Caroline Hennessy
@bibliocook.bsky.social
Cooking and writing and eating and talking.
Award-winning food writer. Author. Broadcaster. MC for hire.
Irish Examiner columnist.
www.bibliocook.com
Award-winning food writer. Author. Broadcaster. MC for hire.
Irish Examiner columnist.
www.bibliocook.com
Avoid wasting money and food by using your freezer to store ingredients, home-prepped meals and leftovers. Thanks to Orla McAndrew for sharing her top tips on making the most of this underused kitchen appliance in Friday's Irish Examiner.
Read more: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
Read more: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
Making friends with your freezer over Christmas
Avoid wasting money and food by using your freezer to store ingredients, home-prepped meals and leftovers. No-waste caterer Orla McAndrew gives her top tips for making the most of this underused kitch...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Avoid wasting money and food by using your freezer to store ingredients, home-prepped meals and leftovers. Thanks to Orla McAndrew for sharing her top tips on making the most of this underused kitchen appliance in Friday's Irish Examiner.
Read more: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
Read more: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Reposted by Caroline Hennessy
HarperCollins Author Academy opens 8th January, a virtual, six-week, free programme for writers from underrepresented to have their manuscript considered across HarperCollins UK publishing divisions.
Please share with anyone that might be interested.
Find out more at harpercollinsacademy.co.uk
Please share with anyone that might be interested.
Find out more at harpercollinsacademy.co.uk
Welcome to the HarperCollins Author Academy - HarperCollins Author Academy
Free-for-student six-week training programme created for writers from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds. Applications Open 8 January. The Author Academy offers writers … Continued
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December 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
HarperCollins Author Academy opens 8th January, a virtual, six-week, free programme for writers from underrepresented to have their manuscript considered across HarperCollins UK publishing divisions.
Please share with anyone that might be interested.
Find out more at harpercollinsacademy.co.uk
Please share with anyone that might be interested.
Find out more at harpercollinsacademy.co.uk
My #BibliocookGingerbreadHouse mould, all ready for #GingerbreadHouse2025.
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My #BibliocookGingerbreadHouse mould, all ready for #GingerbreadHouse2025.
Shop smart by buying local in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social with:
Fzin Coffee & Compostable Capsules
Sheridans Cheesemongers
Tara Hill Honey
Tory Top Café & Chocolate Factory
Salt of Kinsale
Fat Tomato
Coolattin Cheddar
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#buyIrish
#Ireland
Fzin Coffee & Compostable Capsules
Sheridans Cheesemongers
Tara Hill Honey
Tory Top Café & Chocolate Factory
Salt of Kinsale
Fat Tomato
Coolattin Cheddar
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
#buyIrish
#Ireland
Boxing clever: A cheat's guide to sustainable Christmas gifts
Shop smart by buying local and focusing on sustainably produced treats, cool learning experiences, and environmentally friendly swaps
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December 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Shop smart by buying local in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social with:
Fzin Coffee & Compostable Capsules
Sheridans Cheesemongers
Tara Hill Honey
Tory Top Café & Chocolate Factory
Salt of Kinsale
Fat Tomato
Coolattin Cheddar
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
#buyIrish
#Ireland
Fzin Coffee & Compostable Capsules
Sheridans Cheesemongers
Tara Hill Honey
Tory Top Café & Chocolate Factory
Salt of Kinsale
Fat Tomato
Coolattin Cheddar
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
#buyIrish
#Ireland
Chocolate cake = performance fuel.
A triple layer chocolate fudge cake for two cast members of this year's Transition Year student musical. Gotta keep them singing and dancing!
A triple layer chocolate fudge cake for two cast members of this year's Transition Year student musical. Gotta keep them singing and dancing!
November 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Chocolate cake = performance fuel.
A triple layer chocolate fudge cake for two cast members of this year's Transition Year student musical. Gotta keep them singing and dancing!
A triple layer chocolate fudge cake for two cast members of this year's Transition Year student musical. Gotta keep them singing and dancing!
Reposted by Caroline Hennessy
🧵 As we look towards the #LateLateToyShow next week, it's time to remember that everyone - including the State - will expect us all to donate generously to the very worthy causes supported financially by the Toy Show Appeal. Let's think about this.
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🧵 As we look towards the #LateLateToyShow next week, it's time to remember that everyone - including the State - will expect us all to donate generously to the very worthy causes supported financially by the Toy Show Appeal. Let's think about this.
Read: Building sweet gingerbread memories in #IrishCountryLiving. I wrote about our family gingerbread house tradition - heading into our 15th year - for the gorgeous Christmas food magazine in this week's #IrishFarmersJournal.
www.farmersjournal.ie/food/recipes...
#BibliocookGingerbreadHouse
www.farmersjournal.ie/food/recipes...
#BibliocookGingerbreadHouse
Caroline Hennessy: 'building sweet gingerbread memories'
Starting a new tradition turned out to be more difficult than planned for Caroline Hennessy, but 14 years later a gingerbread house is an essential, and delicious, part of family Christmas.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Read: Building sweet gingerbread memories in #IrishCountryLiving. I wrote about our family gingerbread house tradition - heading into our 15th year - for the gorgeous Christmas food magazine in this week's #IrishFarmersJournal.
www.farmersjournal.ie/food/recipes...
#BibliocookGingerbreadHouse
www.farmersjournal.ie/food/recipes...
#BibliocookGingerbreadHouse
For anyone who loves Christmasy cookbooks, @nicmiller.bsky.social's post is excellent. My picks: Anja Dunk's Advent, Visions of Sugarplums by Mimi Sheraton, @nigelslater.bsky.social & @nigella.bsky.social Christmas books, Library Christmas by Kate Young.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
For anyone who loves Christmasy cookbooks, @nicmiller.bsky.social's post is excellent. My picks: Anja Dunk's Advent, Visions of Sugarplums by Mimi Sheraton, @nigelslater.bsky.social & @nigella.bsky.social Christmas books, Library Christmas by Kate Young.
This is what happens when you try to bake a batch of Oreo muffins for an after-school treat and don't realise that you left the oven at the grill rather than oven setting. Cue streams of smoke, and a few very, ahem, caramelised muffins. Fortunately, I saved the rest to bake properly
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This is what happens when you try to bake a batch of Oreo muffins for an after-school treat and don't realise that you left the oven at the grill rather than oven setting. Cue streams of smoke, and a few very, ahem, caramelised muffins. Fortunately, I saved the rest to bake properly
Me. Last week. But missing the inside out umbrella.
Love this new acquisition at the National Gallery of Ireland: Girl Going by Trinity in the Rain (1959) by Una Watters #Dublin
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Me. Last week. But missing the inside out umbrella.
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Cult cookies from #CookieBoyDublin. Even after travelling in my bag for two days, through rain and wind and broken umbrellas, on cars, buses, trains and taxis, these were delicious: big fat babies, with a still crisp exterior and a rich soft centre. Thanks to @katiav.bsky.social for the treat!
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Cult cookies from #CookieBoyDublin. Even after travelling in my bag for two days, through rain and wind and broken umbrellas, on cars, buses, trains and taxis, these were delicious: big fat babies, with a still crisp exterior and a rich soft centre. Thanks to @katiav.bsky.social for the treat!
Writing on Irish Food Producers.
Honoured and very, very proud to win this award at last Thursday's Irish Food Writing Awards. We're incredibly fortunate to have wonderful food grown, made & produced here in Ireland: I'm glad that so many of the people involved trust me with their stories.
#IFWA25
Honoured and very, very proud to win this award at last Thursday's Irish Food Writing Awards. We're incredibly fortunate to have wonderful food grown, made & produced here in Ireland: I'm glad that so many of the people involved trust me with their stories.
#IFWA25
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Writing on Irish Food Producers.
Honoured and very, very proud to win this award at last Thursday's Irish Food Writing Awards. We're incredibly fortunate to have wonderful food grown, made & produced here in Ireland: I'm glad that so many of the people involved trust me with their stories.
#IFWA25
Honoured and very, very proud to win this award at last Thursday's Irish Food Writing Awards. We're incredibly fortunate to have wonderful food grown, made & produced here in Ireland: I'm glad that so many of the people involved trust me with their stories.
#IFWA25
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Comfort food for beginners.
In her cookbook, Messy, Aoife McElwain gently and patiently brings the joy back to the kitchen with recipes like messy eggs and an easy, slow-cooked beef and harissa stew.
Find the feature in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
In her cookbook, Messy, Aoife McElwain gently and patiently brings the joy back to the kitchen with recipes like messy eggs and an easy, slow-cooked beef and harissa stew.
Find the feature in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
Aoife McElwain's 'Messy': A big book of comfort food for beginners
In her new cookbook, Aoife McElwain gently and patiently brings the joy back to the kitchen with recipes like messy eggs and an easy, slow-cooked beef and harissa stew
www.irishexaminer.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Comfort food for beginners.
In her cookbook, Messy, Aoife McElwain gently and patiently brings the joy back to the kitchen with recipes like messy eggs and an easy, slow-cooked beef and harissa stew.
Find the feature in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
In her cookbook, Messy, Aoife McElwain gently and patiently brings the joy back to the kitchen with recipes like messy eggs and an easy, slow-cooked beef and harissa stew.
Find the feature in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
From West Cork meals to healthy food options, delectable chocolate tarts, making the most of your larder and Sri Lankan-Mexican-Italian fusion, my third year hosting the cookery demo stage of the #CorkKerryFoodFestival was a whirlwind of flavour and fun.
#CKFF2025
#CKFF2025
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
From West Cork meals to healthy food options, delectable chocolate tarts, making the most of your larder and Sri Lankan-Mexican-Italian fusion, my third year hosting the cookery demo stage of the #CorkKerryFoodFestival was a whirlwind of flavour and fun.
#CKFF2025
#CKFF2025
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Thanks to Kristin Jensen of Nine Bean Rows & Blasta Books for talking to me about changing Ireland's cookbook publishing landscape, one beautifully produced book at time.
Find the feature in this week's Irish Country Living / Irish Farmers Journal.
www.farmersjournal.ie/life/feature...
Find the feature in this week's Irish Country Living / Irish Farmers Journal.
www.farmersjournal.ie/life/feature...
Rewriting the recipe for a modern cookbook
Kristin Jensen has worked with a plethora of Irish chefs editing cookbooks for the last two decades. Now she’s making the publishing landscape more inclusive by giving a voice to new authors.
www.farmersjournal.ie
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Thanks to Kristin Jensen of Nine Bean Rows & Blasta Books for talking to me about changing Ireland's cookbook publishing landscape, one beautifully produced book at time.
Find the feature in this week's Irish Country Living / Irish Farmers Journal.
www.farmersjournal.ie/life/feature...
Find the feature in this week's Irish Country Living / Irish Farmers Journal.
www.farmersjournal.ie/life/feature...
October 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
When all 15 of us get together for a little celebration, there's a lot of food: I counted four dishes of stuffing going into my mother's oven last night with the first turkey of the year. A family feast to be remembered, and early leftover turkey sandwiches to savour.
October 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
When all 15 of us get together for a little celebration, there's a lot of food: I counted four dishes of stuffing going into my mother's oven last night with the first turkey of the year. A family feast to be remembered, and early leftover turkey sandwiches to savour.
For eco chef Tom Hunt, shopping locally & seasonally is key to avoiding plastics in the kitchen. Tom, who will be appearing at #FOTE2025, spoke to me about how focusing on local can help you to steer away from plastics
More in @irishexaminer.bsky.social: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
More in @irishexaminer.bsky.social: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
No wrap, no waste — just fresh veg goodness
For top eco chef and food writer Tom Hunt, shopping locally and seasonally is key to avoiding harmful plastics in the kitchen
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October 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For eco chef Tom Hunt, shopping locally & seasonally is key to avoiding plastics in the kitchen. Tom, who will be appearing at #FOTE2025, spoke to me about how focusing on local can help you to steer away from plastics
More in @irishexaminer.bsky.social: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
More in @irishexaminer.bsky.social: www.irishexaminer.com/food/arid-41...
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM