

Fionn Downhill
Food & Travel: Where every bite tells a story!

Fionn Downhill
Food & Travel: Where every bite tells a story!
Food & Travel: Where every bite tells a story!
Mini Sugar Free Apple Tarts In England and Ireland apples are as popular in Fall as pumpkin spice. Apples play a big role at Halloween. Bobbing for apples was our #1 sport on...
Read More“Boxty on the griddle, boxty on the pan if you don’t eat Irish Boxty you will never be a man” (Or so the rhyme went when I was a child) Irish Boxty is a simple and delicious potato pancake...
Read MoreScones are one of my all-time favorite treats to bake. I adore traditional fruit scones, and I love making special holiday versions too. Some of my seasonal scones are such big hits that I get...
Read MoreAnybody who knows me well knows how much I love flowers. In addition to my love of fresh flowers, I have so many items of clothing, bedding, household linens, table linens, etc. adorned with flowers. A trip to the Chelsea Flower Show has been on my...
Before I came to the United States I had never heard of a "Box cake" It was 23 years ago so there may be such items in the UK and Ireland now. In this age of Corona-virus flour is almost impossible to find. I wanted to make a lemon cake for desert...
Its citrus season in Arizona and this this we have had a bumper crop. There are still lemons on our tree despite the baskets I have already picked. Our lemons are big and juicy and since many people in Arizona have their own lemon trees there are...
My absolute favorite. I love lemon curd and the lemon curd you make from fresh lemons is just delicious. I make the following recipe X4 and it makes 3.5 lbs of curd. Curd will last about 1 week in the refrigerator. Since I make in bulk I freeze the...
This recipe is one I have been using ever since my sister shared it with me years ago. I had made a few loafs of soda bread which would have killed you outright if they were used as a weapon. My bread always turned out hard and...