BALLYCASTLE, NORTHERN IRELAND—Dara O hArtghaile treated us to a lesson in sourdough at Ballycastle, Northern Ireland, at Ursa Minor Bakehouse. The big secret: He uses methods that can be traced back hundreds of years, long before the birth of commercial yeast.

posted on Saturday, April 11th, 2020 by Doug Wallace Posted in FOOD & BOOZE Comments Off on Baking in Ballycastle

I’m one of those people who always has a bottle of backup gin, should the actual gin ever run dry. It’s the larger size, a two-litre bottle, which we call the Super Big Gulp. People laugh, but they’re more than happy to partake in said backup when the need arises. My interest in gin began … Continue reading Belfast: Gin Jaunt →

posted on Saturday, April 11th, 2020 by Doug Wallace Posted in DESTINATIONS Comments Off on Belfast: Gin Jaunt