A Different Take On A Corned Beef & Cabbage Recipe: Colcannon

Cookbook author, chef, and restaurateur Judith McLoughlin calls the recipe below “St. Patrick’s Colcannon & Corned Beef.” It’s an alternative approach to the traditional Corned Beef & Cabbage.But we wouldn’t want to limit this delicious dish to just one day a year (St. Pat’s). Judith adds: “Most Americans are shocked when I tell them that…
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FOOD FUN: Roll-Up Sandwiches For St. Patrick’s Day

You can use whatever ingredients you like to make these St. Patrick’s Day roll-up sandwiches. These shamrock-shaped sandwiches have no corned beef: they’re turkey and Swiss cheese. But the fun is arranging the slices in the form of a shamrock, and decorating with a scallion stem and scattered diced scallions. We do recommend adding at…
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RECIPE: Chicken, Guacamole, Ranch & Bacon Dip

[1] This bright green dip has layers of flavo5. [2] A packet of dip mix provides ranch dressing flavor to the dip (photos #1 and #2 courtesy Hidden Valley). [3] Everything’s better with bacon (photo courtesy Edwards Virginia Smokehouse).   We recently tasted this dip at a friend’s house, and liked it enough to ask…
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