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,…
recipes
Irish Scones with Spelt Flour
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…
Meeting new (flour-y) friends
I’ve finally found my peeps! Gotta love the internet, it’s like match.com only it would be called flour.com in my case, ha! I met a lovely couple over the weekend who farm and mill real Irish spelt flour. Talk about geeking out! But this sort of thing makes me so happy, meeting people passionate about…
Getting into the routine
Holy cow, I’m behind on this whole blogging situation! I can’t believe it’s been three+ weeks in school already. The days fly by, and the evenings go even quicker! Plus, I’m still finishing up some design projects from before I left. I try to do as much exploring around as I possibly can when opportunities…