My Top 10 Irish Dishes of 2017: #10
No. 10: Batter-fried Cod at the Legendary Leo Burdock’s Fish & Chips in Dublin A huge, single chunk of fish is batter-fried until it attains a crispiness you can only imagine until you’ve bitten into it. The...
Bar Bard: Houston's Gorgeous Gael
Bars that call themselves Irish have long been popular in the United States. From hokey suburban shopping center beer joints, to elaborate reproductions of old pubs that have been transported piece by piece from the Old Country, America has its...
Portrait of Irish BBQ as a Young Art
I recently published an article on Irish BBQ over on my site ZenBBQ.com. You can read it here, or click here to check it out over on Zen BBQ. The Pitt Bros...
Class Act in the Dublin Suburbs: Bijou Bistro in Rathgar
I might never have eaten chef Wayne Barren’s amazing crispy-skinned duck leg served with buttery kale colcannon and a chili roasted butternut squash topped with toasted squash seeds if it hadn’t been for the terrible...
A Magical Food Truck Suddenly Appears on an Irish Fjord
While on the drive through Connemara, Dad spied a sign on the side of the road that piqued his interest. While the rest of us wondered what we could possibly find out in the middle of the...