Dorothy Cashman
@irishcookbooks.bsky.social
Culinary historian. History of the recipe in Ireland, through manuscript and print.
https://shop.ria.ie/products/irish-food-history
Co-editor European Journal of Food, Drink, and Society https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/
https://shop.ria.ie/products/irish-food-history
Co-editor European Journal of Food, Drink, and Society https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/
Never knew that re the residence of Grey….. every day a learning day.
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Never knew that re the residence of Grey….. every day a learning day.
“We don’t have them at home. Irish cakes seem more, well, masculine.”
Annabel Davis-Goff, The Dower House (New York: St Martin’s Press, 1997).
Annabel Davis-Goff, The Dower House (New York: St Martin’s Press, 1997).
October 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“We don’t have them at home. Irish cakes seem more, well, masculine.”
Annabel Davis-Goff, The Dower House (New York: St Martin’s Press, 1997).
Annabel Davis-Goff, The Dower House (New York: St Martin’s Press, 1997).
It being National Potato Day per Bord Bia, a recipe courtesy of a Scot, Elizabeth Craig, and her Art of Irish Cooking.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It being National Potato Day per Bord Bia, a recipe courtesy of a Scot, Elizabeth Craig, and her Art of Irish Cooking.
www.gwc.org.uk/watsonians/g...
www.gwc.org.uk/watsonians/g...
A little reminder that submission date for papers for Dublin Gastronomy Symposium 2026 is September 15th.
Theme of Food and Crisis/Hope arrow.tudublin.ie/dgs/
Theme of Food and Crisis/Hope arrow.tudublin.ie/dgs/
August 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A little reminder that submission date for papers for Dublin Gastronomy Symposium 2026 is September 15th.
Theme of Food and Crisis/Hope arrow.tudublin.ie/dgs/
Theme of Food and Crisis/Hope arrow.tudublin.ie/dgs/
Some gems from 1902.
August 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Some gems from 1902.
Gourmand Awards 2025.
Best Culinary History Book in the world. “this is a very difficult category, given the higher number of excellent books”.
And the winner is…. Irish Food History: a companion 🎉🎉🎉
Take a bow all you wonderful contributors, our brilliant designer Brenda Dermody, and @RIA.ie
Best Culinary History Book in the world. “this is a very difficult category, given the higher number of excellent books”.
And the winner is…. Irish Food History: a companion 🎉🎉🎉
Take a bow all you wonderful contributors, our brilliant designer Brenda Dermody, and @RIA.ie
June 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Gourmand Awards 2025.
Best Culinary History Book in the world. “this is a very difficult category, given the higher number of excellent books”.
And the winner is…. Irish Food History: a companion 🎉🎉🎉
Take a bow all you wonderful contributors, our brilliant designer Brenda Dermody, and @RIA.ie
Best Culinary History Book in the world. “this is a very difficult category, given the higher number of excellent books”.
And the winner is…. Irish Food History: a companion 🎉🎉🎉
Take a bow all you wonderful contributors, our brilliant designer Brenda Dermody, and @RIA.ie
Glasnevin Spring Lecture Series: Sugar, Food, Beer and Beaches in Irish History. (March 12 Máirtín will be discussing the making of Irish Food History: a companion).
February 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Glasnevin Spring Lecture Series: Sugar, Food, Beer and Beaches in Irish History. (March 12 Máirtín will be discussing the making of Irish Food History: a companion).
Irish Food History: a companion, edited by Máirtín MacConIomaire and myself, published by @ria.ie and EUT+Academic Press will be back in stock very soon! All 28 chapters, including poetry and beautiful illustrations.
February 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Irish Food History: a companion, edited by Máirtín MacConIomaire and myself, published by @ria.ie and EUT+Academic Press will be back in stock very soon! All 28 chapters, including poetry and beautiful illustrations.
Thiel free to view and yet this behind the paywall. I have the print edition but you would wonder.
January 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Thiel free to view and yet this behind the paywall. I have the print edition but you would wonder.
‘Who, among the politicians and ambassadors and military figures gathered in the Rotunda to await the arrival of Carter’s casket, could claim to know that recipe’
Keith Duggan (Irish Times) “Washington says farewell to Carter”.
Keith Duggan (Irish Times) “Washington says farewell to Carter”.
January 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
‘Who, among the politicians and ambassadors and military figures gathered in the Rotunda to await the arrival of Carter’s casket, could claim to know that recipe’
Keith Duggan (Irish Times) “Washington says farewell to Carter”.
Keith Duggan (Irish Times) “Washington says farewell to Carter”.
Miss Jell-O goes to Ireland. In rather a jaunty fashion. I like her style.
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December 17, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Miss Jell-O goes to Ireland. In rather a jaunty fashion. I like her style.
apps.lib.umich.edu/online-exhib...
apps.lib.umich.edu/online-exhib...
Huge congratulations to Brenda Dermody on being shortlisted in the 2024 IDI awards for the design of Irish Food History: A Companion, edited by Máirtín Mac ConIomaire and myself. The Companion has also been nominated in two categories in the An Post Irish Book Awards. A dream team all round!
November 9, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Huge congratulations to Brenda Dermody on being shortlisted in the 2024 IDI awards for the design of Irish Food History: A Companion, edited by Máirtín Mac ConIomaire and myself. The Companion has also been nominated in two categories in the An Post Irish Book Awards. A dream team all round!
Not something I had thought of. Ireland and the armaments industry.
August 20, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Not something I had thought of. Ireland and the armaments industry.
August 17, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Beautiful. Cappoquin.
August 16, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Beautiful. Cappoquin.
Very happy birthday and I hope you have a wonderful day!
August 16, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Very happy birthday and I hope you have a wonderful day!
Omelette Belle Eireann. Captain Jury was the Managing Director of Trust Houses Ltd, the then majority shareholder in the hotel. Something to rustle up of an evening
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August 8, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Omelette Belle Eireann. Captain Jury was the Managing Director of Trust Houses Ltd, the then majority shareholder in the hotel. Something to rustle up of an evening
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www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-se...
Slim pickings, but still….
August 4, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Slim pickings, but still….
Bilingual measuring.
July 19, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Bilingual measuring.
Kathleen Ferguson. Hints on Good Manners for the Use of Children. 1901.
“Never say ‘pratees’ for ‘potatoes’; and never call ‘potatoes’ ‘spuds’”.
“Never say ‘pratees’ for ‘potatoes’; and never call ‘potatoes’ ‘spuds’”.
June 22, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Kathleen Ferguson. Hints on Good Manners for the Use of Children. 1901.
“Never say ‘pratees’ for ‘potatoes’; and never call ‘potatoes’ ‘spuds’”.
“Never say ‘pratees’ for ‘potatoes’; and never call ‘potatoes’ ‘spuds’”.
Words of wisdom from Margaret Roper and Ruth Duffin. Emma Duffin’s war diaries have been edited and published by Four Courts Press. More about the Duffin family on the wonderful www.dib.ie/biography/du...
May 9, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Words of wisdom from Margaret Roper and Ruth Duffin. Emma Duffin’s war diaries have been edited and published by Four Courts Press. More about the Duffin family on the wonderful www.dib.ie/biography/du...
Attempting a tidy up/out. The distractions are immense.
From 1996.
From 1996.
April 15, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Attempting a tidy up/out. The distractions are immense.
From 1996.
From 1996.
Before ‘tablescaping’.
March 31, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Before ‘tablescaping’.
Pure and simple.
February 13, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Pure and simple.
The latest issue of @EJFDS slipped quietly online as the year turned. Pour yourself a glass of “Honest Claret” (courtesy @wine18thcirl.bsky.social) and enjoy great articles, book reviews, and a wander around Trinity College Urban Garden.
arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/
arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/
January 2, 2024 at 7:40 PM
The latest issue of @EJFDS slipped quietly online as the year turned. Pour yourself a glass of “Honest Claret” (courtesy @wine18thcirl.bsky.social) and enjoy great articles, book reviews, and a wander around Trinity College Urban Garden.
arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/
arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/