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Sunday Bits
Oh dear. It’s been far too long since I last put together one of these sassy Sunday Bits. But, between farming, mothering, cooking, writing, homework and every possible other thing I can commit to...
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Gingerbread Cake with Marmalade & Juniper Cream
Geoffrey pulled the winning name for the Irish Taste Club flavour box, and the winner is: Brenda Smith. Congratulations Brenda! And, thank you to everyone else who left a comment to be in the draw,...
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Farmhouse Rice Pudding
I know, I know, it’s January and according to every well-meaning food magazine I am supposed to be in full throttle detox-n-dry damnation mode. But, despite my best intentions to become a “new me,” I...
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Banoffee Crepe Cake
I am delighted to announce the five recipients of my upcoming book, The Farmette Cookbook, Recipes and Adventures from My Life on an Irish Farm: Debra Dorn, Jen Kohan, Martha Bernie, Emily Grace &...
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“Well, you’re my Valentine…”
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” -Joseph Campbell I met this fine-looking farmer when he was visiting the United States one...
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Kneecaps & Sunday Bits
Picture this. You walk into a 1960’s-style supper club/ballroom in a small midwestern American town. It doesn’t matter that it is the noughties; nothing has changed since the place first opened in...
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Paddy’s Day Potstickers
In the Irish countryside the true spirit of St. Patrick’s Day really lives on. My husband and his family still pick a shamrock clover and pin it on their lapel for the day, and now I am a part of that...
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Spring: Market + Gather
I am delighted to present Saveur Magazine’s Best Food Blog Photographer 2015, Renée Kemps, as the host of our next Lens & Larder workshop which will take place at the beguiling Irish country...
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Holiday 2016
Given the state of things, I’ve decided to make a fist of it and dive straight right into holiday mode. Can you hear those jingle bells a-jangling? Me either, but we are going to get there people! For...
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Potato-Crusted Pizza with Gruyère, Carmelised Onions, Rosemary & Thyme
Blimey. It’s been ages since I last wrote. Wait a minute, can I even say Blimey? How about Crikey? Have I been here long enough to warrant the use of such wackadoodle colloquialisms? I realise we are...
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