Good Food Ireland 2025
The Good Food Ireland 2025 Conference convened Tuesday March 25 at the Anatantara Marker Hotel Dublin to address current trends and concerns in the Irish Food scene. The conference also marked the launch of...
RobbsSlowCookerBook: Corned Beef/Spiced Beef & Cabbage
By Caitríona Devery Next up in the slow cooker recipe trials is this simple spiced beef dinner, a fine meat-and-veg meal that is perfect for the slow cooker. Spiced beef is a variation on corned...
RobbsSlowCookerBook: Top 10 Dishes of 2024
Instead of the usual year-end round-up of my Top 10 Irish restaurant dishes, here’s a look back at the Top 10 recipes I tested in 2024 for Braised, Simmered and Stewed: Heritage Dishes for the...
RobbsSlowCookerBook: And So It Begins
by Caitriona Devery I’ve had a slow cooker for a few years now. I am a big fan of the patient, comforting and unfussy cooking it promotes. When Robb asked me to test out some...
Braised, Simmered & Stewed
Braised, Simmered & Stewed: Heritage Dishes from the Slow Cooker is the title of a new cookbook I’m working on for Chronicle Books, San Francisco due for release in Autumn 2026. This slow cooker cookbook...
My Top 10 Irish Dishes: 2023
Maybe we are still recovering, but 2023 was a curiously quiet year, Gone is the over-the-top culinary exuberance of the pre-COVID era. The tasting menu parades of precious little plates are falling out of favor....
Judging the 2023 Irish Food Writing Awards
The charming Corinna Hardgrave, the Irish Times restaurant reviewer, was seated to my right at this year’s Irish Food Writing Awards dinner. We had a great time discussing the Irish restaurant scene and the highs...
Beekeeper’s Journal: Happy Michaelmas!
by Beekeeper Joe Shea The first look at the colonies this year was back in April, and never knowing what wreckage the winter might have bestowed, it was with great joy and relief I found...
Homestead Cottage: An Amazing New Restaurant in Doolin
Chef Robbie McCauley opened a new restaurant in late June called Homestead Cottage on the road between Doolin and the Cliffs of Moher. It’s a wonderful place to eat and the acclaim is rolling in....
Beekeeper’s Journal: Blackberry Blossoms
Bees in the Blackberry Blossoms….mid June 2023 From Beekeeper Joe Shea: Despite a cool May, the summer has jumped ahead of itself. High pressure has stalled any movement of damp weather to these shores for...