Slainte Archives
Slàinte! A Universal Christmas
All around the world, the holiday season is a time to gather with family and…
Sláinte! A Visit to Derry
Like most Americans, my ancestry is mixed immigrant. Mom’s people were Italian; Dad was a…
Sláinte! The Sweet Sting of Spring
Some foods simply beg to be eaten. Take peaches, for instance. The scent of a…
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Slainte! A Stitch in Time
Every year December swoops in with a blizzard of holiday parties. There are office parties, cookie trading parties, trim the tree parties, cocktail parties, secret Santa parties, and more. But […]
Sláinte: I Love Pie!
In one of my favorite movies – Michael, a tale of Michael the Archangel visiting earth to help a few folk find their way in life – a particularly sweet […]
Sláinte: The Mighty Salmon
While health practitioners now praise the protein and amino acids provided by salmon, it has long had its place in Irish history simply because it is such good eating. Every […]
Sláinte: Forty Shades of Green
Back in the nineties a friend’s gorgeous garden made me 40 envious shades of green. Then in 2002, I moved into a little 1950s bungalow with a big backyard that […]
Sláinte: Saint Patrick
It is perhaps a love of words that endears the Irish to Saint Patrick. Son of a West Britain Roman family, at age sixteen Patrick was kidnapped by pirates and […]
Sláinte: Soup is ON!
It rained yesterday. That might not be a big thing in Ireland or New York where drenching downpours only generate brief comments from the weatherman. In Los Angeles even scattered […]