When I asked a colleague for his wife's recipe for Irish Soda Bread — I'd had it once at a staff pot luck and it was outrageously good — he said he wasn't sure he could give it out. "She said it’s her ...

“For me, soda bread is warmth and comfort,” says Gillian Fitzgerald. “It can be as elevated or simple as you want it to be. You can have your smoked salmon and your super-fancy cheese plate, or you ...

Dromoland Castle executive head chef David McCann shares the keys to making perfect - and authentic - Irish brown soda bread at home.

With about five minutes of prep involved — and no rise time at all — it’s a startling easy yet impressive addition to any St. Patrick’s Day feast. So if you’re cooking today, volunteer to make the ...

Originally a religious holiday, St. Patrick’s Day is now more commonly celebrated as a secular holiday filled with Irish foods and green beer. Hold the beer for me, and I’ll head straight for the ...

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Across all cultures, cherished recipes often have their roots in necessity and access (or lack) of ingredients. That’s of course the case with Irish soda bread, a style of bread made not with yeast ...

An Irish friend taught me the most important step to take when making Irish soda bread, the one technique that makes the bread different from any other quick bread. It is essential, she tells me, to ...