Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
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...
Gone fishin’…or, at least, foraging. We’re off to NZ for a wee while, exchanging winter for summer, my Irish family for the Kiwi’s whānau and americanos for long blacks and flat whites. There might even...
Demos / Return to Ireland / Work
by Caroline · Published September 16, 2015 · Last modified February 12, 2018
There were lots of good things to do with growing and cooking and eating taking place in Waterford last weekend. Being MC for the COOK programme at the GIY GROW Fest meant that I was in the right...
Food Events / Irish beer & cider / Sláinte: The Complete Guide to Irish Craft Beer and Cider
by Caroline · Published July 15, 2015 · Last modified September 8, 2017
Any excuse to visit Belfast, right? After a gap of 13 years, I was blown away by the quality of food when I went there in January. I jumped at the chance to return...
First published in the Irish Examiner on Saturday 28 February: This is how to spend 24 hours in Belfast With sublime raw materials on offer, including Himalayan salt-aged beef from Hannan’s Meats, delicious rolls of...
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...
A week in Wales with old friends from the Husband’s Cambridge days. Four adults, five children under six and Bridie, the Irish terrier, in one house. Staying nearby, another household of four adults and...
Long haul travel with kids – does it get any easier? Not really, but at least experience helps you to be better prepared! I recently wrote a piece for the Irish Examiner on last...
