You don't have to be born in Ireland to grasp just how fantastic Irish baking is. Imen McDonnell is an American-born writer who fell for an Irish farmer and then for Irish food. The following recipe ...

WHEN THE ITALIANS mix potato and flour and call it gnocchi we go wild about it, and yet we have been mixing potato and flour in Ireland for years. The farl, or potato cake, may not end up in liquid – ...

St. Patrick’s Day may have passed. But The Spokesman-Review Food section has been receiving requests for the Irish Potato Farls mentioned March 16 in an Irish cookbook contest award-winning essay.

'The farl,’ writes Nigel Slater in his latest essential cookbook, Tender (Fourth Estate, £30), 'a slim scone of flour, butter and mashed potato, is rarely seen nowadays and somehow all the more of a ...

Baking is an important part of Ireland's culinary heritage, and our family favourite was potato farls, which you can make with leftover mash, but tastes better made from scratch with floury spuds ...

Irish pubs will be packed on St. Patrick's Day as Canadians celebrate the most Irish day of the year. But those looking for a more low-key, family-friendly way to acknowledge the day might want to try ...

They know how to get the day off to a good start in the North, and they’re partial to a wee bun, too, writes DOMINI KEMP They know how to get the day off to a good start in the North, and they're ...

For the discerning leftovers lover, too much mash is a great problem to have. Whether you prefer bubble and squeak or even a surprisingly good gluten-free lemon drizzle cake, the chilled carb provides ...

Good quality lard for frying. Use a good quality vegetable oil if you must but lard is best. Sift the dry ingredients together into a big bowl. Add the wet ingredients and stir gently but well, to ...

Having started baking every morning at dawn, my grandpa John Jo McNally was head baker for a big bakery in Northern Ireland and would come home every lunchtime with the spoils of his work. I don’t ...