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Caroline Hennessy

@bibliocook.bsky.social
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Cooking and writing and eating and talking. Award-winning food writer. Author. Broadcaster. MC for hire. Irish Examiner columnist. www.bibliocook.com

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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thanks to Kate Ryan for talking to me about black pudding in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social column. Find out more about Ireland's rich history of eating blood in her book #BloodGutsandBlackPudding and read the feature here: www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
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'It’s a dynamite food': Why iron-rich black pudding should be part of your diet
Many people baulk at the thought of eating fresh blood black pudding, but it predates potatoes, soda bread, whiskey, and stout as a source of nourishment
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Thanks to food writer & chef Claire Thomson for talking to me about Dear Grace: Recipes From Your Mother for the Next Chapter in Life, a cookbook that grew out of Insta exchanges with her daughter who had just left for college. More on @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
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Claire Thomson: My essential recipes to leave home with
Food writer and chef Claire Thomson has written ‘Dear Grace: Recipes From Your Mother for the Next Chapter in Life’, a cookbook that grew out of exchanges with her college-going daughter
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Learning how to preserve fruit and vegetables is an economical, sustainable and mindful way of holding on to foods even when they're out of season. I spoke to Julia Skinner, author of Essential Food Preserving, about this for today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
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How to make the most of seasonal gluts
Learning how to preserve fruit and vegetables while they're fresh and bountiful is an economical, sustainable and mindful way of holding on to nourishing and delicious foods even when they're out of s...
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Dubliner Mark O'Brien, a finalist on MasterChef: The Professionals, spoke to me about fish & veg barbecue options that will bring big flavour to your outdoor table in @irishexaminer.bsky.social:https://www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41880715.html Catch Mark cooking at the #BigGrillFest 13-16 Aug
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MasterChef finalist Mark O'Brien: Here are my fish and veg options for summer barbeques
Dubliner Mark O’Brien, a finalist on ‘MasterChef: The Professionals’ 2026, shares his ideas for fish and vegetable barbecue options that will bring big flavour to your outdoor table
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Thanks to Jolene Cox for talking to me about how to get children involved in cooking during the summer holidays. Her book - Now You're Cooking! 70 Recipes that Kids Can Make - is published by Nine Bean Rows. In @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
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Empowering kids in the kitchen: Teaching healthy eating is best done hands-on
With routines disrupted during the summer holidays, it can be difficult to manage children's constant demands for meals and snacks. Jolene Cox, author of Now You’re Cooking!, offers inspiration for ge...
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It's always a pleasure being an MC on the #SustainableLivingStage at Bord Bia Bloom, especially when you get to learn more about things like nature capital and how it can make life better for everyone
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Greek yogurt for beginners in last week's Healthwise for @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
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Everything you need to know about Greek yogurt and how it can meet your nutrition needs
It’s frequently recommended by dietitians and has become a key ingredient in viral recipes, from the two-ingredient Japanese cheesecake and TikTok’s Turkish-style pasta, to baked yogurt toast. But wha...
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Waffles and pancakes. Easy family (br)lunch with savoury - rashers, halloumi, mozzarella - and sweet berries, compote and many jars of options to keep everyone happy. Also, tiny little hands 🥰
An overhead photo of a table covered worh plates of food being eaten
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A still life of saucepans, plus a pair of battered colanders, the stainless steel skillet that I've had for more than 20 years and use for cooking almost every meal and two - two! - paella pans. They've been hanging in this order for the last 15 years, not that anyone else manages to put them back
A battered collection of saucepans hanging from a bar over a window
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Lots of fluffy buttermilk pancakes, #Irishstrawberries + caramel sauce and lemon curd from #follainirishpreserves (previously #gifted). Fuel for an afternoon's worth of cousin catch-ups, tennis matches, pogo competitions and attempts at picnics down the fields. They ignored the bread 🤷‍♀️ #feedingteens
An overhead photo of buttermilk pancakes with all the toppings
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Birds on a wire #Ireland
Swallows on a telephone wire alongside an Irish country road
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Last weekend I was the Drinks Theatre host at the Ballymaloe Festival of Food. Over three days, we had a starry selection of folk bringing their insights, products and fun to our stage, including Jancis Robinson, Dave Broom, Polish Wine Fest, Valencia Vermouth & Muckross Gin, to name just a few!
Caroline Hennessy interviewing wine writer Jancis Robinson. Pic Daniel Callen.A fun shot with Maggie and Maja of Polish Wine Fest A selfie with whiskey / whisky writer Dave BroomA photo with Orla and Anna from Valencia Island Vermouth and Andrea of Muckross Gin.
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Arlene Harris @arleneharris.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
#journorequest - parents in Northern Ireland, what do your children call their grandparents - is it nana & granda, granny and granddad or something more unusual? DM if any thoughts. Shares appreciated.
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Pappy & Grandkid Hanging Out
ALT: Pappy & Grandkid Hanging Out
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Thanks to Aoibheann O'Brien of @foodcloud.bsky.social for talking to me in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social about how FoodCloud works with industry partners to support community groups by distributing surplus food and providing nutrition education. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
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Finding a good home for leftover food
Nonprofit Social enterprise FoodCloud works with industry partners to support community groups by distributing surplus food and providing nutrition education
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
CMAT 🥰
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West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Scam Alert. We have been alerted by several authors who have received “invitations” to appear at WCLF. These bogus invitations ask authors to pay to appear at the festival. This is not us. We will never ask authors to pay to appear the festival
Scam Alert. We have been alerted by several authors who have received “invitations” to appear at WCLF. These bogus invitations ask authors to pay to appear at the festival and they are from this email address at.wclf.programming@gmail.com

This is not us. We will never ask authors to pay to appear the festival. If you receive one of these emails please report it as spam. Thank you
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Every morning this bullfinch shouts at me as I walk past his bit of the roadside hedge #Ireland
A bullfinch in a hedgeA bullfinch flying out of a hedge
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Tuesday. #Ireland
An Irish country road
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Thanks to Ali Honour - author of Beans - for talking to me about how beans are an easy, inexpensive and nutritious way to incorporate fibre into the diet. Find the feature in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social and here: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
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Take it to the max with a fibre-rich diet: 'Most people do not get enough fibre'
Ali Honour, author of Beans, says beans, peas, and legumes of all kinds are an easy, inexpensive, and nutritious way to incorporate fibre into the diet
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Nutrition and exercise tips to live well with Parkinson's. Thanks to Joanne Faulkner and Davy Millard for talking to me about their book, Find Your Flow in today's Irish Examiner for Parkinson's Awareness Month. Find feature here: www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
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The nutrition and exercise tips to live well with Parkinson's
Qi Gong teacher and shiatsu practitioner Joanne Faulkner and David Millard, who has Parkinson’s disease, combined their experiences to write Find Your Flow: Live Well with Parkinson’s
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Finally.
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Hull Libraries @hulllibraries.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic! Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....
A picture of a rather dilapidated copy of "The picture of Dorian Gray" There is visible water damage to the cover and the plastic cover is yellowing. Obviously, not evident from the picture but there is a truly foul musty smell emanating from it!
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The arrival of the swallows. #Ireland #NorthCork
Two swallows swooping in a cloudy sky
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This morning's yoga cat. #catsofBluesky
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Always love this festival 🥰
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Thanks to Cherie Denham author of The Irish Kitchen, for talking to me about the joys of cabbage and its uses, from traditional to new Irish cooking. The secret is in the timing... Find the feature in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social and online here: www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
An overhead photo of a cookbook called The Irish Kitchen
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West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
And we're live! Check out our 2026 line-up. Priority booking for Festival Friends opens 10am on 7 April. General booking for workshops at the same time and then general booking for all other events at 10am on 14 April. Hope to see you all in Bantry 10-17 July 📚❤️ www.westcorkmusic.ie/literary-fes...
Collage of authors coming to West Cork Literary Festival 2026. Sara Baume, Jung Chang, Jonathan Coe, Paddy Donnelly, Elaine Feeney, Karl Henry, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Anton Hur, Charlie Mackesy, Dearbhla Mescal, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Miriam O'Callaghan, Louise O'Neill, Katriona O’Sullivan, Ian Rankin
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Signed up. These are brilliant.
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Despite all the random pieces of #Arklowpottery that I've picked up over the years, I've never seen the willow pattern design before. Vividly blue, with a beautiful gold rim, the stamps on the base suggests that this was made in the 1950s. Seventy years later, it gets a new home.
A stamp on the base of a cup saying Arklow Pottery Willow pattern plates and cup stacked up on a worktop
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This morning's location for a live chat on @newstalkfm.bsky.social with @antonsavage.bsky.social about cooking skills - and carmelisation in the kitchen...
The platform at Mallow train station
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Cristín Leach @cristinleach.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This was fun! Thank you fantastic contributors John Maguire, Sarina Bellissimo, Louise Bruton, Cian Sullivan and RTÉ Arena team for my first outing in the hot seat 🔥🎙️ and to @bibliocook.bsky.social my original arts show presenting buddy who I met in a student radio station @ucc.ie 30 years ago 🫶 📻
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
And we're off! @cristinleach.bsky.social presenting flagship arts programme Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social tonight.
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Double chocolate porter brownies for @8degreesbrewing.bsky.social brewery visitors. #bakingwithbeer
Brownies lined up on a greaseproof lined tray
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Genius.
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A poem to scare small children with.
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Louise Kennedy @louisekennedy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Besotted with this cover 😭💚
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The lie in tamer @iamreddave.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
That time Ronnie Drew was nearly driven mad by a parrot in Dublin zoo
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Thanks to Linda O'Connor & Maura Walsh from Duhallow Community Food Services for showing me around the Newmarket hub, which provides a made-from-scratch meals service to local schools, feeding 2,987 children every day. In today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social: www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
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North Cork: Keeping school meals local and fresh
Duhallow Community Food Services provides a made-from-scratch meals service to local schools, feeding 2,987 children every day
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West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Writers over the age of 18 living in Ireland, and Irish writers around the world have until Friday 15th May 2026 to submit their short story, in English or Irish at www.rte.ie/writing. Story wordcounts must fall between 1800 and 2000 words, excluding the title @rte.ie www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
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The 2026 RTÉ Short Story Competition announces call for entries
Recognising and rewarding the best new Irish fiction writing for radio for 40 years...
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A demanding Daisy Tinkles. #catsofbluesky
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Friday snow on the Galtees. #Ireland
The Galtee Mountains in the distance, topped with snow
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Ordered, and so looking forward to Úna-Minh's book.
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Work news! Delighted to let you know that I'll be hosting the Drinks Theatre at the 2026 #BallymaloeFestivalofFood from 15-17 May, showcasing the best of wine, beer, gin and whiskey with a fabulous line up that includes Jancis Robinson, Dave Broom and many more. www.ballymaloefestivaloffood.com
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Ballymaloe Festival of Food
Ballymaloe Festival of Food
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
There's always a tin of something oaty in the kitchen and these muesli bars are our current favourites. Crunchy, fruity, seedy and nutty, they're also cut with popcorn to avoid being too dense. Now I just need to reverse engineer them and figure out the recipe....
Muesli bars, arranged in rows in a tin
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Saturday rainbows. #speirgorm
A small rainbow over a green Irish field
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
American chef, experimental archaeologist, and author Dr Bill Schindler, co-ordinator of an innovative UCC food enterprise course, explains to Caroline Hennessy how traditional food practices can nourish us into the future in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
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The two ways to make food: the right way, or the ultra-processed way
American chef, experimental archaeologist, and author Dr Bill Schindler, co-ordinator of an innovative UCC food enterprise course, explains how traditional food practices can nourish us into the futur...
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The COMMENTS 😂
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Heart-healthy food this Valentine’s Day ❤️ Thanks to Katie O'Sullivan for talking to me about how to eat for your cardiovascular health with colourful, fresh, and tasty foods.  Read more in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he... #valentinesday
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Fall head over heels for heart-healthy food this Valentines Day
Eat for your cardiovascular health with colourful, fresh, and tasty foods.
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The most perfect sunrise on #ValentinesDay #speirgorm
A rosy pink sunrise through the trees
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Caroline Hennessy @bibliocook.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Sunrise. #Ireland
Sunrise over an Irish country field
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