Who is Mrs. OCallaghan?  In this months issue (March 2010) of Bon Appetit Magazine, Actor Andrew McCarthy writes about his quest to find the Ultimate Irish Soda Bread recipe in Ireland where he has a second home.  Would you believe that this is my first paid subscription issue of this magazine? Tis true! Ive used  Epicurious.com to find recipes,  but I have never subscribed to Bon Appetit. What took me so long? I read this issue from cover-to-cover, and I thoroughly enjoyed Andrew McCarthys article.  Maybe its because I spend a whirlwind one week tour all over Ireland a couple of decades ago, with a Swiss girlfriend of mine. I loved Ireland! We traveled from Dublin and along the Coast of Ireland. We drove the Ring of Kerry, and I even hung backwards to kiss the Blarney Stone which might be where I got the gift of gab. Who knows?  We even drove to Northern Irelands  Antrim Coast to see the Giants Causeway, and stayed at Ashford Castle. What memories! The food!  I loved it!  The people were lovely, and I dearly hope to take my husband there for his first time. Back to the recipe I liked the ingredients in this recipe for Soda Bread, and I had everything on hand!

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