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Sláinte! Samhain: The Celtic New Year
Halloween is a night of magic, mystery and merry making. Ghosts haunt the imagination and…
Heroes of the Revolution
As the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence approaches, Edythe Preet…
Slainte! Birds of Celtic Myths and Legend
In Irish Folklore the Raven was thought to be a messenger from the other world….
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Slainte! The History of Soup
Come fall, the days grow shorter, temperatures drop, and trees shed their leaves. Just as certainly, as soon as there’s a chill in the air and a hint of winter […]
Sláinte! Irish Eats Down Under
Regular readers have probably deduced I’m a boomer – a member of that generation born after WWII when the troops came home. Along with more than one hundred thousand other […]
Sláinte! A Drop o’ the Crature
As all those who read this column know, my Da loved being Irish. He sang all the songs, craved potatoes and strawberries, and cooked huge breakfasts every Saturday morning. He […]
Sláinte: Sleeping with the Tiger
Tiger, tiger, burning bright…” William Blake’s line springs to mind whenever I think of Ireland these days. Like some wondrous illustration magically bounding from a page in the Book of […]
Sláinte! Milk: The Other White Meat
Recently, I wandered into a used bookstore and was stopped in my tracks by a volume sitting on a table by the door — a copy of the first cookbook […]
Sláinte! New Wave Greens: Ireland’s Sea Weeds
Seawater and seaweed baths, known as thalassotherapy, are famous for their therapeutic benefits, and have long been popular in Ireland. Greek and Roman records from the first century BC mention […]