Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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When the boss gently hints that you should do something, it’s prudent to pay attention. Fortunately, the gentle hint I recently received was regarding sharing a recipe for Irish food, so I’m all in. I ...

You may know about the plastic baby Jesus in the Mardi Gras king cake, but did you know that there’s an ancient history behind hiding symbolic trinkets in baked goods? Special-occasion breads (think ...

Ireland has some spooktacular Halloween traditions and one of our favorites has always been the anticipation of who will get the ring in the traditional Barmbrack bread. Barmbrack is a fruit-filled ...

Our in-house IrishCentral top-chef turned their hand to making tradition Halloween barmbrack, following Donal Skehan’s delicious recipe. Happy Halloween. Looks so good right!? Barmbrack is the most ...

In the interest of full disclosure, I did not bake the ring into either cake. The ring also can be pushed through the bottom of the finished cake. David Bowers suggests serving brack “sliced and ...