Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
First published in the Irish Examiner on 1 September 2021 More than one-third of all food is wasted, according to 2021 UN report The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World. One-third....
Think outside the lunchbox! Ideas and recipes for back to school breakfasts, lunches and after school snacks.
We had guests. That’s my excuse. A schoolfriend, her husband and their three kids came to visit, parking up a campervan outside the house and taking me offline for 24 hours. There was baking...
Cooking in a camper van, on a camping stove or barbecue can be a challenge, but it’s also a lot of fun. Take inspiration from Camping Soul Food, a smart collection of easy recipes that can be cooked anywhere with limited equipment and fridge space.
Smooth or crunchy. Sweet or savoury. Spicy or chocolate. Look at the shelves of your local speciality food shop and you can see that there’s been an explosion of artisan, Irish-made nut butters in recent years.
Almost anything that you cook yourself is going to be healthier than buying takeaway or ready made meals but learning how to cook in 2021 poses new problems. Online cooking classes are filling the gap but which ones are the best for learners? Top five online cooking classes for basic kitchen skills.
Before the asparagus season – oh, so short in Ireland but so, so sweet – disappears, it must be celebrated. Slice and pile it on top of a simple nutty-flavoured spelt pastry base that’s...
This is a Euro-pudding of a dessert, a mixture of Irish-style, alcohol-soaked trifle and Italian mascarpone-rich tiramisu.
