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My Favorite Tastes. Mostly food, and a little of everything else. Check it out for restaurant reviews, recipes, and overall food and cooking thoughts!
A few weeks ago, my mom sent me a recipe clipping from Bon Appetit Magazine (June 2008 issue) for Soda Bread Muffins. Since it is nearly St. Patrick's Day, I decided to try the recipe. I modified it a little bit by using chopped appl (read full article)
Sunday was my husband's birthday and he requested a "proper Irish Sherry Trifle." I couldn't find sherry (well, I didn't really look), so I excluded that. Plus, I didn't want to buy a bottle of something and only use a drop.My husband's s (read full article)
Shepherd's Pie...it doesn't photograph very well, but you get the point.Shepherd's Pie is known as a quintessential English and Irish dish. Since my husband Neil is from Ireland, we go there a lot but I have never eaten Shep (read full article)
As all readers of this blog know by now, I eat a lot of goat cheese. A few days ago I made a baked goat cheese salad that was reminiscent of a salad I ate at The Bianconi in Killorglin, County Kerry.A different night in Ireland, I ate a fried g (read full article)
A few months ago, I blogged about a French Bistro meal, steak frite. It's a steak and french fries. The Irish have a similar version, but it's called Steak and Chips. Chips are what the Irish call french fries (and crisps (read full article)
Number two in my Irish Taste blog is Sweet and Sour Pork Stir Fry. Not traditional by any means, but I ate it in Ireland. Twice!In my husband's hometown (Killorglin, Co. Kerry, pop. 1,500) there are TWO Chinese restaurants. It (read full article)
If I am at a restaurant and there is a dish with goat cheese in it on the menu....I more often than not order it.Goat cheese is one of my most favorite tastes. Luckily, when the Celtic Tiger took hold of Ireland, it brought goat cheese with it. Almos (read full article)
Obviously, I really love food. When I travel, I look forward to eating at certain restaurants in certain cities. If I am going somewhere new, I will research places to try and if I am returning to one of my typical destinations, I always stop at my f (read full article)
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