Aran Connolly

A Summoning of the Gaels

General, Recipes, Stories / Aran Connolly

Heirloom recipes are a time machine of taste, a portal into the past flavor experiences of our ancestors. A good recipe recreated is an homage to our forebearers. A spell we cast, a summoning of sorts to have them among us again as we partake of the thing. When I was just a little kid […]

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Thom Yorke or Mise En Place and Me

Stories / Aran Connolly

Over the course of my professional training, I have many Kung Fu (not the Martial art but the David Carradine TV Series) style recollections, just as Grasshopper did, I relive the scenes in my head as I recall some bit of wisdom or knowledge that is imparted and indeed imprinted on me. A chef instructor

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