Happy Michaelmas 2023! Have an Apple!
You have to grow tomatoes and peppers in a “polytunnel” here in Ireland. It’s too cold and windy outside. July was so cold, my homegrown tomatoes were still pretty green …
Life As We Know It: Covid Pandemic
Tourism is the dominant industry in the Burren region of Western Ireland. Now the Burren has gone eerily quiet. No bright green “Paddy Wagon” tour busses whizzing along the narrow …
Eire-Mex: Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican army’s victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It is a minor holiday in Mexico, dwarfed in importance by Mexican …
Chili, Oysters and Our Irish Cottage on Pouldoody Bay
As the fall semester begins, our Irish adventure continues. I am writing about cooking in Ireland for Taste.com and getting together with Ten Speed Press for a Chili Cookbook promotion. …
Starting Over: An East Texan in Western Ireland
Storm Fion, the third named storm of the season is hitting the West Coast of Ireland at the moment. (And we thought we were getting away from Galveston’s tropical storms!) …