Ireland’s top foodies recall the meals they loved as children

There’s nothing more heart-warming than the comfort food of childhood — dishes usually made by mum.

MICHELLE DARMODY

Michelle Darmody is the proprietor of The Cake Café, in Dublin, and has just opened a sister-restaurant, Slice, also in Dublin. She writes a weekly food column for the Irish Examiner and is the author of The Cake Café Bake Book. She is the eldest of five children and her mum, Mel, lives in Carrigaline, Co Cork.