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 ...

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 ...

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St. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, March 17, and that usually calls for some type of Irish-themed celebration. You will find a good supply of corned beef, cabbage and potatoes in the grocery stores, along ...

Many of my Irish friends grew up carving turnips to ward off evil spirits at Halloween because pumpkins were not readily available in Ireland until recently. While they didn’t have pumpkins, they did ...

Barmbrack is a tea loaf similar to the Welsh bara brith. Here the same flavors have been used in this sweet bread laced with delicious dried fruit and chocolate. This chocolate barmbrack bread recipe ...