It’s a little bit shocking to see a big Louisiana-style seafood boil in Western Ireland, but lo and behold! I am constantly amazed by the bounty of Irish ingredients This cooking project got started when...
Citrus-cured trout with turmeric-tinted pickled cauliflower and vivid violet garnish started off a lovely Friday evening dinner at Barrtrá, a seafood cafe in Lahinch. After months of home-cooking and takeaway during the interminable Covid-19 lockdown,...
Two of us split the succulent array of fresh Irish seafood known as the “Big Seafood Sharing Plate” at The Seafood Cafe by Niall Sabongi in Dublin. The awesome assortment comes with a whole cleaned crab, boiled shrimp, a...
Mungo Murphy’s Seaweed Company offers one of the most interesting tours in Ireland for seafood lovers. At their mariculture operation on the Connemara coast the Japanese species of abalone is farm-raised in large tanks full...
Native oysters from 6 Irish bays were presented for a public tasting Thursday night at the 65th annual Clarinbridge Oyster Festival. No such side-by-side comparative tasting of Irish oysters has been held in recent memory, according...
We had a big lobster dinner last Saturday. Nine fat ones were steamed for family and friends and served up with drawn butter, crusty bread, a big salad and some Moet Brut Champagne. We...
Fat Mussels served Thai-style at Martin Shanahan’s Fishy Fishy seafood restaurant in Kinsale. From the quality of the mussels, to the spicy Thai sauce, to the beautifully crafted bowl they are served in; everything about this bowl...
“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....
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...