Homemade Elderflower Cordial
Summer hasn't truly arrived in Ireland until you can see the soft white bloom of elderflowers emerging from hedges along paths, roadsides or, if you're lucky, your own back garden! The flowers are mos…
June 28, 2020
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Apple & Blackberry Muffins
September is my January. Maybe it’s that crispness that suddenly arrives out of nowhere (crisp air, crisp leaves, crispy-clean duvet sheets after a summer without one) or maybe it’s that back-to-s…
September 19, 2018
The First Recipe I Ever Learned
It was on a street in Edinburgh in 2007 that I realised I was finally an adult, a proper grown up. My Mum had just managed to release me from a tearful embrace that in hindsight represented a monument…
January 17, 2018
A Wheaten Bread Recipe
Growing up in Ireland has meant that I have a natural affinity for bread products. Just take a look at the classic Ulster Fry and you will see a plate riddled with carbs; toasted soda farl, potato bre…
December 10, 2017
Autumn Yumminess: Apple & Blackberry Crumble
Autumn is a season of sounds. Leaves crunching underfoot, the cooler winds howling at night, the first fire crackling in the hearth. Nature puts on the finest display for us before the famine of winte…
October 12, 2017
John's Banana Bread Bonanza
A sign that you’re getting older is the sheer impossibility of organising a get together with your friends. Weekends suddenly become jam packed with familial duties and weeknights are usually spent…
July 19, 2017
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