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There are lots of arguments and theories about this famous Irish hot drink, but at this point the historical evidence suggests most strongly that Irish coffee was invented in 1943 by Joe Sheridan, the chef at the old flying-boat base at Foynes, County Clare, near the present site of Shannon...

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November 25, 2017

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Irish Coffee Cupcakes

This recipe is a lot like the one for our Irish Coffee Cake, in which layers of a coffee/chocolate sponge cake are soaked with a coffee and whiskey syrup, then topped with a cream and whiskey frosting. As a cupcake recipe it’s quicker and easier to make, and (potentially at...

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November 25, 2017

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Carrigaline Whiskey and Ginger Pie

Though Ireland has a fair number of purists who’d never dream of putting anything but water in whiskey, there are different views on the subject, and alternative additives. One very traditional one is ginger ale. Even the Jamesons Distillers’ website nods in this direction. So it should probably be no...

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October 26, 2017

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Carrageen Moss Blancmange

Cooking Time: 24 hours 30 mins

This delicate and subtle dessert would once have been thought of as the kind of treat best suited to invalids and people recovering from stomach troubles. But the same lightness and simplicity that made it a favorite as a “recovery food” now sets it apart as something unique among Irish...

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September 9, 2017

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Irish Curd Cheeses and Cheesecakes

It would be hard to find a country where people were more in love with dairy products in general than Ireland. Historically this would have had a lot to do with the herding lifestyle of the early Celtic peoples who settled here. Cows were essential to Celtic life as both...

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July 22, 2017

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Apple And Potato “Cake”

This dish probably started being baked by Irish firesides in its present form about three hundred years ago. It’s perfect for those times when a home chef wants a quick and easy dessert that can with equal aplomb appear cool and demurely sliced on the tea trolley, or as the...

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June 18, 2017

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Sweet Caraway Luncheon Loaf

Tea cakes and quick breads featuring caraway (or caraways, as they sometimes call the seasoning here) have been popular in Ireland for hundreds of years. Possibly the best-known of these are seed cakes— loaf cakes baked with plenty of caraway, sometimes sprinkled on top as well as included in the...

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June 15, 2017

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Wicklow Strawberry Shortcake

Cooking Time: 1 hr 45 mins mins

The centuries-old Irish passion for strawberries in season has turned this into one of the country’s favorite desserts. The shortcake is the real deal — not some nondescript sponge cake, but a scaled-up cream scone that’s rich and tender, perfect for soaking up the sweet juice of the strawberries and...

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June 13, 2017

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