Vaughan's Anchor Inn in Liscannor
Can’t stop talking about the housemade black pudding topped with foie gras and a sprinkling of pistachios I was served at Vaughan’s Anchor Inn the other night. What an amazing combination of flavors and what...
Long Table Dinner: Burren Fine Wine & Food
“John Blake Dillion’s Table” was the theme of the Burren Food Trail’s “Long Table Dinner” on Thursday, July 19th. John Blake Dillion was an Irish revolutionary and part of the Young Ireland rebellion. Long Table...
Ennis: Western Herd/McHugh's Pub
Linanne’s Lobster Bar, Gregan’s Castle, and most of the other classy joints in my neck of County Clare are featuring beers from a local microbrewery called Western Herd. The beers come with such...
Connemara Smokehouse: Fish Fanciers' Paradise
The highest quality smoked salmon, rarely seen smoked wild tuna and smoked tuna mousse, smoked mackerel and smoked mackerel spread are a few of the items available to visitors at the headquarters of Connemara Smokehouse. ...
Great Irish BBQ starts with Real Irish Charcoal
A year ago, while eating a pulled pork sandwich at the Eatyard in Dublin, I noticed the name “Irish Artisan Charcoal” on a steel plate attached to a barrel smoker. Since I moved...
A Deep Dive Into Irish Whiskey
This was Ireland’s worst winter in a quarter century. The weather sent my wife and me to seek shelter in our locals which include such cozy havens as O’Loclainn’s Whiskey Bar in Ballyvaughan and Daly’s Pub in...
Behold! The Pouldoody Oyster
“You’ve never heard of a Pouldoody oyster?” My friend Dave Donohue was surprised. He was sure I must have encountered the name while researching the Irish chapter of my book, Sex, Death & Oysters....
Savoring Kinsale: The Scilly Walk
A spread of smoked Irish salmon, local oysters, seafood chowder, fish & chips and a few pints of Guinness was the reward waiting for the four of us at the end of our Saturday hike along the ramparts of Kinsale...
Kinsale: A Wild Atlantic Way With Seafood
Kinsale was already a thriving fishing center and market town when the Anglo-Normans drove the Irish out and built a fortified castle there in the 13th century. It remained the headquarters of a large fishing...