Get Lucky on St. Patrick's Day With Irish Beef and Stout Stew


Updated 03/16/11 1:55 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Irish Beef Stout Stew Recipe

St. Patty's Day is nearly upon us, and my new favorite holiday dish is this easy Irish beef and stout stew. It's the perfect marriage of late Winter and early Spring. The beef is fall-apart tender from hours of oven braising, while the green peas added in at the last minute are a bright reminder of how gardens are finally awakening. This recipe, which I discovered thanks to Everyday Food, Read more

Yummy Links: From Irish Breakfasts to Austin's Restaurants


Updated 03/11/11 10:25 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 0 comments

An Irish Breakfast Menu and Other Food Fun From the Web

Serve an Irish breakfast this weekend. — Chow Giant whoopie pie pan: love it or hate it? — Baking Bites A table at Top Chef's restaurant wars is up for bid in a charity auction. — Eater Make pasta e broccoli for dinner tonight. — Serious Eats Michael Voltaggio and Ludo Lefebvre prove they've paid their dues as chefs. — Daily Dish Where to eat bone marrow in San Francisco. — Grub Read more

St. Patrick's Day Food and Drink: Fact or Fiction?


Updated 03/14/11 2:17 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 9 comments

Quiz on St. Patrick's Day Irish Food and Drink

The greenest of holidays — St. Patrick's Day — has finally arrived! Hopefully, you're wearing emerald, and at least in a halfway sober state of mind. Even if you already did your celebrating over the weekend at one of the world's many parades, you can still celebrate March 17 in all its glory by studying up on some St. Patrick's Day and Irish food facts. Here's the drill: I'll make a Read more

Corned Beef and Cabbage: A Short History


Updated 03/15/12 6:20 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Corned Beef History

If you're looking to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a big traditional Irish corned beef and cabbage feast, there's just one problem. As it turns out, corned beef and cabbage is not actually a traditional Irish dish. The meal features salt-cured beef, which gets its name from the large "kernels" of salt that covers it during its curing process. But beef was rare and incredibly expensive in Read more

Lil Links: Celebs Who've Channeled Their ADHD Into Amazing Careers


Updated 03/27/12 5:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Lil Links: Celebs Who've Channeled Their ADHD Into Amazing Careers

Nineteen famous adults with ADHD — Parenting Ten mom confessions about your child — The Stir Victoria Beckham shares her postbaby workout routine — Celebrity Baby Scoop How to use cloth diapers without ever touching poop — Circle of Moms Jewel to write first children's book — Celebrity Baby Blog How to make frozen food healthy for your family — LearnVest Tips for handling working Read more

Foodie Friday Link Time: Green Up Your Breakfast Sammie


Updated 03/16/12 10:50 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Healthy Recipes For St. Patrick's Day

Green up your breakfast: kale and avocado morning sammie — Healthy Happy Life More than a snack food, here are five ways to prepare edamame — Vegetarian Times Food myths: don't be duped by diet half-truths — HuffPost Healthy Living Broccoli and raisins together? You betcha — Eating Bird Food Give your St. Patty's Day menu a healthy upgrade with these recipes — Shape Healthify your Read more

Get Your Guinness This St. Patrick's Day


Updated 03/12/12 9:53 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Guinness Recipes

St. Patrick's Day comes with green food and a whole lot of Guinness beer. If you want to find exciting ways to incorporate this stout into your cooking, you're in luck. We've rounded up our favorite recipes that incorporate Guinness, from beef stew to ice cream. Irish Onion Soup Guinness Ice Cream Black and Tan Cocktail Guinness Milkshake Irish Beef and Stout Stew Chocolate Stout Cake Read more

Link Time: Is Imported Nutella Really Better?


Updated 03/08/12 11:38 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Imported Nutella Taste

Is imported Nutella really that much better? — Serious Eats Get excited for St. Patty's day with Irish coffee — Joy the Baker Bobby Flay wants to work with you to open a restaurant — FN Dish A simple recipe for chilaquiles — Spoon Fork Bacon Could there be a Kool-Aid comeback on the horizon? — Endless Simmer Coors Light Iced T beer actually sounds kind of delicious to us — Read more

Baking With Color: Chocolate-Matcha Mochi Bundt Cake


Updated 03/09/12 1:26 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Chocolate-Matcha Green Tea Mochi Bundt Cake Recipe

I love using color to brighten up my baked goods, but sometimes the idea of adding drop after drop of artificial food dye makes me cringe. So with St. Patrick's Day coming up, the hunt was on to find a natural coloring agent to turn my baked goods a lovely shade of green. Historically used in Japanese tea ceremonies, matcha is finely milled green tea powder that today finds its way into mochi, Read more