Robb Walsh | Ireland Eats
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...
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...
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....
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...
We’re having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave! -Ethel Merman June 2022 was wet and cold. It was a challenging year for gardeners. The tomatoes I grow in the polytunnel didn’t get going until...
Beekeeper Joe Shea writes: Some years the month of May is a complete wash out: Not enough warmth or sunshine in the apple orchard to sweeten the nectar so the scout honeybees can track the...
1) Bunsen: Dublin, Cork, Belfast Hamburger With lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, and mayo-based burger sauce Bunsen’s extremely short menu is printed on a business card. Basically, there are only two burgers: the hamburger (which can...
Handsome Burger The Smokester at Handsome Burger in Galway features their juicy “hand-rolled” burger patty, a big strip of streaky bacon, smoked cheddar, pickles, crispy onion, and smokey chipotle sauce. (Chipotles are smoked jalapeños.) It’s...
An Eire-Mex version of Texas chili cheese fries. At the Galway Plaza SuperMac’s, my son Joe shoved a paper boat across the table and told me to try some “Taco Fries.” The chips (French fried...
Dashburger, the new kid in town. Dashburger is the hot new Irish hamburger and its nothing like the others. I usually like my burgers medium rare, but I make an exception for this deliciously well-done...