My Top 10 Irish Dishes of 2019 #1
A dozen native oysters on the half shell at Moran’s Oyster Cottage in Kilcolgan. There is no flavor in the world like the firm, meaty texture and rich marine tang of the Ostrea...
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Historic All-Ireland Oyster Tasting: 65th Annual Clarinbridge Oyster Festival
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...
Belfast Top 5
The Game of Thrones hype has Nothern Ireland’s tourist scene buzzing. And in July, the British Open will be played in Northern Ireland for the first time in decades. I have family and friends coming to...
My Top 10 Irish Dishes of 2018 #4
Oyster on the half shell with sea lettuce and trout caviar at Tartare in Galway. This gorgeous gigas oyster on the half shell was served with a drizzle of herbal oil, a leaf of sea...
My Top 10 Irish Dishes of 2018 #6
“Oysters 3 Ways” at PJ’s Oyster Bar in Carlingford Au Naturel, Kilpatrick and Grilled, are the three offerings on the “Carlingford Oyster” section of the menu at PJ Ohares Bar. I ordered a...
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...
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...
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...