The Flavour Files

I started The Flavour Files in 2012 and have added recipes celebrating our wonderful Irish produce ever since. My recipes show great produce is as much at home on our kitchen tables as on a restaurant menu. It's not just recipes though - there is news, reviews & other writing too!

Irish Food Culture - Portfolio of Work 

Deity to Hag. Women, Butter, Folklore, and the Image of Limited Good

February 1, 2022

Reference Number: FL6802-115141319 This essay was written for assessment in the Food, Festival and Folklore module of the Postgraduate Diploma in Irish Food Culture. It was submitted on 4th May, 2021. Question: “Irish folklore, legends and popular beliefs often reveal something of the traditional Gaelic society’s relationship with and understanding of the natural world.” Discuss […]

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Irish Food Culture - Portfolio of Work 

Irish Food Culture – Portfolio of Work

February 1, 2022

Postgraduate Diploma in Irish Food Culture – 2019 – 2021 In 2019, I returned to third level education for the first time in nearly 20 years to study for a Postgraduate Diploma in Irish Food Culture at University College Cork. In this category of The Flavour Files, I am publishing for the first time my […]

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