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Bring the Bucket–It’s Raining Again
To Killarney House yesterday for lunch with Gretel and her boyfriend. Time the Handsome Prince sampled Irish cuisine if he is going to be family. Outside, it was raining hard and inside water was dripping from the ceiling in several … Continue reading
Eat your hearts out Irish art fans
The Crone picked up this picture today in a consignment store, for $15.75, reduced from $19.75. She loves it. It is not signed and is painted on cork board. The Crone will be heavily implying that it was a … Continue reading
Pretending to be a food critic
If you’ve had dinner in a branch of Five Guys in Beirut, then you’ve had an experience to mirror mine tonight. I ate in Kababji, the first restaurant the Lebanese chain has opened in the US. It’s just south of Dupont … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking with the Crone, Crone in the Nation's capital, Culture with the Crone, food
Tagged arak, baba gannoush, baked potato, beirut, bekaa valley wine, chickpea, cholesterol, connecticut ave, Dupont Circle, eggplant salad, five guys, food, food critic, food writer, hummus, Irish, kababji, kebabs, lebanon, mezze, Middle East, nation's capital, oregano martini, pita, tomato cucumber mint salad, Washington DC, yogurt
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Potato recipes for St Patrick’s Day
St Patrick’s day is nearly upon us and, following the success of last year’s recipes, the Crone feels obliged to share with you some more Irish ideas for keeping body and soul together. As before, these recipes are not her … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon, Ballymaloe, Blarney Crone, butter, Darina Allen, double cream, food, gratin dauphinoise, Happy St Patricks Day, heavy cream, home made bread, Ireland, Irish, irish potato apple cake, kale, Ormo, potato bread, potato recipes, potato salad, russian potato salad, scallions, spring onions, St Patrick's Day, sybies, The Irish Heritage Cook Book, waxy potatoes
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See you at El Cid
The Crone has had a wonderful day in San Diego, thanks to Craig and Danny. Craig picked her up at the hotel in his cab this morning and got chatting on the way to the swap meet. “Why d’you want to … Continue reading
Posted in Crone in America, Culture with the Crone, food, The Traveling Crone, yard sale
Tagged Balbao park, Belfast, Blarney Crone, El Cid, Fish Tacos, George W Bush, Goldman Sachs, Ireland, Irish, Moors, Northern Ireland, Obama, Prado, Prime Ministers Questions, san diego, Sangria, shipyard, Shrimp Relleno, swap meet, whiskey
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Eccentrics by Estero Bay
The Crone finds herself in Bonita Springs, FL, on the Gulf of Mexico. She is staying in the very lap of luxury–a hotel where they insist on giving her a glass of champagne every time she passes reception. The hotel … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Bat Mitzvah, Blarney Crone, Bonita Springs, casino, ceviche, CIA, dollars, Doo-Wop, double bass, Estero Bay, flea market, Florida, George Gershwin, Gulf of Mexico, Hyatt Coconut Point, Iraq, Irish, Jean Frye Sidwell, manatees, mangroves, Master Bait and Tackle, masturbate, mojito, rude signs, South West Florida, Tip O'Neill, trailer parks, weddings
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Construction talk
The Crone’s contractors are American through and through. Good ol’ boys with trucks, a fondness for beer on payday (and all days in between), and high scores at horseshoes and darts. At least two of the founding partners though, are … Continue reading
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Tagged American, beer, Blarney Crone, Chesapeake, construction, contractors, drunk, Irish, mom, payday, trucks, uncle
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The Dot That Echoed Round The World
The Blarney Crone’s blood relatives are a mixed bunch. Her nearest and dearest–a father, a sister and a brother–aren’t much for close personal contact, preferring to limit themselves (in order of seniority) to the (admittedly welcome) biannual check, the modest parcel some weeks … Continue reading
