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Shepard’s Pie with Champ Mash

Shepard’s Pie with Champ Mash

When it comes to classic comfort food many would agree that Shepard’s pie is a favorite.  Over the years I have been served many different takes on what were all called Shepard’s pie, some with lamb and some with beef, others prepared with ground meat 

Irish Potato Bread

Irish Potato Bread

Moist and dense is the best way to describe this traditional Irish Potato Bread.  The ingredients are somewhat similar to that of Boxty, incorporating both mashed and raw potatoes, as well as green onion.  Reminiscent of a large biscuit, this baking powder skillet bread uses 

Cooking the Perfect Corned Beef Brisket

Cooking the Perfect Corned Beef Brisket

Like the buried pot of stolen gold in Finian’s Rainbow, briskets of corned beef seem to have mythically multiplied and have magically appeared in grocery stores everywhere. This otherwise barely stocked item is suddenly mounded in almost every end cap in meat departments, and there seems 

Boxty

Boxty

Boxty on the griddle, boxty in the pan. If you don’t get boxty, you’ll never get a man, or so the saying goes. Boxty, or bacstaí, is the quintessentially Irish potato cake. There are many different way to make these soft and delicious pancakes, with recipes being