Moira learned to make this recipe from her mom, Carmel Flanagan, who was born and bred in Ireland and came to the States as a young bride. Soda and the live buttermilk cultures, not yeast, make the bread rise, and the cross cut also helps. Intuitive cooks will appreciate Moira’s “fistful” measures; we added the measures in parentheses for those who go by the (cook)book.… Read more →
