Cheese, Please for St. Patrick’s Day

By Sandy Hu

All this week, Special Fork bloggers will be sharing recipes for St. Patrick’s Day.  And to celebrate, Special Fork is giving away a prize package of a year’s supply of delicious Kerrygold Butter and cheeses, imported from Ireland, courtesy of Kerrygold! It’s easy to enter the sweepstakes.

The grass is greener in Ireland.  Driving through the countryside, you can’t help but envy the cows grazing leisurely in lush pastures.  Fresh air, no growth hormones, well-cared-for on small family farms --cows are happy in Ireland.

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Irish Inspiration Around the World

By Andrew Hunter

St. Paddy’s Day is here, and while corned beef and cabbage is an obvious culinary tribute, I’ve been craving a delicious Irish Beer and Cheese Bread that Marilyn learned to make growing up in Texas (which is a country of its own). Plus, even though you’re reading this on St. Paddy’s, you can still get in the kitchen today in time for an Irish-inspired complement to dinner tonight.   
Irish Beer and Cheese Bread is like a biscuit, but it’s baked in a loaf pan (translation: it’s quick and easy to make). It’s especially good served with a crisp vegetable salad, or with a creamy soup like potato and leek. But the leftovers are the best…toasted, with bacon and eggs.

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Easy Irish Recipes for St. Patrick’s Day

By Sandy Hu

There are 36.9 million U.S. residents who claimed Irish ancestry in 2009 – more than eight times the population of Ireland itself, according to the 2009 American Community Survey.  In fact, Irish is second to German as the most frequently reported ancestry in America.  Nearly a quarter of the people in Massachusetts (24%) claim Irish ancestry. 

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