio / Sláinte: The Complete Guide to Irish Craft Beer and Cider / Work
by Caroline · Published October 22, 2015 · Last modified June 15, 2016
Looking for something to do this weekend? You might be interested in two festivals taking place, one in Kilkenny, the other in Wexford. Savour Kilkenny kicks off tomorrow morning, with Anne Neary hosting a...
Culture File on RTÉ Lyric FM / Irish beer & cider
by Caroline · Published September 30, 2015 · Last modified June 15, 2016
‘Tis the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness. That means it’s time for the apple growers and cider makers of Ireland to get their cider presses up and ready for the runnings of the 2015...
