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Irish Craic & Cuisine: Cooking Class & Dinner in Central Dublin
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There’s no better way to get under the skin of Irish food than by cooking it yourself in someone’s home. Ann is a certified national tour guide with years of experience in catering and hospitality, and she opens her central Dublin home for evenings that are as much about good company as they are about the food.
Over three hours you’ll cook a proper traditional Irish dinner together: Irish soda bread, a warming soup, Beef and Guinness casserole with colcannon, and Irish coffee to finish. Then you sit down and eat it all together - wine and coffee included - and the conversation usually takes care of itself from there.
In summer there’s the option to move out onto Ann’s terrace when the weather plays ball. Groups are kept to a maximum of 8 people, so it stays genuinely social rather than feeling like a class.
The evening takes place in Ann’s home in central Dublin. You cook together - soda bread, soup, Beef and Guinness casserole, colcannon, and Irish coffee - and then you sit down to eat and enjoy the craic. The full address comes through on your confirmation voucher under the “Before You Go” section.
Book early if you’re visiting in summer. Groups max out at 8 people and this one fills up quickly, especially June through August. Ann’s terrace is genuinely lovely on a warm Dublin evening, so it’s worth timing your visit to have a shot at eating outside.
Come hungry but not famished. The full menu is a proper spread - soda bread and soup before you even get to the casserole - so this works best as your main meal of the evening. Arriving with a light lunch under your belt means you’ll actually enjoy the whole thing.
Soda bread is more forgiving than you’d think. If you’ve never baked before, don’t worry. Ann’s been doing this long enough to know that the occasional lopsided loaf is part of the fun. The Beef and Guinness casserole is the thing people tend to want the recipe for afterwards.
The Irish coffee at the end is the real deal. There’s a technique to layering the cream correctly and you’ll learn it here. It’s one of those things that looks dead simple until you try it yourself. Knowing how to make a proper one is a useful skill for life.
Colcannon is underrated. If you’ve never had it before, it’s the dish you’re least likely to expect to love and most likely to end up ordering in pubs for the rest of your trip. It’s mashed potato with kale or cabbage stirred through, usually with a generous amount of butter, and it’s exactly as good as it sounds.