Ireland Blog

Sharing my 2020 trip to Ireland for culinary school. Follow along, it's going to be a ball!

A wee update

March 15, 2020

Things don’t always happen as planned, do they now? Geez, Louise, this is nuts. Thank you for all for the sweet notes of concern, I’m safe and fine for now in Ireland. Doing my best not to panic, and working out how to get home. I’m waiting a few days for AerLingus to get through…

Can’t I live on bread alone?

February 25, 2020

“How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex?” ― Julia Child “All sorrows are less with bread. ” ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (author of Don Quixote)

The English Market – Cork

February 19, 2020

True conversation with Sheila: “Hey Shelagh, have any plans for the weekend (mind you, this is on Wednesday)” Me: “Well Sheila, I was thinking of hopping on a train to Cork to visit the English Market, want to join me?” Sheila: “Great, I’ll book the train, let’s make a day of it and stay overnight,…

Irish Scones with Spelt Flour

February 10, 2020

Yesterday, I wrote a post about my new friends Emma and Pat, owners of Oak Forest Mills. Emma and Pat grow and mill a few kinds of wheat here in Ireland (spelt, barley and einkorn). They were gracious enough to gift me a 5-kilo bag of their spelt flour. It’s gorgeous stuff and I decided…