“Whiskey, you’re the devil” is the start of a song by Ireland’s Clancy Brothers that I’ve always liked. It came right to mind when I saw a new line of apple design pottery from my favourite Irish pottery, Nicholas Mosse, whom I got to know when I lived on the west coast of Ireland. Tucked […]
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Easter Saturday: Irish stewed kid with Guinness and prunes
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Tomorrow is the classic roast, gigot d’agneau, for Easter dinner at our house. I’ve been longing, however, for the Easter meal I had when I lived on the west coast of Ireland, young goat (kid) stewed gently in Guinness, with prunes, onion and garlic. A packet of kid, labelled “1/2 cabri”, nearly […]
Florence’s 1950s tuna noodle casserole (recipe)
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Here’s my version of our family recipe for the classic American 1950’s dish that we, as Catholics who didn’t eat meat on Friday, often had that night of the week. When you watch Mad Men, remember that in Iowa we were sitting around the table eating this. We bought our first TV […]
St Patrick and the Irish contribution to drink, Sláinte! (update)
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – It’s Saint Patrick’s day, when thoughts turn to all things Irish in some households (mine), starting with the first drink of the day. In my case, it was a fine cuppa, from a new packet of Bewley’s Irish tea, some of the best breakfast tea around, served by my husband in […]
Geneva airport’s new rules Sunday, for non-Schengen passengers
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Cointrin Airport won’t look the same to you Sunday if you’re fliying to or from Britain or Ireland or any other non-Schengen country. Swiss airports have been working with the European Union for some months to bring security systems into line, the last step in Switzerland dropping routine border controls to […]