A zombie enjoys a bite of pan de muertos at a Day of the Dead celebration in Atlanta, Georgia. ERIK S. LESSER/epa/Corbis The history of Halloween can be traced back to Samhain, an old Gaelic festival ...

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Barmbrack is one of those Irish traditions that is handed down through the generations. The Irish fruit loaf, or cake, is a sweet and sticky treat containing symbolic elements that, according to the ...

Greetings everyone. I hope that you are keeping well. Hasn’t Halloween got so popular in recent years? No doubt you are all planning your costumes as we speak! Well, of course, Barmbrack is synonymous ...

The name barmbrack comes from the Irish name báirín breac, meaning ‘speckled loaf’ — the speckles being the dried fruit dotted in the cake. There are a few versions of this traditional Halloween bake; ...

Nuala Hickey searches through stacks of paper on her desk, looking for a recipe for Christmas cake. No luck, she goes to a bookcase. “Ah look!” she says, bringing over a colour photograph of happy ...