I grew up thinking scones were the real deal. However, what we call scones is really fried bread to the rest of the world. Use them for sandwiches, breakfast, tacos or whatever you like, they are ...
The all-butter dough comes together quickly in a food processor, and includes a magical super simple trick to create extra ...
While St. Patrick’s Day may be over, our love for all things Irish is not. Enter: Stewart’s bread scones. On March 15, she shared a photo of her scones to her Instagram with the caption reading, ...
If there are two things I have close to an expert's level of knowledge about, they are bread and being Irish. I recently did one of those DNA tests that requires you mail off a test tube containing an ...
A version of this story first appeared on Bellwether Vance’s blog. Sue’s marriage fell apart and we became best friends on the same day. A St. Patrick’s Day. We were new friends that year, with ...
You might remember Mary O'Halloran - aka Mary O - the Co Mayo woman who found viral fame at the height of the pandemic thanks to a feature on the massive social media account Humans of New York. The ...
I think I am becoming the Cliff Clavin of food trivia. For those of you too young to recall (or too young to stay up to watch late-night reruns), Cliff was a character on the 1980s sitcom “Cheers” — a ...
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up, and what better way to celebrate than with some Irish-inspired food? Whether you’re Irish or not, you’ve probably heard of Irish soda bread. The “soda” is not the ...
Nestled in a modest storefront in New York City’s East Village, Mary O’s Irish Soda Bread Shop blends into the other red-brick businesses on the block. But one thing sets it apart: Customers routinely ...
St. Patrick’s Day is on Sunday but my brain is already far away in the land of rolling hills and dramatic seaside cliffs. Without even closing my eyes I conjure images of endless stone walls and ...