Food, cooking, and travel
A few days ago I wrote a post about the distinction between Irish heritage and Irish-American heritage through the lens of corned beef and cabbage. I said I was, at least for now, more interested in exploring Irish culinary traditions than Irish-American ones. In the …
I still watch television and on one of the stations I watch there is a tidal wave of advertising for a product from Oprah Winfrey’s corporation called “O! That’s Good.” They’re essentially reheatable (frozen?) side dishes. The ad begins with Oprah saying that she loves …
So this is a follow up to Monday’s post about getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day. I finally settled for cockles & mussels steamed in a cider and bacon broth and it was delicious. I’m a sucker for mussels anyway but tasting them cooked with cider and …
My ethnic heritage is more Irish than anything else but I’ve always had mixed feelings about St. Patrick’s Day. In Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is a holy day of obligation and I can’t speak to how the Irish view St. Patrick or his day. In …
