When I was a kid I used to go with my mother to Moore Street for the week’s fruit and veg. And as I got […]

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Because it’s long, very long, I’m pointing you at a comment on Corned Beef & Cabbage.
Joyce, Pepys, and Middle-Irish, they’re all there - with […]

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Here’s a recipe for the vegans out there.
SusanV runs a site called FatFree Vegan Kitchen and like many recipe sites in March, posts on a […]

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James M Grainger is a British artist, who specialises in oil paintings of vicars and Morris Dancers in curious and surreal situations, some of them […]

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Speaking of whiskey (when talking about the Irish Whiskey Tasting), Anne Brockhoff in the Kansas City Star this week included among her recommendations for well-made […]

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The “Water of Life” is an Irish Whiskey Tasting and Dinner, sponsored by Jamesons, that takes place at the Irish Museum and Cultural Center in […]

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Homogenisation. Pasteurisation. Cold Flow. Extra Cold. Ice-Cold even. Ice cold?
There was a time, when if served a pint that seemed a bit cold, you and […]

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Gomers of Lee’s Summit, Missouri are having what they call a St Paddy’s Day Blowout. Exclamation mark.
It takes place on Monday March 17, 2008, St […]

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On Friday, February 29, 2008 O’Malley’s Irish Pub in up in Weston is having a Beer Dinner.
Cocktails are at 6:30pm and the meal […]

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“An Evening of Irish Song & Dance,” with Sun-Treader on traditional jigs, reels and folk music of Ireland, together with local Irish dancers and singers, […]

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This morning, Saturday, February 9, 2008 marked the first of the Irish Breakfasts at Browne’s Irish Market & Deli in midtown Kansas City.
The breakfast is […]

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In all my years in Kansas City I’ve always been puzzled by how local businesses describe Irish sausages.
They say things like “Full Irish breakfast […]

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For anyone asking whatever happened to WJ McBride’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in Village West in KCK out there by the Legends and the Speedway […]

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Who would have thought that Joe Dolan would be knocked off the news headlines by a man in Rawalpindi?
And this raises the stakes in the […]

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Here’s a question I was asked last night.
-Would you like Waggle Dance, Bishop’s Finger, or Guinness?
Can you guess what I answered?
I’m out of touch with […]

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Well my my.
All the cool kids are doing this.
Champagne is Erin’s “Ultimate Holiday Drink”. And it’s an Alabama Slammer for Spyder
What do you think […]

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Yesterday I had a fry for breakfast and a fry for lunch.
While the earlier fry is a fry I’ve had thousands of times - rashers, […]

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Last night I had Steak & Kidney Pie for dinner. The night before, Fish & Chips.
Last week I had Shepherd’s Pie, and also Bacon & […]

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As I hinted a long time ago, another Irish pub, Raglan Road, has been confirmed for Kansas City’s new Power & Light district.
If you nose […]

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What do you do when you come home from work to get rid of all those anxieties that have built up?
Dave McDermott in the […]

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