Boxty is a traditional Irish food typically eaten around Halloween, or Samhain as the Irish refer to it. This was because potato crops were bountiful this time of year, so making boxty was a very ...

Folklorist Brid Mahon, another go-to on Irish food history notes ... Mutton, bacon, or a fowl, colcannon, boxty bread, dumplings, rice pudding, and ‘sowans’ (a fermented oat husk drink ...

inexpensive ingredients during times when other foods might have been scarce. Boxty pancakes are a beloved breakfast item in ...

Boxty is an absolutely heavenly Irish potato pancake and makes a warming and hearty breakfast served with crisp bacon. But don't feel you have to stop there. Wrap the grated potato in a clean tea ...

Cut the boxty into four wedges and serve. Recipe courtesy of Irish Traditional Cooking: Over 300 Recipes from Ireland’s Heritage by Darina Allen/Kyle Books, 2012.

Irish stew and soda bread. Christopher Simpson for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne. Boxty, breadlike potato pancakes that originated in Ireland as early as the late 18th ...