Food and Culture
Spud Sunday: Still Full And Plenty
Potato drop scones – fat little pancakes, really – a recipe from my mother’s 50-year old copy of Maura Laverty’s Irish classic, Full and Plenty – a book still worth reading today
Spud Sunday: Welcome To Hamburg
A trip to Hamburg brings me into contact with labskaus, a colourful potato dish with an interesting background and a (tenuous) connection to The Beatles
Spud Sunday: Knocking On Mayo’s Door
A visit to the Mayo Alive festival leads to my first encounter with Mayo boxty. A recipe for same ensued.
Paddy’s Day Food Parade, 2011 Edition
The Paddy’s Day Food Parade is here again, with a whole compendium of ways to eat and drink your way through this St. Patrick’s Day.
A Note From Home
Presenting “Canada’s Cake”, a type of boiled fruit cake, made using a recipe handed down through several Irish generations
Rare Auld Dublin
Culture Night, the Dublin Civic Trust and a recipe for traditional Dublin Gur Cake – that’s a lot of local culture for one post
Circus Of The Vegetables
Cirque de Légume perform as part of the Temple Bar Summer Sensational – a more creative use of vegetables I have not seen!
Tea’s Up
A lovely evening was had at the first Dublin Tea Up: lots of tea, lots of chat and an excuse to make some lemon cake with redcurrants
