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My first post included, among other things, Ireland as place I’d like to visit. When I think of Ireland, potatoes, corned beef, cabbage, and whiskey are the foods that come to mind. I know more jokes about Irish cooking than recipes.
Yet Irish food is indeed true cuisine. The Emerald Isles stands its own on the global food scene and Irish chefs are proudly displaying what their country has to offer.
I was always the “weird kid” in my family.
An outlier among a group of people who were a norm of normal eaters back in the 1970’s, I was in awe of a strange funny-sounding woman who cooked things I had never seen before on the Chicago PBS affiliate WTTW.
Julia Child opened a whole new world for me. In between watching Sesame Street, The Electric Company, and Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, I took in the great lady’s lessons about classic French technique.
