What is authentic Irish food? Find out on a special St. Patrick's Day special as Eddie Shumard and Erin Fairbanks chat with Margaret Jeffares and Maurice Keller of Good Food Ireland. Good Food Ireland is the only brand standard for food experience in the island of Ireland, putting Irish ingredient led cuisine at every point from farm to table. Founded in 2006 by Margaret Jeffares, Good Food Ireland has pioneered the link between the agri-food and tourism sectors by bridging the gap between Irish food produce, to an authentic Irish cuisine. Today it has some 600 Approved Providers; Ireland’s top restaurants and cafes, culinary accommodation, food shops, pubs and bars, cookery schools and food producers. Find out more about the great work Margaret and Maurice are doing to make sure that good food is available for all and marketed properly in Ireland. This program was sponsored by The International Culinary Center.

"Corned beef and cabbage are still traditional dishes and we eat them in Ireland but probably with a modern twist." [03:00]

"The brand had to stand for something, and it had to be an honest and trusted brand. All the businesses that are submitted to Good Food Ireland are inspected before hand." [15:00]

"Food is very much at the core of St. Patricks Day celebrations for many many years." [29:00]

Margaret Jeffares of Good Food Ireland on HeritageRadioNetwork.org

"It's more and more difficult to protect the traditional ways and the old values in food production." [07:00]

--Maurice Keller of Good Food Ireland on HeritageRadioNetwork.org

Getting excited about St. Patrick's Day? Tune in to A Taste of the Past this week as Linda Pelaccio hosts Irish chef, TV personality, cookbook author and director of a new cookery school, Clodagh McKenna. Coming all the way from Dublin, Clodagh shares stories of growing up in Ireland and how she uses Guinness for a slow roast and pin-head oats in her soda bread. Listen in as she discusses the evolution of Irish cuisine since the 1970's and the growing trend towards local sourcing and farmers markets. Clodagh has seen it all! She has her hands in everything, so tune in and hear about her passion for Irish farmers markets, traditional Irish cuisine, and her recent collaboration with Chef Chris Bradley at Untitled restaurant in the Whitney Museum! This program was sponsored by White Oak Pastures.

"And now in West Cork, this small area has more arts and producers than anywhere in Ireland." [17:00]

"[The cookbook] is kind of selfish really, its my companion in the kitchen." [28:00]

--Clodagh McKenna, Chef and Owner of Clodagh's Kitchen on A Taste of the Past