My Top 10 Irish Dishes of 2018 #10
Tender and delicious slow smoked Beef Ribs at Bad Boys BBQ in Cork. Last January, I took a trip to Cork to sample some BBQ joints I had heard about. Two of the...
Legendary Oysters of Carlingford Lough
PJ’s beer garden is a fine place to sample Carlingford oysters on a sunny day. I ordered two on the half shell, two grilled with garlic butter and breadcrumbs and two barbecued. The half shell oysters were...
Limerick Milk Market: Nostalgic Delicacies
If you are interested in heritage Irish food, be sure to visit Limerick Milk Market on a Saturday morning. Artisan duck pate covered with yellow fat, crubeens (fried pig trotters), elderberry and quince preserves, Irish brown breads, farmhouse cheeses,...
A Spoon of Honey: Beekeeper Joe Shea
Joe Shea is the beekeeper at Mourne Grange, a Camphill Community in the Mourne Mountains of County Down. A few days ago, I followed around while he checked the hives. Joe Shea writes: Last...
It's Oyster Season: Galway Oyster Festival
The Galway Oyster Festival, held on the last weekend in September every year, celebrates the beginning of oyster season. The festival is held when the months without an “R” are behind us and the summer spawning is...
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...