Bread: the cornerstone of Irish life

How bread became a staple of the Irish diet.

But it was almost certainly an Irish brewer who thought to stir Ireland’s other favorite grain products into a select few of its baked delights.  By adding a wee bit of porter or stout to plain fruitcake dough, or a splash of whiskey to chocolate cake batter, both are transformed into masterpieces of the Irish baking tradition and singular examples of Irish hospitality.

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