Vol. 49 — Stews, Soda Bread and Slow Mornings
Ireland
From Dublin to Galway Bay
Standfirst
A pot on the hob since morning. Bread that needs no proving. Oysters straight off the Atlantic and a pint thick enough to be called liquid bread. Ireland feeds people who have come in out of the weather.
Chapter One
Good things, plainly cooked
Irish food is built on excellent raw materials and very little fuss — grass-fed beef and lamb, butter the colour of egg yolk, potatoes in a dozen guises, and some of the cleanest shellfish in Europe.
What holds it together is warmth. Irish stew seasoned simply, coddle layered in a pot until everything softens, beef and Guinness stew darker and richer, and a roasted leg of lamb that still marks a proper Sunday.
There is no weather in Ireland that a bowl of stew and a slice of buttered soda bread cannot answer.
— On the Irish kitchen
Chapter Two
Bread, breakfast and the full plate
Soda bread needs no yeast — buttermilk and bicarbonate do the work — and it arrives dense, faintly sweet and perfect for mopping a bowl. Barmbrack is studded with fruit, blaas are soft and floury, scones come split and jammed.
The full Irish breakfast is the country's most confident plate: eggs, sausages, rashers, black and white pudding, tomato, beans and bread fried in what is left in the pan — with tea, always, and plenty of it.
The Ireland poster — Irish stew, colcannon, fish and chips, oysters and Guinness drawn as one illustrated kitchen wall.
Chapter Three
Kitchen, wall and pub hour
Pieces for people who butter their soda bread properly, argue about the best chowder on the coast, and take their tea strong.
Blanket — Dublin
Apron — Cork
Tote — Galway
Vol. 49 — Stews, Soda Bread and Slow Mornings — the pieces
Shop the Ireland pieces
Everything photographed in this issue that is currently in the studio.
Ireland · Apron
Ireland Food Apron
Price loading
Ireland · Blanket
Ireland Food Blanket
Price loading
Ireland · Food poster
Ireland Food Poster Black
Price loading
Ireland · Sweatshirt
Ireland Food Sweatshirt
Price loading
Ireland · Tote bag
Ireland Food Tote Bag
Price loading
Ireland · Kids poster
Ireland Fun Explorer Kids Poster Black
Price loading
Ireland · Food poster
Ireland Food Poster Pink
Price loading
Ireland · Kids poster
Ireland Fun Explorer Kids Poster Pink
Price loading
The Collection
The Ireland Collection
Irish stew, coddle, colcannon, soda bread, the full Irish, Galway oysters and Guinness — the Irish kitchen in one illustrated composition.
Keep exploring
Gifts & celebrations
Where Ireland belongs
Read next
Related Guides
- Read the guide
Styling
Kitchen Wall Art Ideas
Kitchen wall art ideas that last: how to choose illustrated food posters, style them for minimalist, Mediterranean, colourful or neutral kitchens, and pick the right size.
- Read the guide
Styling
Living Room Wall Decor Ideas
Living room wall decor ideas from real interiors: art above a sideboard or sofa, gallery walls that grow, leaning frames, evening light and planning a layout before you hang.
- Read the guide
Styling
How to Style a Kitchen Gallery Wall
A practical guide to hanging art in a kitchen — heights, spacing, frames, steam, and how to mix countries without the wall turning into clutter.
- Read the guide
Styling
Bedroom Wall Decor Ideas
Bedroom wall decor ideas from real interiors: how high to hang art above a bed, pairs and single prints, lamp-lit colour, leaning frames and blankets that tie the wall to the bed.