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Irish Recipes

The Lazy Man’s Banoffee Pie

by Laura 27 May 2012
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While my Honey Girl and I were on our way from Connemara to Dublin to see my Sweet Boy’s choir perform at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in April, the kind of trip that breezes past, carried by enthusiasm for the event to come, we desperately needed to stop.  As we were driving through a nameless town, [...]

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Baby Barmbracks with Sherry

by Laura 9 May 2012
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My Honey Girl and I spent the first week of April together in Ireland.  Beneath a cornflower blue sky and tucked into the soft Connemara mountains, celadon in sunlight, black in shadow, we settled into the Cashel House where Mrs. McEvilly and her soft-spoken staff surrounded us with their incomparable care, tucking hot water bottles [...]

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A Banana Bread Spectacular :: From Plain Jane Loaf to Homey Dessert: Banana Bread Sautéed in Clarified Butter with Caramelized Bananas & Flaming Whisky Sauce, Tea Cake with Celtic Crossing Frosting, and More!

by Laura 16 March 2011
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Our Sweet Boy Freddy woke up to a happy surprise.  His friend Carly came over to bake with me Sunday morning.  Much silliness ensued. I told my friend William yesterday that I suffer from recipe brain.  It’s a blessing, until it isn’t.  It wakes me up, keeps me up, and seldom lets me rest.  I [...]

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Tipsy Pudding with Spiced Wine & Honey Cream Cheese

by Laura 15 March 2011
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I remember the St. Patrick’s Day of my childhood as the day of the Irish Sheridan sisters: there were the twins, Marguerite and Mary, and Kathleen, whom I also called ‘grandma,’ and Delores, my grandma, the youngest.  We have pictures of them, all decked out in green and standing in a row, smiling brightly, a [...]

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Irish Oatmeal with Cream, Kerrygold Butter, Celtic Salt, Warm Celtic Crossing Liqueur-soaked Golden Raisins, and Toasted Walnuts

by Laura 7 December 2010
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We had house guests this weekend and I was trying to think of something to cook for them for breakfast Saturday morning.  Sandwiched between rich, heavy meals, I wanted something healthy-ish that would be delicious.  I settled on oatmeal, and laid out these accoutrements.  It was a comforting bowl on a wintry morning: creamy oats, [...]

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