The Best of My Irish Heritage for Your Table and Mine

“Tis said one can not improve on the best. Thus here are some of my very best for St. Patrick’s Day over the past ten years. So, even if you’ve never been one to celebrate this holiday, be encouraged in that these recipes are almost fool-proof.

Once a year we are all Irish. My father’s family came from Ireland when being Irish wasn’t quite okay. They dropped the “O” in the family name in order to blend into the American social landscape more quickly. Some of us would have preferred otherwise. So those of us who have Irish roots adopt all in our St. Patrick’s Day feasting.

On the day set aside...